1 John 2:28 - Exposition

And now, summing up the whole section ( 1 John 2:18-28 ). "If he shall be manifested" expresses no uncertainty as to the fact of Christ's appearing; the uncertainty is in the time . In all these cases the point is the result of the act, not the time of it. The graphic αἰσχυνθῶμεν ἀπ αὐτοῦ expresses the shrinking away in shame from his presence. The παρουσία (see on 2 Thessalonians 2:8 ) is introduced without explanation as a well-known belief.