[539] Matt. xxv. 31-46; Rom. ii. 5, 7; 1 Thess. iv. 17; 2 Thess. i. 7, 10.
[540] John vi. 39, 40, 44.
[541] See authorities in Lee (Speaker's Commentary) on Rev. xx. 2, and his excursus on that chapter.
[542] Speaker's Commentary, u.s.
[543] John xvii. 22.
[544] 1 John iii. 9.
[545] 1 John v. 18.
[546] Chap. xii. 12.
[547] Comp. the remarkable parallel in John i. 5: "and the darkness overcame it not."