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irregular_a and_o inordinate_a love_n to_o the_o world_n for_o itself_o in_o competition_n with_o or_o opposition_n to_o the_o love_n of_o the_o father_n as_o v._o 16._o hence_o it_o follow_v neither_o the_o thing_n that_o be_v in_o the_o world_n 1_o here_o we_o be_v again_o to_o take_v notice_n of_o another_o peculiar_a idiom_n frequent_a with_o john_n both_o in_o his_o gospel_n and_o epistle_n namely_o to_o reiterate_v the_o same_o thing_n under_o different_a expression_n partly_o by_o way_n of_o exegesis_n and_o partly_o to_o give_v a_o emphatic_a plenitude_n it_o may_v have_v suffice_v that_o he_o have_v say_v love_v not_o the_o world_n but_o the_o more_o full_o to_o explicate_v his_o mind_n as_o also_o to_o give_v a_o emphase_n and_o accent_n to_o what_o he_o have_v say_v he_o add_v neither_o the_o thing_n that_o be_v in_o the_o world_n he_o content_v not_o himself_o with_o general_n but_o descend_v to_o particular_n which_o he_o more_o full_o specify_v v._o 16._o 2_o by_o thing_n 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