in the Gospel are those who think themselves happy to have communion with God and are satisfied only with that, so that they prefer it to the whole world and are ready for its sake to relinquish everything else. 5. This is the message or promise. I do not disapprove of the old interpretation, “This is the announcement” or message. The Greek word used here usually means a promise, but John is speaking here about the aforementioned testimony generally, and the context seems to require the other meaning,