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Verse 9. _WHOSOEVER IS BORN OF GOD_] γεγεννημενος,
_Begotten_ of God, _doth not commit sin_: "that is," say some, "as he
used to do, he does not sin _habitually_ as he formerly did." This is
bringing...
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WHOSOEVER IS BORN OF GOD DOTH NOT COMMIT SIN - This passage must
either mean that they who are born of God, that is, who are true
Christians, do not sin habitually and characteristically, or that
ever...
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IV. RIGHTEOUSNESS AND LOVE AS MANIFESTED
BY THE CHILDREN OF GOD
Chapter S 2:28-3:18
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1. The children of God and their coming manifestation (1 John 2:28 -1
John 3:3)
2. Sin and the new nature (1...
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To commit sin is a breach of God's law, a frustration of God's work of
redemption, and the manifestation of a principle which betrays kinship
with the devil. A man begotten of God will be in moral aff...
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REMEMBER THE PRIVILEGES OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE (1 John 3:1-2)...
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BORN. begotten.
REMAINETH. The same as "abideth", 1 John 3:6.
CANNOT. is not (App-105) able to...
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This is the opposite of 1 John 3:8, as 1 John 3:8 of 1 John 3:7; but,
as usual, not the plain opposite, but something deduced from it, is
stated.
_Whosoever is born of God_ Or, _Every one that_(see on...
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1 John 2:29 to 1 John 5:12. God is Love
There seems to be no serious break in the Epistle from this point
onwards until we reach the concluding verses which form a sort of
summary (1 John 5:13-21). T...
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9. This is the opposite of 1 John 3:8, as 1 John 3:8 of 1 John 3:7;
but, as usual, not the plain opposite, but something deduced from it,
is stated.
ΠΑ͂Σ Ὁ ΓΕΓΕΝΝΗΜΈΝΟΣ ἘΚ Τ. Θ. _Every one that_
(see...
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1 John 2:29 to 1 John 5:12. GOD IS LOVE
There seems to be no serious break in the Epistle from this point
onwards until we reach the concluding verses which form a sort of
summary (1 John 5:13-21). Th...
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1 John 2:29 to 1 John 3:12. THE CHILDREN OF GOD AND THE CHILDREN OF
THE DEVIL...
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ΓΕΓΕΝΝΗΜΈΝΟΣ _perf. pass. part. от_ ΓΕΝΝΆΩ (G1080)
нести; _pass._ рождаться (_см._ 1 John 2:29).
ΠΟΙΕΊ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΠΟΙΈΩ (G4160) делать,
ΜΈΝΕΙ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΜΈΝΩ (G3306)
пребывать,...
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DISCOURSE: 2446
THE CHRISTIAN’S DELIVERANCE FROM SIN
1 John 3:9. _Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his
seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God_.
MANY mist...
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WHOSOEVER IS BORN OF GOD, &C.— "Whoever he be that is a partaker of
the divine nature by the regenerating Spirit,is no longer a doer or
practiser of iniquity; for that divine principle of grace, which...
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CHAPTER IX
_FURTHER APPLICATION OF THE FIRST TEST_
1 John 3:4-10
A.
The Text
Every one that doeth sin doeth also lawlessness; and sin is
lawlessness. (5) And ye know that he was manifested to take...
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Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth
in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
WHOSOEVER IS BORN OF GOD - `everyone that is begotten of God.'
DOTH NOT...
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VERSE 9. WHOSOEVER IS BORN OF GOD DOTH NOT COMMIT SIN.
Here some have failed to catch the apostle's idea. It is not that
those born of God become so far out of the reach of sin that
temptation can not...
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8 The title..Adversary" has far more aptness than is at first
apparent. Satan is known to us only through his word He never appears
otherwise than as the evil creature indicated by his titles. From hi...
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3:9 Whoever (d-1) Or 'no one that has been begotten (or 'is born') of
God practises.' see vers. 6,10; ch. 2.29....
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THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD AND THE DUTIES AND PRIVILEGES OF SONSHIP
1. The sons of God] RV 'children of God,' adding the words, 'and
_such_ we are.' The word translated 'children' here is characteristi...
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HOW CAN I BE SURE?
1 JOHN
_IAN MACKERVOY_
CHAPTER 3
THE CHILDREN OF GOD DO THE RIGHT THINGS (1 JOHN 3:1-10)
V1 See what great love the *Father has given to us! He has called us
children of God....
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(3) THE CONSEQUENCE OF THE DIVINE BIRTH ON HUMAN CONDUCT (1 John 3:4).
— This paragraph is an expansion of the thought of 1 John 2:3, which
was the practical conclusion of the meditation on the divine...
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The Reason of the Impossibility of a Child of God continuing in Sin.
The germ of the divine life has been implanted in our souls, and it
grows a gradual process and subject to occasional retardations,...
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The Obligation of our Dignity as Children of God. “Every one that
doeth sin doeth also lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness. And ye know
that He was manifested that He might take away the sins; and sin...
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THE MARKS OF GOD'S CHILDREN
1 John 3:1
This chapter opens with one of the astounding announcements of
Scripture. Why God should have made _us_ His children is
incomprehensible, except to show forth t...
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The letter now passed to a discussion of the fellowship of the saints
with God as love. The hope born of love will have as its inevitable
result the purification of those possessing it. The apostle sh...
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CHRISTIANS ARE OUT OF THE SINNING BUSINESS
Evidently, false teachers were asserting one could live a life of sin
and still be acceptable to God. John did not want Christians to be led
astray, but assu...
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Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his (m) seed
remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
(m) The Holy Spirit is so called by the effect he works, because by
his...
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Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the
transgression of the law. (5) And ye know that he was manifested to
take away our sins; and in him is no sin. (6) Whosoever abideth...
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He says that they _sin not _who are born of God. Now, we must
consider, whether God wholly regenerates us at once, or whether the
remains of the old man continue in us until death. If regeneration is...
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Now to say that we are born of Him is to say that we are children of
God. [13] What a love is that which the Father has bestowed on us,
that we should be called children! [14] Therefore the world know...
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WHOSOEVER IS BORN OF GOD,.... In a figurative and spiritual sense; who
are regenerated, or born from above; who are quickened by the grace of
God, and have Christ formed in them; who are made partaker...
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Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth
in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
Ver. 9. _For his seed_] The new nature, which causeth that sin cannot
carry...
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1 John 3:9. "Whosoever is born of God, doth not _commit sin_," _i.e._
he does not _relapse,_ or _fall away from righteousness into sin
again_; ["for his seed remaineth in him,"] _i.e._ the seed of whi...
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_Little_, or _beloved children, let no man deceive you_ In this
important matter, by vain words, however serious and plausible they
may seem to be. For a being, himself immutably holy, can never
dispe...
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In these verses the apostle is combating the error of those who sought
to separate fellowship with God from a life of holiness; or who at
least did not consider the inseparable connection of the two,...
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HIS SEED; God's seed; that is, the new moral nature which he has
received from God, and which is maintained in his heart by the
indwelling of the Holy Ghost.
HE CANNOT SIN; not for want of power, but...
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WHOSOEVER IS BORN OF GOD DOTH NOT COMMIT SIN; FOR HIS SEED REMAINETH
IN HIM; AND HE CANNOT SIN BECAUSE HE IS BORN OF GOD....
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Doing righteousness:...
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This chapter continues the subject introduced in ch.2:28. Verse 29 has
shown that righteousness is an absolute requirement. It is indeed a
solid, sound basis for the precious bestowal of the love of t...
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3-10 The sons of God know that their Lord is of purer eyes than to
allow any thing unholy and impure to dwell with him. It is the hope of
hypocrites, not of the sons of God, that makes allowance for...
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OLBGrk;
To be BORN OF GOD, is, (in the words of a very learned annotator, Dr.
Hammond), "to have received some special influence from God, and by
the help and power of that, to be raised to a pious li...
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Shepherd of Hermas Commandment Fourth
And therefore I say to you, that if any one is tempted by the devil,
and sins after that great and holy calling. in which the Lord has
called His people to everl...
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1 John 3:9 Whoever G3956 born G1080 (G5772) of G1537 God G2316 does
G4160 (G5719) not G3756 sin...
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‘Whoever is begotten of God does no sin, because his seed abides in
him, and he cannot sin, because he is begotten of God.'
For the plain fact is that if a man has been begotten of God, God's
seed is...
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1 John 3:8-9. HE THAT DOETH SIN IS OF THE DEVIL; FOR THE DEVIL SINNETH
FROM THE BEGINNING. TO THIS END WAS THE SON OF GOD MANIFESTED, THAT HE
MIGHT DESTROY THE WORKS OF THE DEVIL. This passage is, tak...
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The apostle now introduces a new order of thought, governed by the
idea of regeneration as the gift of life in Christ to individual man.
He first (down to chap. 1 John 3:3) dilates on its glory as a b...
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DOETH NO SIN
(αμαρτιαν ου ποιε). Linear present active indicative as
in verse 1 John 3:4 like αμαρτανε in verse 1 John 3:8. The
child of God does not have the habit of sin.HIS SEED
(σπερμα αυτου)....
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I have read this chapter many times in your hearing, but we cannot
read it too often, for it is full of the deepest and most important
instruction. God grant that fresh light from above may shine upon...
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1 John 3:1. _Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon
us, that we should be called the sons of God:_
Behold it, wonder at it, and never cease to admire it. Is it not one
of the great...
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1 John 3:1. _Behold,_
For there is no greater wonder out of heaven than this: «Behold,»
1 John 3:1. _What manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us,
that we should be called the sons of God: t...
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CONTENTS: God's love magnified and the believer exhorted to holiness.
Brotherly love urged. How our hearts may be assured before God.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Satan, Cain, John.
CONCLUSION: It is a w...
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1 John 3:1. _That we should be called the sons of God!_ The character
of the favoured race is defined in the preseding verses: they keep the
commandments of God: 1 John 3:3. They abide in Christ by wo...
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DOES NOT CONTINUE TO SIN. Again the _present continuous._ See note on
1 John 3:6. BECAUSE GOD'S VERY NATURE. _MacKnight_ thinks this is true
of the _word_ that lives in us (1 Peter 1:23). It is also t...
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_Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth
in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God _
THE USURPER DEPOSED AND THE CONQUEROR VANQUISHED
I. The important doctrin...
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1 JOHN—NOTE ON 1 JOHN 3:9 BORN OF GOD. See John 3:3. GOD’S SEED.
Some take this to be the Word of God that causes new birth (compare...
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CHAPTER 3 VER. 1. _Behold what great love the Father hath bestowed on
us_ (unworthy, enemies and sinners as we are), _that we should be
called, and be the sons of God._ Love, actively, His wondrous lo...
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_And he cannot sin, because he is born of God._ Hence Jovinian,
Luther, and Calvin taught that a man could not fall away, but was sure
of his salvation. But S. John says, " _My little children, these...
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_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_
1 John 3:7. LITTLE CHILDREN.—τεκνία; not infants, but young
and immature disciples. DOETH RIGHTEOUSNESS.—Emphasis lies on
“doeth”; habitually does. Doing is opposed to...
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EXPOSITION
1 JOHN 3:1 TO 1 JOHN 5:12
3. SECOND MAIN DIVISION. _God is Love._
1 JOHN 3:1
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Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed on us, that we
should be called the sons of God (1 John 3:1):
I love that verse. Behold, what manner of love God has bestowed upon
you, that you sh...
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1 John 2:29; 1 John 4:7; 1 John 5:1; 1 John 5:18; 1 John 5:4;...
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Whosoever is born [π α ς ο γ ε γ ε ν ν η μ ε ν ο ς].
On the form of expression, see on ver. 4. Rev., begotten. The perfect
participle indicates a condition remaining from the first : he who
hath been...
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CHILDREN OF GOD
1 John 3:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
What a wonderful truth is this: "Now are we the sons of God." What! We
who were once children of darkness, are now the children of light; we
who were c...
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Whosoever is born of God — By living faith, whereby God is
continually breathing spiritual life into his soul, and his soul is
continually breathing out love and prayer to God, doth not commit sin.
Fo...
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Doesn’t John contradict himself when he asserts that Christians are
without sin?
PROBLEM: John affirms here that “Whoever has been born of God does
not sin.” But in the first chapter he insisted that...
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Observe here, 1. The character of. true Christian, HE IS BORN OF GOD;
he has in the work of regeneration passed under. blessed change by the
operation of the Holy Spirit, renewing his nature, and refo...