Wesley's Explanatory Notes
1 John 3:10
Neither he that loveth not his brother — Here is the transition from the general proposition to one particular.
Neither he that loveth not his brother — Here is the transition from the general proposition to one particular.
Verse 10. _IN THIS THE CHILDREN OF GOD ARE MANIFEST_] Here is a fearful text. Who is a child of the devil? _He that commits sin_. Who is a child of God? _He that works righteousness_. By this text we...
IN THIS THE CHILDREN OF GOD ARE MANIFEST ... - That is, this furnishes a test of their true character. The test is found in doing righteousness, and in the love of the brethren. The former he had illu...
IV. RIGHTEOUSNESS AND LOVE AS MANIFESTED BY THE CHILDREN OF GOD Chapter S 2:28-3:18 __ 1. The children of God and their coming manifestation (1 John 2:28 -1 John 3:3) 2. Sin and the new nature (1...
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...
In this the children of God and the children of the devil are made plain; anyone who does not do righteousness is not of God, and neither is he who does not love his brother, because the message that...
REMEMBER THE PRIVILEGES OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE (1 John 3:1-2)...
CHILDREN. App-108. See verses: 1 John 3:1. MANIFEST. App-106. NEITHER. and. LOVETH. App-135....
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...
_In this_ These words, like -for this cause" (1 John 3:1) refer to what precedes rather than to what follows: but here what follows is similar to what precedes, so that in any case -in this" means -by...
1 John 2:29 to 1 John 3:12. THE CHILDREN OF GOD AND THE CHILDREN OF THE DEVIL...
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...
ἘΝ ΤΟΎΤΩΙ. This phrase, like διὰ τοῦτο (1 John 3:1) commonly looks back at what has just been stated. In doing or not doing sin lies the test. A man’s principles are invisible, but their results are v...
ΦΑΝΕΡΌΣ (G5318) ясный, очевидный, проявленный (ММ), ΠΟΙΏΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΠΟΙΈΩ (G4160) делать, ΆΓΑΠΏΝ _praes. act._ pari, от ΆΓΑΠΆΩ (G25) любить....
IN THIS THE CHILDREN OF GOD ARE MANIFEST, &C.— All men are either _the children of God,_ or _of the devil._ Here is the rule to distinguish the one from the other; not by boasting that we are the elec...
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...
_IN THIS THE CHILDREN OF GOD ARE MANIFEST, AND THE CHILDREN OF THE DEVIL: WHOSOEVER DOETH NOT RIGHTEOUSNESS IS NOT OF GOD, NEITHER HE THAT LOVETH NOT HIS BROTHER._ No JFB commentary on this verse....
VERSE 10. IN THIS THE CHILDREN OF GOD. Here, a sure mark of distinction is drawn between the children of God and the children of the devil. It is easy to tell one from the other. The child of God habi...
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...
3:10 practise (e-18) _ Poieo_ , as ch. 1.6; 2.17 (does), 29; 3.4,7,8,9,22. see Romans 1:32 ....
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...
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....
(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...
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...
The Apostle reiterates the “old commandment” (1 John 2:7-11) as not only the paramount duty of believers but the evidence of their divine sonship. He has said that the evidence lies in “doing righteou...
The Evidence of Divine Sonship, _viz._, Human Brotherhood....
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...
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...
WHOSE CHILD ARE YOU? We reveal who we are by how we live. The children of the devil habitually sin, while the children of God constantly strive to do God's will. Particularly, God's children will love...
(9) In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, (10) neither he that loveth not his brother. (9) The conclusion: by a wic...
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...
10_In this the children of God are manifest. _He shortly draws this conclusion, that those in vain claim a place and a name among the children of God, who do not prove themselves to be such by a pious...
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...
IN THIS THE CHILDREN OF GOD ARE MANIFEST,.... By regenerating grace, and not sinning, in the sense before explained, in consequence of it: adoption is an act of God's grace and sovereign will; it is s...
In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother. Ver. 10. _In this the children of God...
_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...
ARE MANIFEST; by the different courses which they pursue. One class work righteousness and love Christians, the other do not. Those who live in sin take an active part against Christ and his cause, an...
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,...
IN THIS THE CHILDREN OF GOD ARE MANIFEST AND THE CHILDREN OF THE DEVIL: WHOSOEVER DOETH NOT RIGHTEOUSNESS IS NOT OF GOD, NEITHER HE THAT LOVETH NOT HIS BROTHER....
Doing righteousness:...
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...
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...
Upon what was said, he reduces all men each to their own family and father, concluding it manifest whither they belonged; i.e. he shows, upon the grounds before expressed, who do not belong to God and...
Tertullian On Modesty is not of God,"[250] Dubious Hippolytus Fragments and the beloved of Christ, in harmony with him, cries, "The children of the devil are manifest;[34] Cyprian Treatise XII Thr...
1 John 3:10 In G1722 this G5129 children G5043 God G2316 and G2532 children G5043 devil G1228 are G2076 ...
‘In this the children of God are clearly revealed, and the children of the devil. Whoever does not practise righteousness is not of God, nor he who loves not his brother.' So the children of God are c...
1 John 3:10. IN THIS THE CHILDREN OF GOD ARE MANIFEST, AND THE CHILDREN OF THE DEVIL: WHOSOEVER DOETH NOT RIGHTEOUSNESS IS NOT OF GOD, NEITHER HA THAT LOVETH NOT HIS BROTHER. Three things are observab...
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...
IN THIS (εν τουτω). As already shown. A life of sin is proof that one is a child of the devil and not of God. This is the line of cleavage that is obvious to all. See John 8:33-39 for the claim of t...
RIGHTEOUSNESS (_ See Scofield) - (1 John 3:7). _...
1 John 3:10. In this the children of God are manifest and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother. For this is the message th...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
HERE IS THE CLEAR DIFFERENCE. This is the same as the _old command_ of 1 John 2:7-11. Actions clearly identify the loyalty of a person!!! ANYONE WHO DOES NOT. "Failing to do right and failing to love...
_In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother _ TWO CLASSES OF MEN I. Men are divid...
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...
_In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil._ The two tests are, the doing righteousness, and loving his brother. Righteousness and charity are of God, unrighteousness and...
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...
_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...
EXPOSITION 1 JOHN 3:1 TO 1 JOHN 5:12 3. SECOND MAIN DIVISION. _God is Love._ 1 JOHN 3:1
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...
1 John 2:10; 1 John 2:29; 1 John 2:9; 1 John 3:14; 1 John 3:15;...
In this [ε ν τ ο υ τ ω]. See on 2 3. Children of the devil [τ ε κ ν α τ ο υ δ ι α β ο λ ο υ]. The only occurrence of the phrase. Compare Acts 13:10, and see John 8:44. Righteousness. Here the article...
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...
Our apostle in these words give us the distinguishing character of. good and bad man; those who in their dispositions and actions, in the temper of their minds, and in the actions of their lives, do i...