Wesley's Explanatory Notes
1 John 3:18
Not in word — Only. But in deed — In action: not in tongue by empty professions, but in truth.
Not in word — Only. But in deed — In action: not in tongue by empty professions, but in truth.
Verse 18. _MY LITTLE CHILDREN_] τεκνιαμου, _My beloved_ _children, let us not love in word_-in merely _allowing_ the general _doctrine_ of love to God and man to be just and right; _NEITHER IN TONGUE...
MY LITTLE CHILDREN, LET US NOT LOVE IN WORD, NEITHER IN TONGUE - By mere profession; by merely sayinG that we love each other. See 1 Peter 1:22. BUT IN DEED AND IN TRUTH - In such acts as shall show t...
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...
The hatred of the world is to be expected, but within the Christian brotherhood there must be love, manifesting itself in deeds of self-sacrifice in imitation of Christ's love. If we possess this spir...
REMEMBER THE PRIVILEGES OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE (1 John 3:1-2)...
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...
IN, IN. No preposition. Dative case. WORD. App-121. NEITHER. Greek. _mede_. IN. Greek. _en_, with texts. TRUTH. See 1 John 1:6....
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...
_My little children, let us not love in word_ S. John, as in 1 John 2:28; 1 John 3:13; 1 John 4:1; 1 John 4:7, hastens on to a practical application of what he has be
Love and Hate: Life and Death _Marvel not, my brethren_ Comp. John 5:28; John 3:7. The antagonism between the light and the darkness, between God and the evil one, between righteousness and unrighteou...
18. After ΤΕΚΝΊΑ omit μου with [641][642][643][644] against [645][646]. Before ΓΛΏΣΣΗΙ insert τῇ with [647][648][649][650][651] against [652], and before ἜΡΓΩΙ insert ἘΝ with [653][654][655][656][657]...
13–24. LOVE AND HATE: LIFE AND DEATH ΜῊ ΘΑΥΜΆΖΕΤΕ. Comp. John 5:28, and contrast 1 John 3:7. The antagonism between the light and the darkness, between God and the evil one, between righteousness and...
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...
ΆΓΑΠΏΜΕΝ _praes. conj. act. от_ ΆΓΑΠΆΩ (G25) любить. Побудительный _conj._, "давайте любить" ΓΛΏΣΣΑ (G1100) язык, речь; это чисто внешнее выражение, противопоставленное непроизвольному порыву, в кото...
LET US NOT LOVE IN WORD, &C.— All hypocritical pretences to love, where there is none in the _heart,_ are very justly condemned and abhorred; but rough language, and an open profession of hatred or di...
CHAPTER X _DIVINE SONSHIP PROVEN BY ACTIVE LOVE_ (The Second Test. The Second Time) 1 John 3:11-24 A. _The Text_ For this is the message which ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one...
My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. When the venerable John could no longer walk to the meetings of the Church, but was borne there by his disc...
VERSE 18. MY LITTLE CHILDREN, LET US NOT LOVE. We may claim to love our brethren, and many proper occasions present themselves where no outward manifestation is given\\ : If such a thing were possibl...
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...
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....
(4) BROTHERLY LOVE THE NECESSARY FLOWER OF THE DIVINE LOVE IN THE DIVINE BIRTH (1 John 3:11). — In 1 John 2:10 St. John showed the necessary connection between righteousness and love; there is no cont...
CHAPTER 13 LOFTY IDEALS PERILOUS UNLESS APPLIED 1 John 3:16 Even the world sees that the Incarnation of Jesus Christ has very practical results. Even the Christmas which the world keeps is fruitful...
Observe the transition from instrumental dative to preposition ἐν : “not with word and the tongue but in the midst of deed and truth” not in empty air but amid tangible realities. _Cf._ Bunyan, _Good...
The Secret of Assurance. “Wonder not, brethren, if the world hateth you. _We_ know that we have migrated out of the domain of death into the domain of life, because we love the brethren. He that lovet...
LOVING IN DEED AND IN TRUTH 1 John 3:13 Love to the brethren is a sign that we have been born into the family. We may not _like_ them all, yet we can _love_ them. If we love, we live; and if we live...
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...
THE IMPORTANCE OF LOVING THE BRETHREN It may be easy for one to say he would die for the brethren when such has never been required of him. However, the true test of one's willingness to lovingly sacr...
(18) My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. (18) Christian charity stands not in word but in deed, and proceeds from a sincere affection....
Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you. (14) We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death. (15) Whosoever hat...
18._Let us not love in word _There is a concession in this first clause; for we cannot love in tongue only; but as many falsely pretend this, the Apostle _concedes_, according to what is often done, t...
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...
MY LITTLE CHILDREN, LET US NOT LOVE IN WORD, NEITHER IN TONGUE,.... Which though it holds good of love to God, and to Jesus Christ, yet here is to be understood of love to the brethren, as the context...
My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. Ver. 18. _Let us not love in word_] Words are light and cheap; and there is a great deal of mouth mercy abroa...
_My beloved children, let us not love_ merely _in word or in tongue_ Contenting ourselves with complimental expressions of regard, or with giving our Christian brethren nothing but fair speeches; _but...
MY LITTLE CHILDREN, LET US NOT LOVE IN WORD, NEITHER IN TONGUE, BUT IN DEED AND IN TRUTH. The apostle, first of all, makes a general application of the thought which was included in the last sentence:...
True brotherly love:...
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...
16-21 Here is the condescension, the miracle, the mystery of Divine love, that God would redeem the church with his own blood. Surely we should love those whom God has loved, and so loved. The Holy S...
q.d. It is a vain thing to make verbal pretences of love, without any real proof of it....
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book IV "Little children, let us not love in word, or in tongue," says John, teaching them to be perfect, "but in deed and in truth; hereby shall we know that we are of...
1 John 3:18 My G3450 children G5040 us G25 not G3361 love G25 (G5725) word G3056 or G3366 tongue...
‘Little children, let us not love in word, nor with the tongue, but in deed and truth.' John then follows his specific example with a general plea. It is not only in charitable giving that we should l...
EXHORTATION THAT OUR CHRISTIAN LOVE SHOULD BE PRACTICAL (1 JOHN 3:16). As throughout John is now concerned that those he speaks to should examine their hearts to ensure that they really are true Chris...
THE CENTRALITY OF CHRISTIAN LOVE (1 JOHN 3:11 TO 1 JOHN 4:21). The reference to loving one's brother, deliberately added almost as an appendage in 1 John 3:10 in order to introduce the next section, n...
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...
1 John 3:16-18. Nothing in the whole Epistle is more impressive or more affecting than the point of juncture in the following words. Against the hate and the murder is set the supreme example of self-...
IN WORD, NEITHER WITH THE TONGUE (λογω μηδε τη γλωσση). Either instrumental or locative makes sense. What John means is "not merely by word or by the tongue." He does not condemn kind words which a...
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...
IT MUST BE TRUE LOVE. Talk is cheap! See what James says in James 2:14-17. James says _faith;_ John says _love_! It is good to _talk,_ but we must back it up with _action_!...
_Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren, _ LOFTY IDEALS PERILOUS UNLESS APPLIED Even the world sees that the In...
_But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?_ RIGHTEOUSNESS ESSENTIAL TO THE ANSWER OF A...
LIP LOVE AND TRUE LOVE My little children, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue; but in deed and truth. 1 John 3:18. This does not mean that we are never to say kind things, that we are...
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...
_My little children, let us not 1ove in word, and in tongue, but in deed and in truth_. He condemns here all false charity, which exhibits itself in words only, as S. James (Jam 2:15) does also. S. Gr...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ 1 John 3:18. IN WORD.—Profession, mere boasting. True love finds expression in service. “St. John hints that there is some danger of this conventionality amongst his f...
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 Corinthians 13:4; 1 John 2:1; 1 Peter 1:22; 1 Thessalonians 1:3;...
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...
Having laid down several motives to brotherly love before, by way of excitation, as an help to their affections, he comes now to propound some directions to them as an help to their endeavours. And th...