Yet closes his heart. "Let me show you this practical example, If we love as Christ loved us, how can we refuse to help others???" It is easy to be a martyr and die as a hero for Christ. The difficult part is the little things of day-to-day living, the trivial sacrifices and self-denials that no one sees and applauds.
Verse 17. _BUT WHOSO HATH THIS WORLDS GOOD_] Here is a _test_ of this love; if we do not _divide our bread_ with the hungry, we certainly would not _lay down our life_ for him. Whatever love we may p...
BUT WHOSO HATH THIS WORLD’S GOOD - Has property - called “this world’s good,” or a good pertaining to this world, because it is of value to us only as it meets our wants this side of the grave; and pe...
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...
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)...
WHOSO. whoever. GOOD. goods, or living. App-170. Compare Luke 15:12; Luke 15:30. SEETH. App-133. BOWELS. Greek. _splanchna._ See Philemon 1:7;...
_But whoso hath this world's good_ Better, as R. V., _But whoso hath_ THE _world's_ GOODS. The -But" is full of meaning. -But not many of us are ever called upon to die for another: smaller sacrifices...
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...
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...
ὋΣ Δ ̓ ἊΝ ἜΧΗ. The phrase is as wide in its sweep as πᾶς ὁ ἔχων: comp. 1 John 2:5. The δέ is full of meaning. ‘Not many of us are ever called upon to die for others: but smaller sacrifices are often d...
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...
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...
ΈΧΗ _praes. conj. act. от_ ΈΧ (G2192) иметь, обладать, ΒΊΟΣ да 1050) жизнь; то, что принадлежит жизни, вроде имущества или богатства (Houlden; Schnackenburg). ΘΕΩΡΉ _praes. conj. act. от_ ΘΕΩΡΈΩ (G2...
DISCOURSE: 2449 NO LOVE TO GOD WITHOUT LOVE TO MAN 1 John 3:17. _Whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the lov...
WHOSO HATH THIS WORLD'S GOOD, &C.— The common signification of the word βιος,— rendered _good,_ is _life;_ but it is used also for riches, or worldly subsistence;—for that which _is the support of lif...
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...
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? THIS WORLD'S GOOD, [ bion (G979)] - 'livel...
VERSE 17. BUT WHOSO HATH THIS WORLD'S GOODS. A plain contrast is here presented. If it be true that we should lay down our lives for the brethren, what shall be said of one who has an abundance, and...
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...
3:17 substance, (h-7) 'What is necessary to life,' 'subsistence.'...
THIS WORLD'S GOOD] RV 'the world's goods,' lit. 'the world's life,' i.e. that which supports life....
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...
Love must be practical. It is easy to “lay down one's life”: martyrdom is heroic and exhilarating; the difficulty lies in doing the little things, facing day by day the petty sacrifices and self-denia...
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...
(17) But whoso hath this (p) world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and (q) shutteth up his bowels [of compassion] from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him? (17) He reasons by comparison...
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...
_THE CROSS AND SUFFERING_ ‘Hereby know we love, because He laid down His life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.’ 1 John 3:16 (R.V.) ‘Hereby know we love’—hereby, by the C...
17_But whose hath this world’s good_, or, _If any one has the world’s sustenance_. He now speaks of the common duties of love, which flow from that chief foundation, that is, when we are prepared to s...
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...
BUT WHOSO HATH THIS WORLD'S GOOD,.... The possessions of this world, worldly substance, the temporal good things of it; for there are some things in it, which are honestly, pleasantly, and profitably...
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? Ver. 17. _This world's goods_] Gr. τον βιο...
_Hereby perceive we the love of God_ The word _God_ is not in the original: it seems to be omitted by the apostle just as the name of _Jesus_ is omitted by Mary, when she says to the gardener _Sir, if...
The possession of property involves high responsibilities, increases obligation, and multiplies duties. By the manner in which men use it they show their character....
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?...
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...
i.e. If the love of God in us should make us lay down our lives for the brethren, and we be not willing, in their necessity and our own ability, to relieve them, how plain is the case, that it is not...
Cyprian Treatise VIII On Works and Alms "Whoso," says he, "hath this world's goods, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him? "[50] Cy...
1 John 3:17 But G1161 whoever G3739 G302 has G2192 (G5725) worlds G2889 goods G979 and G2532 sees...
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...
‘But whoever has the world's goods, and observes his brother in need, and shuts up his compassion from him, how does the love of God abide in him?' Yes, says one glibly. I am ready to lay down my life...
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-...
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...
WHOSO HATH (ος αν εχη). Indefinite relative clause with modal αν with ος and the present active subjunctive of εχω.THE WORLD'S GOODS (τον βιον του κοσμου). "The living or livelihood (not ζωη, the...
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...
_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...
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...
_But whoso hath this world's goods, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?_ He deduces this as a consequence from the...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ 1 John 3:13. WORLD HATE YON.—The “world” includes all who are not actuated by the supreme motive, love to God. For “hate” read “hateth” (John 15:18). 1 John 3:14. FROM...
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 4:20; 1 John 5:1; 1 Timothy 6:17; 1 Timothy 6:18; 2 Cori
This world's good [τ ο ν β ι ο ν τ ο υ κ ο σ μ ο υ]. Rev., the worlds goods. Biov means that by which life is sustained, resources, wealth. Seeth [θ ε ω ρ η]. Deliberately contemplates. See on John 1...
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...
But whoso hath this world's good — Worldly substance, far less valuable than life. And seeth his brother have need — The very sight of want knocks at the door of the spectator's heart. And shutteth up...
Our apostle here draws an argument from the greater to the less, after this manner: "If, says he, we ought to be ready in some cases to part with our lives for the brethren, surely we much more ought...