1 John 3:3 1 John 3:3. "And every man that hath this hope in Him purifieth himself, even as He is pure." That is, in God or in Christ, the Person spoken of in the foregoing words ep a?t?. The preposition ep? expresses, not the relation of hope to the subject of it, but to its object, as in many pla... [ Continue Reading ]
1 John 3:6. "Whosoever abideth in Him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen Him neither known Him." See 2 Samuel 12:12, "For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun." By this it appears that though David was so holy a man, a man after God's own h... [ Continue Reading ]
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 which he is born of God, the same seed by which he is begotten of God, remaineth in him, and therefore... [ Continue Reading ]