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Verse 6. _IF WE SAY THAT WE HAVE FELLOWSHIP_] Having fellowship,
κοινωνια, _communion_, with God, necessarily implies a
_partaking of the Divine nature_. Now if a man profess to have such
communion,...
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IF WE SAY THAT WE HAVE FELLOWSHIP UITH HIM - If we reckon ourselves
among his friends, or, in other words, if we profess to be like him:
for a profession of religion involves the idea of having fellow...
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II. LIGHT AND DARKNESS AND THE TESTS
Chapter S 1:5-2:17
_ 1. God is light; walking in darkness and in light (1 John 1:5)_
2. What the light manifests (1 John 1:8)
3. The advocacy of Christ to maint...
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1 JOHN 1:5 TO 1 JOHN 2:2. FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD REQUIRES A RIGHT VIEW OF
SIN.
1 John 1:5. Spiritual fellowship depends on moral affinity. Hence
since Jesus has declared the holy perfection of God, we ca...
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IF WE SAY THAT WE HAVE FELLOWSHIP WITH HIM, ETC.
To have fellowship is to have. common life and spirit. If God is
light, we cannot walk in darkness, without knowledge of him, living in
the dark ways o...
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If we say that we have fellowship with him and at the same time walk
in darkness, we lie and are not doing the truth. But if we walk in the
light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with each o...
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THE PASTOR'S AIM (1 John 1:1-4)...
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IF. App-118.
TRUTH. See p. 1511 and App-175....
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Fellowship with God and with the Brethren
5. _This then is the message which we have heard of Him_ Better, AND
_the message which we have heard_ FROM _Him_ IS THIS. -This" is the
predicate, as so ofte...
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1 John 1:5 to 1 John 2:28. God is Light
1 John 1:5 to 1 John 2:11. What Walking in the Light involves
This section is largely directed against the Gnostic do
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An inference from the first principle just laid down. God is light,
utterly removed from all darkness: therefore to be in darkness is to
be cut off from Him.
_If we say_ With great gentleness he puts...
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5–7. FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD AND WITH THE BRETHREN...
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6. An inference from the first principle just laid down. God is light,
utterly removed from all darkness: therefore to be in darkness is to
be cut off from Him. If God is light, then those who have co...
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1 John 1:5 to 1 John 2:28. GOD IS LIGHT
1 John 1:5 to 1 John 2:11. WHAT WALKING IN THE LIGHT INVOLVES
This section is largely directed against the Gnostic doct
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THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING CONFORMED TO GOD’S IMAGE
1 John 1:5. This then is the message which me have heard of him, and
declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at...
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IF WE SAY THAT WE HAVE FELLOWSHIP WITH HIM,— By _communion_ with
God, St. John means a holy exercise of the Divine presence, walking by
faith in the light of his countenance, and an abiding consciousn...
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CHAPTER III
_IF WE WALK IN THE LIGHT_
1 John 1:6-7
A.
The Text
If we say that we have fellowship with Him and walk in darkness, we
lie, and do not the truth; 7) but if we walk in the light, as He...
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If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we
lie, and do not the truth:
HAVE FELLOWSHIP WITH HIM () - the essence of the Christian life.
WALK in inward and outward action...
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1 The ministry of John is based upon his personal acquaintance with
the Lord in the flesh.
Indeed, this was the prime qualification of all the twelve apostles
(Act_1:21). They were to bear witness to...
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1:6 say (e-3) In all these cases the verb is in the subjunctive, and
puts the case of so doing. I should have translated them 'if we should
say,' &c., but that it is the case in ver. 9 also, where it...
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FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD IN LIGHT
1. Observe the grammatical form of 1 John 1:1. In 1 John 1:1 a
sentence is begun which, interrupted by the parenthesis in 1 John 1:2,
is continued in...
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HOW CAN I BE SURE?
1 JOHN
_IAN MACKERVOY_
ABOUT THIS LETTER
1. THE WRITER
The letter does not tell us who wrote it. The tradition is that John
is the author. John was an *apostle. He was one of...
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[2.
First Half. God is Light (1 John 1:5 to 1 John 2:28).
(1)
STATEMENT OF THE LEADING THOUGHT (1 John 1:5).
(2)
FIRST INFERENCE: The true fellowship ...
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The heresy of Antinomianism, represented by the Nicolaitans (_cf._
Introd. p. 156). ἐὰν εἴπωμεν, a gentle and charitable
hypothesis. He does not charge his readers with actually holding this
perniciou...
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The Message of the Incarnation and the Duty which it brings. “And
this is the message which we have heard from Him and are announcing to
you, that God is light, and darkness in Him there is none. If w...
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FELLOWSHIP IN THE LIGHT
1 John 1:1
As the aged Apostle began to write he was living over again his first
happy experiences with the Savior. He heard the voice, saw the person,
touched the very body i...
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This is possibly the last apostolic message to the whole Church. It is
complementary to the Gospel of John. Its subject is fellowship with
God, into which believers are introduced through their union...
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GOD IS LIGHT
The Gnostics John was likely dealing with claimed to be specially
enlightened. The word _gnosko_ means "I know." John proclaimed God as
light and even said there was no darkness in Him. O...
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This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto
you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. (6) If we
say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we...
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6_If we say _It is, indeed, an argument from what is inconsistent,
when he concludes that they are alienated from God, who walk in
darkness. This doctrine, however, depends on a higher principle, that...
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The Epistle of John has a peculiar character. It is eternal life
manifested in Jesus, and imparted to us the life which was with the
Father, and which is in the Son. It is in this life that believers...
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IF WE SAY THAT WE HAVE FELLOWSHIP WITH HIM,.... The Alexandrian copy
reads, "for if we say": that is, if any profess to be partakers of the
divine nature, to be like unto God, and to have communion wi...
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If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we
lie, and do not the truth:
Ver. 6. _If we say that, &c._] As they do that profess to know God,
but in works do deny him, Titus 1:1...
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_This then is the message_ That is, one part of it; _which we have
heard of him_ The Son of God; _that God is light_ The light of truth,
wisdom, holiness, glory. What light is to the natural eye, that...
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IF WE SAY; the apostle deduces from what he has just said of God's
nature a most weighty inference. Since He is light, we must walk in
the light, or we cannot have fellowship with Him.
WALK IN DARKNE...
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Walking in the light, cleansed by Christ's blood:...
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IF WE SAY THAT WE HAVE FELLOWSHIP WITH HIM AND WALK IN DARKNESS, WE
LIE, AND DO NOT THE TRUTH;...
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Unlike his second and third epistles, this first from John's pen waits
for no salutation, but more like Paul's to the Hebrews, immediately
begins with a precious declaration of the glory of the Person...
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5-10 A message from the Lord Jesus, the Word of life, the eternal
Word, we should all gladly receive. The great God should be
represented to this dark world, as pure and perfect light. As this is
the...
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Light and darkness are frequently put for holiness and wickedness,
LUKE 16:8 ROMANS 13:12 EPHESIANS 5:8 1 THESSALONIANS 5:5. The sum then
is:
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Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book III
Si autem in luce ambulamus, sicut et ipse est in luce, societatem
habemus cum ipso, et sanguis Jesu filii ejus emundat nos a
peccato."[25]
Origen Commentary o...
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1 John 1:6 If G1437 say G2036 (G5632) that G3754 have G2192 (G5719)
fellowship G2842 with G3326 Him...
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‘If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the
darkness, we lie, and do not the truth.'
Here he makes that position crystal clear. Because God is light no
darkness can survive in His pres...
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First the apostle announces his message that God is light and only
light (1 John 1:5). Then follows (down to chap. 1 John 2:2) a
universal statement of the evangelical conditions of fellowship with
Hi...
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_The atoning provision for fellowship in the light of God, viewed
generally and with specific reference to the Christian life._
1 John 1:6-7. IF WE SAY: this is a keyword throughout the section, and
m...
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IF WE SAY
(εαν ειπωμεν). Condition of third class with εαν and
second aorist (ingressive, up and say) active subjunctive. Claiming
fellowship with God (see verse 1 John 1:3) involves walking in the...
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1 John 1:5
I. The form of the announcement in the fifth verse is very peculiar:
"This then is the message which we have heard of Him, and declare unto
you." It is not a discovery which we make concern...
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1 John 1:6
Light and Darkness: Sin and Purification.
I. The expressions, "light" and "darkness," were wonderfully suitable
for those to whom St. John wrote. The Ephesians had paid a special
worship t...
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1 John 1:1
The Ground of Christian Ethics.
I. St. John begins with speaking of that which he saw, and heard, and
handled. Those who read his letter could have no doubt that he was
referring to the ti...
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1 John 1:4. _And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be
full._
Some Christians have joy, but there are only a few drops in the bottom
of their cup; but the Scriptures were written, and...
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1 John 1:1. _That which was from the beginning, which we have heard,
which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our
hands have handled, of the Word of life;_
The fact that Chris...
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May that Divine Spirit, who inspired every word of this wonderful
letter, bless it to all our hearts as we read it!
1 John 1:1. _That which was from the beginning, which we have heard,
which we have...
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1 John 1:1. _That which was from the beginning which we have heard,
which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our
hands have handled, of the Word of life;_
You know who that is...
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CONTENTS: Fellowship with God made possible through the incarnation.
Conditions of perpetual fellowship walking in the light and confessing
sins.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, John.
CONCLUSION: Fellowship...
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1 John 1:1. _That which was from the beginning._ We have before
observed that the neuter gender is often preferred by the Greeks, and
with great propriety, when speaking of the Divinity. _L'ETRE Suprê...
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IF, THEN. Here is A _test_ of fellowship. Since light symbolizes
purity and holiness, darkness symbolizes sin, evil, error, etc. WE ARE
LYING. "If we claim fellowship with God and Christ, yet live liv...
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1 JOHN 1:1 God Is Light and Christ Is the Way. John begins by
emphasizing Christ’s deity, incarnation, saving death, and
continuing ministry. He also stresses God’s nature as “light” (1
John 1:5) and...
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1 JOHN—NOTE ON 1 JOHN 1:5 “God is light” (v. 1 John 1:5)
reflects the OT, where “light” symbolizes both knowledge and
purity (see notes on John 1:4–5;...
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1 JOHN—NOTE ON 1 JOHN 1:6 IF WE SAY. John may be summarizing what
some were falsely claiming. If God is light (v. 1 John 1:5), then
those who walk in darkness
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THE FIRST EPISTLE GENERAL OF
S. JOHN..
CHAPTER 1 VER. 1. _That which was from the beginning_, &c. The
beginning of this Epistle corresponds with the beginning of St. John's
Gospel. Both here and the...
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CHAPTER 5 Ver. 1. _Every one that believeth_, with a living faith,
which extends itself to charity, and worketh by love, _that Jesus is
the Christ_, i.e., the Messiah, the Saviour and Redeemer of the...
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_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_
1 John 1:5.—The first part of the epistle begins here. It is
directed against the Gnostic teaching, that to a man of enlightenment
all conduct is morally indifferent. I...
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EXPOSITION
1 JOHN 1:1
1. THE INTRODUCTION. It declares the writer's authority, based on
personal experience; announces the subject-matter of his Gospel, to
which this Epistle forms a companion; and...
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Shall we turn to 1 John.
Why did John write this epistle? In chapter one, verse four, he tells
us, "These things write we unto that your joy may full." So that you
might have the fullness of joy. Do y...
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1 John 1:10; 1 John 1:3; 1 John 1:8; 1 John 2:4; 1 John 2:9;...
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If we say [ε α ν ε ι π ω μ ε ν]. The subjunctive mood puts
the case as supposed, not as assumed.
Walk in the darkness. The phrase occurs only in John's Gospel and
First Epistle. Darkness here is skoto...
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THE CHRIST CHAPTER
1 John 1:2; 1 John 2:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
There is a striking similarity between the opening verses of the first
chapter of the Gospel of John and the first chapter of the First
E...
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If we say — Either with our tongue, or in our heart, if we endeavour
to persuade either ourselves or others. We have fellowship with him,
while we walk, either inwardly or outwardly, in darkness — In...
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Observe here, 1. What great plainness of speech St. John uses with and
towards such persons as call themselves Christians, and pretend to
fellowship with God, but yet hold communion with sin, he says,...