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AND THIS IS HIS COMMANDMENT - His commandment, by way of eminence; the
leading, principal thing which he enjoins on us; the commandment which
lies at the foundation of all true obedience.
THAT WE SHOU...
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V. HEREBY WE KNOW
Chapter S 3:19-5:13
_ 1. Hereby we know that we are of the truth (1 John 3:19)_
2. Hereby know ye the Spirit of God (1 John 4:1)
3. Hereby know we the Spirit of truth and of error...
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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...
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a By this we know that we are of the truth, and by this we will
reassure our heart before him, when our heart condemns us in anything,
for God is greater than our hearts and knows all things. Beloved,...
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REMEMBER THE PRIVILEGES OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE (1 John 3:1-2)...
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BELIEVE. App-150.
JESUS CHRIST. App-98....
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_And this is his commandment_ Or, _And His commandment is this_; see
on 1 John 1:5. Here the singular is right: the various commandments,
especially the two here named, faith and love, are summed up a...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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23. For πιστεύσωμεν ([684][685][686]) we should perhaps
read ΠΙΣΤΕΎΩΜΕΝ ([687][688][689]).
[684] 4th century. Brought to Rome about 1460. It is entered in the
earliest catalogue of the Vatican Library...
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ΠΙΣΤΕΎΣΩΜΕΝ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΠΙΣΤΕΎΩ (G4100)
верить. _Conj._ с 'ΊΝΑ (G2443) используется в
эпэкз. _прид._, объясняющем, в чем
состоит Его заповедь,
ΆΓΑΠΏΜΕΝ _praes. conj. act. от_ ΆΓΑΠΆΩ (G25)
лю...
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DISCOURSE: 2451
FAITH IN CHRIST ENJOINED
1 John 3:23. _This is his commandment, That we should believe on the
name of his Son Jesus Christ_.
SOME Christians, from a mistaken zeal for the Gospel, are...
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AND THIS IS HIS COMMANDMENT, &C.— "And this is his great
commandment, that we should endeavour to grow more in that blessed
principle of faith in his dear Son Jesus Christ; and that we should
unfeigne...
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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...
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And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of
his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.
God's commandments summed up in the one Gospel commandment....
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VERSE 23. AND THIS IS HIS COMMANDMENT.
The commandment that we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus
Christ, and love one another; believe that God sent his Son into the
world; the same Jesus t...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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_Cf._ our Lord's summary of the commandments in Matthew 22:34-40 =
Mark 12:28-31, and observe the apostolic narrowing of τὸν
πλησίον σου (_cf._ Luke 10:29-37) to ἀλλήλους,
_i.e._ τούς ἀδελφούς (see no...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_THE UNION OF FAITH AND LOVE_
‘This is His commandment, That we should believe on the Name of His
Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as He gave us commandment.’
1 John 3:23
What is it that the...
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23_And this is his commandment _He again accommodates a general truth
to his own purpose. The meaning is, that such is the discord between
us and God, that we are kept off from an access to him, excep...
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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...
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AND THIS IS HIS COMMANDMENT,.... Having mentioned the keeping of the
commandments of God, the apostle proceeds to show what they are; that
they are faith in Christ, and love to one another; which two...
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And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his
Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.
Ver. 23. _And this is his commandment_] This is the sum and s...
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_And this is his commandment, That we should believe_, &c. Namely, all
his commandments: in one word, _That we should believe and love_ In
the manner and degree which he hath taught. This is the great...
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The reassurance of the Spirit:...
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AND THIS IS HIS COMMANDMENT, THAT WE SHOULD BELIEVE ON THE NAME OF HIS
SON, JESUS CHRIST, AND LOVE ONE ANOTHER, AS HE GAVE US COMMANDMENT....
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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...
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22-24 When believers had confidence towards God, through the Spirit
of adoption, and by faith in the great High Priest, they might ask
what they would of their reconciled Father. They would receive i...
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Thus briefly is comprehended the whole of our duty towards God in
Christ, and one another, in a like summary as that, ECCLESIASTES
12:13....
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1 John 3:23 And G2532 this G3778 is G2076 (G5748) His G846 commandment
G1785 that G2443 believe G4100 ...
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‘Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, we have boldness toward God,
and whatever we ask we receive of him, because we keep his
commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight. And
this i...
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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...
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1 John 3:23. AND THIS IS HIS COMMANDMENT: the one commandment which,
as it contains all others, is especially the unity of faith and love.
In this Epistle the sum of faith is in the name of Jesus, and...
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The ruling idea of the third part is Faith in the Spirit's testimony
concerning the Son of God incarnate. The close of chap. 3 introduces
the theme by the first explicit mention of faith and the Spiri...
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HIS COMMANDMENT
(η εντολη αυτου).THAT
(ινα). Subfinal use of ινα in apposition with εντολη
(commandment) and explanatory of it, as in John 15:12 (εντολη
ινα). See Christ's summary of the commandme...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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THIS IS WHAT HE COMMANDS. John has been stressing actions. Here he
shows us faith and love as _two sides of the same coin._ See note on
James 2:19. BELIEVE IN THE NAME. _Name = authority._ To believe...
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_And whatsoever we ask, we receive of Him, because we keep His
commandments _
THE CONDITIONS OF POWER IN PRAYER
I. The essentials of power is prayer. We must make a few distinctions
at the outset. I...
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1 JOHN—NOTE ON 1 JOHN 3:23 HIS COMMANDMENT, THAT WE BELIEVE.
Personal trust in Christ leads to the ethical behavior stressed in vv.
1 John 3:11....
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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...
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_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...
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EXPOSITION
1 JOHN 3:1 TO 1 JOHN 5:12
3. SECOND MAIN DIVISION. _God is Love._
1 JOHN 3:1
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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...
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1 John 2:8; 1 John 3:11; 1 John 4:21; 1 Peter 1:22; 1 Peter 4:8;...
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Believe on the name [π ι σ τ ε υ σ ω μ ε ν τ ω ο ν ο
μ α τ ι]. See on John 1:12; 1 John 1:7....
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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...
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And this is his commandment — All his commandments in one word. That
we should believe and love — in the manner and degree which he hath
taught. This is the greatest and most important command that ev...
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Observe here, 1. What is the sum of the Christian's duty, FAITH and
LOVE, to believe on the name of Jesus Christ; that is, to rely upon
him as our Redeemer, our Teacher, our King, our Intercessor, and...