1 John 3:18
What meaning of the 1 john 3:18 in the Bible?
What does 1 John 3:18 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth."
What does 1 John 3:18 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and 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...
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, 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...
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. T...
(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...
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 sac...
(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...
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 Sp...
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 G1100 but G235 deed G2041 and G2532 truth G225 My - 1 John 2:1 let us - Exodus 33:21;...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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 (1) The _evidence of sonship. _Righteousness. 1 JOHN 3:1 The Divine birth is the outcome of the Divine lov...
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 s...
1 Corinthians 13:4; 1 John 2:1; 1 Peter 1:22; 1 Thessalonians 1:3; Ephesians 4:1; Ephesians 4:15; Exodus 33:21; Galatians 5:13; Galatians 6:1;...
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...
Not in word — Only. But in deed — In action: not in tongue by empty professions, but in truth....
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 t...