1 John 4:21
What meaning of the 1 john 4:21 in the Bible?
What does 1 John 4:21 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also."
What does 1 John 4:21 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also."
Verse 1 John 4:21. _THIS COMMANDMENT HAVE WE_] We should love one another, and love our neighbour as ourselves. The love of God and the love of man can never be separated; he who loves God will love h...
AND THIS COMMANDMENT HAVE WE FROM HIM - That is, the command to love a brother is as obligatory as that to love God. If one is obeyed, the other ought to be also; if a man feels that one is binding on...
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 erro...
John returns to the theme of 1 John 3:14 ff., be cause if the Church is the home of truth, still more is it the home of love. The evidence for our Divine sonship is that the love manifested by God in...
THE PERILS OF THE SURGING LIFE OF THE SPIRIT (1 John 3:24 B- 1 John 4:1) _ 4:1 This is how we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit which he gave to us. Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but t...
FROM. App-104. Compare 1 John 3:11; 3 John 1:13; 3 John 1:13 :34. John 15:12....
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...
ΈΝΤΟΛΉ (G1785) повеление, ΈΧΟΜΕΝ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΈΧ (G2192) иметь, ΆΓΑΠΏΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΆΓΑΠΆΩ (G25) любить, ΆΓΑΠΦ _praes. conj. act. от_ ΆΓΑΠΆΩ. _Conj._ с ΪΝ (G2443) передает содерж...
CHAPTER XIV _RIGHTEOUSNESSDEMONSTRATION OF LOVE_ 1 John 4:17-21; 1 John 5:1-3 A. _The Text_ Herein is love made perfect with us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgement; because as he is...
And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also. Besides the argument () from men's common feeling, he adds a stronger from God's express commandment (). He who...
VERSE 21. AND THIS COMMANDMENT HAVE WE FROM HIM. Besides, we all have God's will, expressed in a command given by him, that every one who loves God must love his brother also. This is the end of the...
3 The spirit of antichrist is the spirit of the world. It does not want the Christ of the Scriptures, but prefers some substitute more suited to its taste. This spirit has come to pervade, not only th...
FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD IN LOVE 1. Try the spirits] RV 'Prove the spirits.' The verb is used of testing metals. 2, 3. See on 2 John 1:7....
HOW CAN I BE SURE? 1 JOHN _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 4 TEST THE *SPIRITS TO SEE IF THEY ARE TRUE (1 JOHN 4:1-6) V1 My friends, do not believe every *spirit. First, make sure where they are from. See...
THE PERFECT LOVE THE SUREST TEST (1 John 4:7). (_a_) _Fraternal love the necessary product of the true knowledge of God, because God is love_ (1 John 4:7). (_b_) _The grand recent historical exhib...
The Blessedness of Love. “Beloved, let us love one another, because love is of God, and every one that loveth of God hath been begotten and is getting to know God. He that loveth not did not get to kn...
THE TEST OF OUR LOVE 1 John 4:12 If we are willing to be channels through which God's love flows to others, there need be no limit to the fullness of that holy current. In humility, selflessness, an...
Two closely related perils threaten our fellowship with God as love, false prophets and the spirit which actuates them. Teaching is to be tested by the indwelling Spirit. All who refuse to confess tha...
LOVING THE BRETHREN Generally speaking, it is easier to love that which is near and seen than that which is far away and unseen. Earlier, John had said, "No one has seen God at any time (verse 12). It...
(17) And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also. (17) A second reason, why God cannot be hated and our neighbour loved, because this same lawmaker commanded u...
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and everyone that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. (8) He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. (9) In this was manifested the...
_GOD’S LOVE FOR THE INDIVIDUAL SOUL_ ‘And this commandment have we from Him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.’ 1 John 4:21 It does not need, in order to call’s God’s attention, that a...
21_And this commandment _This is a stronger argument, drawn from the authority and doctrine of Christ; for he not only gave a commandment respecting the love of God, but bade us also to love our breth...
Now, to make use of this last proof, caution was required, for many false prophets would assume, and even in the time of the apostle had already assumed, the semblance of having received communication...
AND THIS COMMANDMENT HAVE WE FROM HIM,.... Either "from God", as the Alexandrian copy and the Vulgate Latin version read; and that to love the brethren is a commandment of God, is clear from 1 John 3:...
And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also. Ver. 21. _And this commandment we have from him_] Lo, here a singular evidence of God's great love to us, that he...
_If any man say, I love God_ And even say it with the utmost confidence; _and hateth his brother_ Which he will do more or less, if he do not love him; _he is a liar_ He affirms what is false, althoug...
Perfection in brotherly love:...
But there must be guards as to the operation of the Spirit of God, that is, the child of God must be guarded against all that would imitate the operation of the Spirit. Satan is extremely cunning, and...
14-21 The Father sent the Son, he willed his coming into this world. The apostle attests this. And whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God. This confe...
Both ought to be conjoined, being required both by the same authority....
1 John 4:21 And G2532 this G5026 commandment G1785 have G2192 (G5719) from G575 Him G846 that G2443 loves G25 (G5723) God G2316 love G25 (G5725) his G846 brother G80 also G2532 1 John 4:11,...
‘And this commandment have we from him, that he who loves God love his brother also.' So God has made it a command. God commands us to love such brothers. So it is not only logically and spiritually...
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...
THAT (ινα). Sub-final object clause in apposition with εντολην as in John 13:34; John 15:13.FROM HIM (απ' αυτου). Either God or Christ. See Mark 12:29-31 for this old commandment (1 John 2:7)....
1 John 4:1. _Beloved, believe not every spirit,_ A simpleton believes every word that he hears, but «the wise man's eyes are in his head,» so he examines what he sees and hears, and does not blindly...
CONTENTS: Christians warned of false doctrines concerning Christ's person and work. Tests of the true. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, anti-christ, John. CONCLUSION: God's people must be ever...
1 John 4:1. _Believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God._ Whether those teachers believe that Christ is come in the flesh, which to the present hour the unbelieving jews den...
IS THE COMMAND. It is God's will that he who loves the Father should love the children also! See John 13:34-35; John 15:12; 1 John 3:11_. You cannot obey the command to love God without loving your br...
1 JOHN 4:7 The Assurance of God through the Love of God. John’s teaching in these verses is like the apostle Paul’s “love chapter,” 1 Corinthians 13:1.1 JOHN—NOTE ON 1 JOHN 4:7 WHOEVER LOVES HAS BEEN...
Would someone please check the Psalm number in sentence formatted in blue in the 3rd note of ver. 18. CHAPTER 4 1. _Most dearly beloved_, &c. By the word _spirit_ he means suggestion, inspiration, im...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ 1 John 4:15. SON OF GOD.—St. John was jealous of the double truth of the person of Jesus—His Divinity and His humanity. 1 John 4:17. MADE PERFECT.—Or reaches its purp...
EXPOSITION 1 JOHN 4:1 - 1 JOHN 5:12 (2) _The source of son-ship. _Possession of the Spirit. 1 JOHN 4:1 Confession of the Incarnation is the assurance that the Spirit of God, who is the Spirit of t...
Shall we turn now in our Bibles to I John chapter 4. As we go back to verse 1 John 4:24 of chapter 3, the later portion, "Hereby we know that He abides in us by the Spirit which He has given us." I kn...
1 John 3:11; 1 John 3:14; 1 John 3:18; 1 John 3:23; 1 John 4:11; 1 Peter 3:8; 1 Peter 4:8; 1 Thessalonians 4:9; Galatians 5:14; Galatians 5:6;...
That [ι ν α]. Not defining the contents of the commandment, but expressing intent. Compare John 13:34, and see on John 14:13. His brother. "To the persecutor Saul, Christ said, 'Saul, Saul, why persec...
TESTING THE TRUE AND THE FALSE 1 John 4:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We have in our opening verses some important admonitions, and also some important instructions. 1. IMPORTANT ADMONITIONS. (1) "Believe...
And this commandment have we from him — Both God and Christ. That he who loveth God love his brother — Every one, whatever his opinions or mode of worship be, purely because he is the child, and bears...
THIS COMMANDMENT; this great and chief commandment, above the rest, this summary and comprehensive commandment, including all the rest, namely, to love God above all, for his own sake, and to love our...