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1 John 1:6
If we say that we have fellowship with Him and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth;
If we say that we have fellowship with Him and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth;
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
THE PASTOR'S AIM (1 John 1:1-4)...
IF. App-118. TRUTH. See p. 1511 and App-175....
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
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...
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...
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...
5–7. FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD AND WITH THE BRETHREN...
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
ΈΆΝ (G1437) если. Пять _conj._, введенные с помощью этого слова, сопровождаются _aor. conj._ или _praes. conj._ Во всех случаях условие является предположением возможного: "если это случится" (JG, 371...
DISCOURSE: 2431 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
[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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
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...
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:
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...
1 John 1:6 If G1437 say G2036 (G5632) that G3754 have G2192 (G5719) fellowship G2842 with G3326 Him...
‘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...
_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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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
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;...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
1 John 1:10; 1 John 1:3; 1 John 1:8; 1 John 2:4; 1 John 2:9;...
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...
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...
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...
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,...