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1 John 3:8
He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth. from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.
He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth. from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.
Verse 8. _HE THAT COMMITTETH SIN IS OF THE DEVIL_] Hear this, also, ye who plead for Baal, and cannot bear the thought of that doctrine that states believers are to be saved from all sin in this life...
HE THAT COMMITTETH SIN - Habitually, willfully, characteristically. IS OF THE DEVIL - This cannot mean that no one who commits any sin, or who is not absolutely perfect, can be a Christian, for this w...
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...
To commit sin is a breach of God's law, a frustration of God's work of redemption, and the manifestation of a principle which betrays kinship with the devil. A man begotten of God will be in moral aff...
Anyone who rests this hope on him purifies himself as he is pure. Anyone who commits sin commits lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness. And you know that he appeared that he might take away our sins and...
REMEMBER THE PRIVILEGES OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE (1 John 3:1-2)...
FROM THE BEGINNING. See 1 John 1:1 and John 8:44. SON OF GOD. App-98. DESTROY. Greek. _luo_. Compare John 2:19....
_He that committeth sin_ Better, as in 1 John 3:4, in order to bring out the full antithesis, _He that_ DOETH _sin_. -To do sin" is the exact opposite of -to do righteousness": as before, both substan...
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 3:12. THE CHILDREN OF GOD AND THE CHILDREN OF THE DEVIL...
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...
8. Ὁ ΠΟΙΩ͂Ν Τ. ἉΜΑΡΤ. _He that_ DOETH _sin_, as in 1 John 3:4, to bring out the contrast with ‘he that _doeth_ righteousness.’ _Qui facit peccatum_. The first half of this verse is closely parallel to...
ΠΟΙΏΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΠΟΙΈΩ (G4160) делать, ΔΙΆΒΟΛΟΣ (G3028) дьявол, противник (DDD, 464-73). ΆΜΑΡΤΆΝΕΙ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΆΜΑΡΤΆΝΩ (G264) грешить. _Praes._ обозначает длительное, привычно...
DISCOURSE: 2445 THE END OF CHRISTS INCARNATION 1 John 3:8. _For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil_. THE author of this epistle survived all the...
HE THAT COMMITTETH SIN, &C.— Or, _who liveth in sin,_ says Heylin. The original is a Hebraism, importing a habit of sin. Limborch imagines the phase _sinneth from the beginning,_ to refer to repeated...
CHAPTER IX _FURTHER APPLICATION OF THE FIRST TEST_ 1 John 3:4-10 A. The Text Every one that doeth sin doeth also lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness. (5) And ye know that he was manifested to take...
He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. HE THAT COMMITTETH SI...
VERSE 8. HE THAT COMMITTETH SIN IS OF THE DEVIL. Since sin emanates from the devil, and is, therefore, of him, those who work sin, who exhibit a sinful life, give, thereby, all the proof sound reason...
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...
HE THAT COMMITTETH SIN] RV 'he that doeth sin.' The present tense implies that which is habitual, which results from a ruling principle. 9. RV 'Whosoever is begotten of God doeth no sin, because his...
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....
(3) THE CONSEQUENCE OF THE DIVINE BIRTH ON HUMAN CONDUCT (1 John 3:4). — This paragraph is an expansion of the thought of 1 John 2:3, which was the practical conclusion of the meditation on the divine...
ὁ ποι. τὴν ἁμ., an emphatic and interpretative variation of ὁ ἁμαρτάνων “he that makes sin his business or practice”. ἐκ of parentage (_cf._ 1 John 3:9); “hoc est, ex patre diabolo” (Clem. Alex.). ἀπʼ...
The Incompatibility of Sonship with Continuance in Sin....
The Obligation of our Dignity as Children of God. “Every one that doeth sin doeth also lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness. And ye know that He was manifested that He might take away the sins; and sin...
THE MARKS OF GOD'S CHILDREN 1 John 3:1 This chapter opens with one of the astounding announcements of Scripture. Why God should have made _us_ His children is incomprehensible, except to show forth t...
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...
CHRISTIANS ARE OUT OF THE SINNING BUSINESS Evidently, false teachers were asserting one could live a life of sin and still be acceptable to God. John did not want Christians to be led astray, but assu...
(8) He that committeth sin is of the (i) devil; for the devil (k) sinneth from the (l) beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. (8) An a...
_The devil sinneth from the beginning: not that he was created in sin, but sined soon after he was created. (Witham)_...
Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. (5) And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin. (6) Whosoever abideth...
_THE DESTRUCTION OF EVIL WORKS_ ‘For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.’ 1 John 3:8 Here St. John tells us of the purpose of the Incarnation....
8_He that committeth sin, _This word, _to commit_, or _to do_, refers also to outward works, so that the meaning is, that there is no life of God and of Christ, where men act perversely and wickedly,...
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...
HE THAT COMMITTETH SIN IS OF THE DEVIL,.... Not everyone that sins, or commits acts of sin, then every man is of the devil, because no man lives without the commission of sin; but he who makes sin his...
He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. Ver. 8. _He that commit...
_Little_, or _beloved children, let no man deceive you_ In this important matter, by vain words, however serious and plausible they may seem to be. For a being, himself immutably holy, can never dispe...
In these verses the apostle is combating the error of those who sought to separate fellowship with God from a life of holiness; or who at least did not consider the inseparable connection of the two,...
IS OF THE DEVIL; is a child of the devil and like him in character. MIGHT DESTROY THE WORKS OF THE DEVIL; it follows that Christ's disciples cannot do these works....
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...
3-10 The sons of God know that their Lord is of purer eyes than to allow any thing unholy and impure to dwell with him. It is the hope of hypocrites, not of the sons of God, that makes allowance for...
OLBGrk; HE THAT COMMITTETH SIN: the apostle's notion of committing sin may be interpreted by his own phrase, 3 JOHN 1:11, o kakopoiwn, _a doer of evil; _ and by that, used in both Testaments, _a worke...
1 John 3:8 sins G4160 (G5723) G266 is G2076 (G5748) of G1537 devil G1228 for G3754 devil...
THE WAY THAT MEN WALK REVEALS WHOSE CHILDREN THEY ARE (1 JOHN 3:8). ‘Little children, let no man lead you astray. He who practises righteousness (carries righteousness into practise) is righteous, eve...
1 John 3:8-9. HE THAT DOETH SIN IS OF THE DEVIL; FOR THE DEVIL SINNETH FROM THE BEGINNING. TO THIS END WAS THE SON OF GOD MANIFESTED, THAT HE MIGHT DESTROY THE WORKS OF THE DEVIL. This passage is, tak...
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...
HE THAT DOETH SIN (ο ποιων την αμαρτιαν). "He that keeps on doing sin" (the habit of sin).OF THE DEVIL (εκ του διαβολου). In spiritual parentage as Jesus said of the Pharisees in John 8:44. When...
1 John 3:8 Why Christ came. I. We are carried here into the very heart of the Gospel; we are told why Christ came, why there is a gospel. Some one may say that the object of the Gospel is to destroy...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
WHOEVER CONTINUES TO SIN. "The one who purposely makes a habit of sin shows by this that he belongs to the Devil (see 1 John 3:12)_."_ BECAUSE THE DEVIL HAS SINNED. This is in the _present continuous...
1 JOHN—NOTE ON 1 JOHN 3:8 THE REASON THE SON OF GOD APPEARED restates v. 1 John 3:5. THE WORKS OF THE DEVIL. That is, the p
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 3:7. LITTLE CHILDREN.—τεκνία; not infants, but young and immature disciples. DOETH RIGHTEOUSNESS.—Emphasis lies on “doeth”; habitually does. Doing is opposed to...
EXPOSITION 1 JOHN 3:1 TO 1 JOHN 5:12 3. SECOND MAIN DIVISION. _God is Love._ 1 JOHN 3:1
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...
1 John 3:10; 1 John 3:5; 1 John 5:19; 2 Peter 2:4; Colossians 2:15;...
The Devil. See on 2 13. Compare John 8:44. "The devil made no one, he begot no one, he created no one; but whosoever imitates the devil, is, as it were, a child of the devil, through imitating, not th...
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...
He that committeth sin is a child of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning — That is, was the first sinner in the universe, and has continued to sin ever since. The Son of God was manife...
That is, "So far as. man sinneth, so far he is of the devil, and like unto him, in whom sin is predominant: he having been an old sinner, soon after the beginning of the creation, and. bold tempter to...