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1 John 5:10
He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself; he that believeth not God hath made Him a liar, because he believeth not the record that God gave of His Son.
He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself; he that believeth not God hath made Him a liar, because he believeth not the record that God gave of His Son.
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Verse 10. _HE THAT BELIEVETH ON THE SON OF GOD_] This is God's witness to a truth, the most important and interesting to mankind. God has witnessed that _whosoever believeth on his Son_ shall be save...
HE THAT BELIEVETH ON THE SON OF GOD HATH THE WITNESS IN HIMSELF - The evidence that Jesus is the Son of God. Compare the notes at Romans 8:16. This cannot refer to any distinct and immediate “revelati...
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...
Reference to the faith held by the Church concerning Christ leads John to specify in symbolic terms what that faith was and the witness by which it was sustained. The truth belongs to the sphere of re...
If we accept the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater, for this is the testimony of God that he has borne testimony about his Son. He who believes in the Son of God has that testimony wit...
LOVE WITHIN THE DIVINE FAMILY (1 John 5:1-2)...
BELIEVETH ON. App-150. IN. App-104. BELIEVETH. App-150. NOT. App-105. LIAR. Compare 1 John 1:10. BELIEVETH. believeth on, as above. RECORD. Same as "witness", 1 John 5:9. GAVE. Literally hath w...
S. John's characteristic repetition of the word -witness" is greatly weakened in A. V. by the substitution of -testify" in 1 John 5:9 and -record" in 1 John 5:10: see on 1 John 1:2;...
_He that believeth on the Son of God_ For the first time in this Epistle we have the full phrase -to believe _on_", of which S. John is so fond in his Gospel, where it occurs nearly 40 times. Elsewher...
Faith is the Source of Love, the Victory over the World and the Possession of Life 1. _Whosoever believeth_ Or, _Every one that believeth_: the construction is identical with that in 1Jn 2:29, 1 John...
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...
9–11. S. John’s characteristic repetition of the word ‘witness’ is greatly weakened in A.V. by the substitution of ‘testify’ in 1 John 5:9, and ‘record’ in 1 John 5:10-11 : see on 1 John 1:2;...
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...
10. After ΤῊΝ ΜΑΡΤΥΡΊΑΝ [783], Vulgate, and Memphitic insert τοῦ Θεοῦ. For ἑαυτῷ ([784]) read ΑΥΤΩ͂Ι ([785][786][787][788]). But it remains doubtful whether αυτῷ represents αὐτῷ or αὐτῷ: the latter se...
ΠΙΣΤΕΎΩΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΠΙΣΤΈΎΩ (G4100) верить. Гл. с _dat._ обычно выражает скорее согласие с утверждением, чем уступку кому-л. (Brooke), ΠΕΠΟΊΗΚΕΝ _perf. ind. act. от_ ΠΟΙΈΩ (G4160).делать,...
DISCOURSE: 2466 THE BELIEVER’S INWARD WITNESS 1 John 5:10. _He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself_. THE truth of our holy religion is confirmed by every kind of evidence tha...
HATH THE WITNESS IN HIMSELF:— "He who upon this testimony cordially believeth in the Son of God,has not only an external evidence to produce, which may suffice, under the Spirit of God, for the convic...
CHAPTER XV _FAITHTHE POWER OF RIGHTEOUSNESS_ 1 John 5:4-12 A. _The Text_ For whatsoever is begotten of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that hath overcome the world, even our fait...
He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son. HATH THE WITNESS - of...
VERSE 10. HE THAT BELIEVETH ON THE SON OF GOD. Every man who is brought to believe on the Son of God has the witness in himself. In this he knows that a change occasioned by that belief has taken pla...
6 It is a remarkable fact that the word _ testify _ is used concerning the Lord's baptism in water (Joh_1:34), and concerning His crucifixion (Joh_19:35), and here again of the spirit (6). This is con...
5:10 made (d-21) _ Poieo_ , as 'make,' ch. 1.10. see Note k, Romans 1:32 ....
THE LOVE, OBEDIENCE, AND ASSURANCE OF BELIEVERS 1. The reason for brotherly love. 2. This is the converse of 1 John 4:19. Love to God and love to the brethren being inseparable, each is the test of...
HOW CAN I BE SURE? 1 JOHN _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 5 *FAITH OVERCOMES THE *WORLD (1 JOHN 5:1-5) V1 Jesus is the *Christ. Everyone who believes this has been born of God. Everyone who loves the fa...
V. (8.) FAITH THE TEST OF LOVE (1 John 5:1). (_a_) _Its power_ (1 John 5:1). (_b_) _The evidence on which it rests_ (1 John 5:6). (_c_) _What it contains_ ...
CHAPTER 16 THE GOSPEL AS A GOSPEL OF WITNESS; THE THREE WITNESSES 1 John 5:6 IT has been said that Apostles and apostolic men were as far as possible removed from common sense, and have no conceptio...
A subtle and profound analysis of the exercise of soul which issues in assured faith. Three stages: (1) “Believe God” (πιστεύειν τῷ Θεῷ, _credere Deo_), accept His testimony concerning His Son, _i.e._...
Our attitude to the Threefold Testimony. “If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater, because this is the testimony of God what He hath testified concerning His Son. He that b...
THE VICTORIOUS LIFE 1 John 5:1 The “begotten” children of God are constantly referred to in this Epistle. The word indicates the communication, in regeneration, of the divine nature, of which the fi...
The final subject is our fellowship with God in life. This is fundamental, and is shown to be so. The relationship between the life of God and the love of God is self-evident, and that is equally true...
WITNESSES TO JESUS' SONSHIP The Gnostics taught that Jesus was a man, and Christ, the Deity, came upon Him at baptism and left Him before the crucifixion. John says Jesus was the same both in the wate...
(11) He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son. (11) He proves the s...
He that believeth not the Son, maketh him (God) a liar, by refusing to believe the testimonies given by the three divine Persons, that Jesus was the Messias and the true Son of God, by whom eternal li...
And there are three that bear witness in earth, the spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one. (9) If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is...
_THE WITNESS WITHIN AND THE WITNESS WITHOUT_ ‘He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself.’ 1 John 5:10 The foundation-stone laid by God is Jesus Christ. It is on Him that our f...
9_For this is the witness_, or _testimony_, _of God _The particle ὅτι does not mean here the cause, but is to be taken as explanatory; for the Apostle, after having reminded us that God deserves to be...
But a danger exists on the other side. It may be, that we love the brethren because they are pleasant to us; they furnish us with agreeable society, in which our conscience is not wounded. A counter-p...
HE THAT BELIEVETH ON THE SON OF GOD,.... As a divine person who came in the flesh, and obeyed the law, and brought in everlasting righteousness, and obtained life and salvation for men: he that with t...
He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son. Ver. 10. _Hath the witne...
_He that believeth on the Son of God_, with such a faith, _hath the testimony in himself_ Namely, knows by experience, that what God hath testified concerning his Son, and salvation in and through him...
HATH THE WITNESS IN HIMSELF; evidence of the truth of God's testimony by the effects which the Holy Ghost produces on him in his believing it. MADE HIM A LIAR; acts towards him as if he were one. TH...
“Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and everyone that loveth Him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of Him.” The faith that Jesus is the Christ is here seen to corre...
9-12 Nothing can be more absurd than the conduct of those who doubt as to the truth of Christianity, while in the common affairs of life they do not hesitate to proceed on human testimony, and would...
i.e. If he truly believe, he hath the effectual impress of this testimony on his own soul; if not, he gives God the lie, as we do to any one whose testimony we believe not. SEE POOLE ON "1 THESSALONIA...
1 John 5:10 believes G4100 (G5723) in G1519 Son G5207 God G2316 has G2192 (G5719) witness G3141 in...
‘He who believes on the Son of God has the witness in him. He who does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the witness that God has borne concerning his Son. And the wi...
1 John 5:10. HE THAT BELIEVETH ON THE SON OF GOD HATH THE WITNESS IN HIMSELF. The testimony has become subjective: the ‘three agree in one' within the believer's consciousness. He has for we must anti...
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...
BELIEVETH ON (πιστευων εις). John draws a distinction between "not believing God" (μη πιστευων τω θεω) in next clause, the testimony of God about his Son, and surrender to and reliance on the Son as...
1 John 5:10 The Inward Witness. I. The nature of the witness must be first ascertained. The illustration suggests that the witness must be something clear and definite, and capable of being ascertain...
1 John 5:6 The Witness of Christ. "Witness!" The word in its emphatic recurrence is typical of the situation out of which the Epistle springs. The special perils and anxieties with which the Church i...
1 John 5:1. _Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God._ Take comfort, believer, from that declaration. You have accepted Jesus as the Christ the anointed of God, so the apostle aff...
1 John 5:1. _Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God:_ These are very simple words, but they contain a great depth of meaning. The teaching conveyed by this Epistle is very profou...
CONTENTS: Faith the overcoming principle. The advantages of faith in salvation, prayer, preservation from sin. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Satan, John. CONCLUSION: He who has been born agai...
1 John 5:1. _Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ, is born of God._ The faith which embraces him as the Lord of glory, has a regenerating influence on the heart. The immediate fruit is love to...
SO WHOEVER BELIEVES. "If you believe God's witness to his Son, you believe in the Son of God (Jesus the Christ). You have this witness in your heart because you have reached out through faith to seize...
_This is the witness of God, which He hath testified of His Son _ FAITH, AND THE WITNESS UPON WHICH IT IS FOUNDED Faith stands, under the covenant of grace, in a leading position amongst the works o...
1 JOHN—NOTE ON 1 JOHN 5:10 HAS THE TESTIMONY IN HIMSELF. Christians have the Holy Spirit’s presence and work within them. ⇐...
1 JOHN—NOTE ON 1 JOHN 5:1 Faith in the Son as the Way to Life. So far, John has written much about love and obedience, but not so much about faith. He now shifts to the importance of believing in the...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ 1 John 5:9. RECEIVE.—λαμβάνομεν; admit as valid. The testimony of two human witnesses is admitted; here is the threefold testimony of God—the voice at baptism, the acc...
EXPOSITION 1 JOHN 5:1 Faith is the source of love. 1 JOHN 5:1 The verse is a sorites. To believe in the Incarnation involves birth from God. To be born of God involves loving God. To love God invol...
Chuck Smith Whosoever believes that Jesus is the Messiah is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him (1 John 5:1). So I say, "I love Jesus. He is...
1 John 1:10; 1 John 5:1; 2 Peter 1:19; Colossians 3:3; Galatians 4:6;...
On the Son of God. Faith in the person of Christ, not merely in the fact that Jesus is the Son of God. God. Also personal. To believe God, is to believe the message which comes from Him. See on John...
SALVATION MADE SURE 1 John 5:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Taking stock is a very important thing with the business man. Laying a good foundation is a very important task with the builder, Feeling the. pulse...
He that believeth on the Son of God hath the testimony — The dear evidence of this, in himself: he that believeth not God, in this, hath made him a liar; because he supposes that to be false which God...