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1 John 5:2
By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep His commandments.
By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep His commandments.
1 JOHN 5:2 poiw/men {B} The expression ta.j evntola.j auvtou/ poiw/men (B Y (33 poiou/men) 81 614 1739 itr vg syrp, h copsa, bo arm eth _al_) is extremely rare in the New Testament (elsewhere only in...
Verse 1 John 5:2. _BY THIS WE KNOW THAT WE LOVE THE CHILDREN OF GOD_] Our love of God's followers is a _proof_ that we love God. Our love to God is the _cause_ why we love his children, and our _keepi...
BY THIS WE KNOW THAT WE LOVE THE CHILDREN OF GOD ... - This is repeating the same truth in another form. “As it is universally true that if we love Him who has begotten us, we shall also love His chil...
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...
The marks of true children of God are a correct view of Christ's person, love to God and one another, obedience to God's commandment, and faith, this being the victorious principle by which the world...
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has experienced the birth which comes from God; and everyone who loves the father loves the child. This is how we know that we must be loving the childre...
LOVE WITHIN THE DIVINE FAMILY (1 John 5:1-2)...
BY. In. App-104. KNOW. App-132. CHILDREN. App-108. KEEP. The texts read "do"....
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...
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...
The converse of the truth insisted upon in 1 John 4:20-21 is now stated. There love and obedience to God was shewn to involve love of His children: here love of God's children is said to follow from o...
2. For τηρῶμεν ([766][767][768]) read ΠΟΙΩ͂ΜΕΝ ([769] and Versions). [770] omits from ΑΥ̓ΤΟΥ͂ in 1 John 5:2 to ΑΥ̓ΤΟΥ͂ in 1 John 5:3 : _homoeoteleuton_. [766] 4th century. Discovered by Tischendorf in...
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...
ΓΙΝΏΣΚΟΜΕΝ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΓΙΝΏΣΚΩ (G1097) знать, ΌΤΑΝ (G3752) с _conj._, когда бы ни. ΆΓΑΠΏΜΕΝ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΆΓΑΠΆΩ (G25) любить (после ότι), ΆΓΑΠΏΜΕΝ _praes. conj. act. от_ ΆΓΑΠΆΩ....
BY THIS WE KNOW, &C.— St. John has often intimated, that the love of the Christian brethren, who are the children of God, is a sign or evidence of our love to _God;_ and it appears highly reasonable,...
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...
By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments. BY - `IN this.' As love to the brethren is the test of our love to God, so love to God (tested by 'ke...
VERSE 2. BY THIS WE KNOW THAT WE LOVE. To test the question whether we love our brethren or not, and to know the truth of the same, we can ask this question of ourselves do we love God and keep his c...
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...
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...
We can know that we love God’s children. We do so when we obey God. God has given this command to us. We must love both him and his children. If we love God then we must love other Christians as well....
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_ ...
What makes the Commandments of God easy. “Every one that hath faith that Jesus is the Christ hath been begotten of God; and every one that loveth Him that begat loveth him that hath been begotten of H...
A reiteration of the doctrine that love for God = love for the brethren. Where either is, the other is also. Love for God is the inner principle, love for the brethren its outward manifestation. The a...
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...
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...
(2) By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his (c) commandments. (2) The love of our neighbour depends on the love with which we love God, that this last must go...
_In this we know that we love the children of God, (that is, all men, and especially the faithful, who are made his adoptive children) when we love God, and keep his commandments, for these two branch...
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. (2) By this we know that we love the children of God, when...
2_By this we know _He briefly shows in these words what true love is, even that which is towards God. He has hitherto taught us that there is never a true love to God, except when our brethren are als...
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...
BY THIS WE KNOW THAT WE ARE THE CHILDREN GOD,.... The Ethiopic version reads, "by this know that we love God"; which, in connection with what follows, makes a tautology, and is a proving "idem per ide...
By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments. Ver. 2. _That we love the children of God_] Really, aright, and not for self or sinister respects. Godli...
_Whosoever_, &c. The apostle having discoursed in the preceding Chapter s, on the privileges of the children of God, now adds a further illustration of the great essential parts of their character, in...
BY THIS WE KNOW; obedience is the test of love towards God; and the love of God includes in itself the love of the brethren, chap 1 John 3:17; 1 John 4:20-21....
“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...
1-5 True love for the people of God, may be distinguished from natural kindness or party attachments, by its being united with the love of God, and obedience to his commands. The same Holy Spirit tha...
It is not otherwise to be known that we truly love the children of God, as such; for if we do, we must love them upon God's account, in conformity to him, and obedience to his commandments; wherefore...
1 John 5:2 By G1722 this G5129 know G1097 (G5719) that G3754 love G25 (G5719) children G5043 God...
‘Hereby we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and do his commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not grievous.' And how...
1 John 5:2. This is the converse of chap. 1 John 4:20, and as such stands here alone: we know that we love God by the token that we love the brethren; but we also know that we love God's children by t...
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...
HEREBY (εν τουτω). John's usual phrase for the test of the sincerity of our love. "The love of God and the love of the brethren do in fact include each the other" (Westcott). Each is a test of the...
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...
THIS IS HOW. John has just pointed out that if we love a father, we will love his child also. Love for the child grows out of love for the father. Therefore love for our brothers (fellow Christians) r...
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...
1 JOHN—NOTE ON 1 JOHN 5:2 Obeying God’s COMMANDMENTS in Scripture is the way to LOVE THE CHILDREN OF GOD. God’s commandments show believers the way to do good for others (see...
FAITH THE SOURCE OF LOVE, AND LOVE THE FRUIT OF FAITH _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ GENUINE faith in Christ is the sure sign of the new life—faith in the sense of living, daily trust. The faith whi...
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 3:22; 1 John 4:21; John 13:34; John 13:35; John 15:17...
By this [ε ν τ ο υ τ ω]. Not by this or from this, as an inference (see on 4 6), but in the very exercise of the sentiment toward God, we perceive. When (grov). More strictly, whenever. Our perception...
SOME THINGS WE MAY KNOW 1 John 5:1, _1 John 5:11_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS There may be some places where uncertainties lend enchantment to the view, but in matters of life and death we want full assuranc...
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...
Hereby we know — This is a plain proof. That we love the children of God — As his children....
Observe here, That the sincerity of our love to the children of God is best discovered by our love to God, and obedience to his commands. QUEST. 1. What kind of love is required towards the children...