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1 John 5:6-8
The testimony of God:
The testimony of God:
1 JOHN 5:6 ai[matoj {A} The original reading appears to be ai[matoj, which is well supported by a variety of witnesses, including representatives of both the Alexandrian and the Western types of text...
Verse 6. _THIS IS HE THAT CAME BY WATER AND BLOOD_] Jesus was attested to be the Son of God and promised Messiah by _water_, i.e. his _baptism_, when the Spirit of God came down from heaven upon him,...
THIS IS HE - This Son of God referred to in the previous verse. The object of the apostle in this verse, in connection with 1 John 5:8, is to state the nature of the evidence that Jesus is the Son of...
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...
This is he who came through water and blood--Jesus Christ. It was not only by water that he came, but by water and by blood. And it is the Spirit which testifies to this, because the Spirit is truth;...
LOVE WITHIN THE DIVINE FAMILY (1 John 5:1-2)...
BY. App-104. 1 John 5:1. WATER. Referring to His baptism, when witness was given to Him by the voice from heaven and the descent of the Spirit. JESUS CHRIST. App-98. BLOOD. The texts read "in (Gree...
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...
_This is he that came_ Closely connected with what precedes: -This _Son of God_is He that came". The identity of the historic person Jesus with the eternal Son of God is once more insisted upon as the...
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). Th...
6. After ΑἽΜΑΤΟΣ [772][773], Thebaic, and Memphitic insert καὶ πνεύματος: [774], Peschito, and Vulgate omit. With [775][776][777] omit ὁ before ΧΡΙΣΤΌΣ. [772] 4th century. Discovered by Tischendorf i...
ΈΛΘΏΝ _aor. act. part. (subst.)_ от ΕΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G2064) приходить, идти, ΑΊΜΑ (G129) кровь. Возможно, здесь подразумевается кровавая смерть на кресте (Plummer; Westcott; Marshall; Brooke; о разных толков...
DISCOURSE: 2464 JUSTIFICATION AND SANCTIFICATION BY CHRIST 1 John 5:6. _This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit tha...
THIS IS HE THAT CAME BY WATER AND BLOOD— St. John, 1 John 5:5 as well as often elsewhere, intimated that Jesus was the Christ, and that the belief of that article was of the highest moment. Here he is...
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...
This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth. THIS - the Person men...
VERSE 6. THIS IS HE THAT CAME BY WATER AND BLOOD. He, through whom the victory over the world was achieved, the Son of God he came by water. He was first announced by the Father as his Son, at his ba...
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...
5:6 the (a-34) Or 'truth.' the proposition is reciprocal, as ch. 3.4, John 1:4 . And 'truth' amounts only to true; whereas 'the truth' is the whole thing....
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...
THIS IS HE THAT CAME BY WATER AND BLOOD] According to the most generally accepted interpretation of this difficult passage, the reference is primarily to _our:_ Lord's baptism in Jordan and His death...
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...
The Threefold Testimony to the Incarnation. “This is He that came through water and blood, Jesus Christ; not in the water only, but in the water and in the blood. And it is the Spirit that testifieth,...
οὗτος, _i.e._, this Jesus who is the Son of God, the Messiah whom the prophets foretold and who “came” in the fulness of the time. ὁ ἐλθών, not ὁ ἐρχόμενος. His Advent no longer an unfulfilled hope bu...
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...
(8) This is he that came by water and blood, [even] Jesus Christ; (9) not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the (g) Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth. (8) He prov...
Came by water and blood. The sense seems to be, by water, with which he ordered every one to be baptized and made Christians; 2ndly, by his blood shed on the cross for our redemption. (Witham) --- Blo...
For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. (5) Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the...
6_This is he that came _That our faith may rest safely on Christ, he says the real substance of the shadows of the law appears in him. For I doubt not but that he alludes by the words _water and blood...
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...
THIS IS HE THAT CAME BY WATER AND BLOOD, [EVEN] JESUS CHRIST,.... By "water" is not meant the ablutions or washings of the ceremonial law; Christ came not by these, but to make an end of them; his blo...
This is he that came by water and blood, _even_ Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth. Ver. 6. _That came by...
_This is he that came by water and blood_ Here the apostle evidently alludes to the testimony borne by him in his gospel, that when the soldier pierced Christ's side, _forthwith there came out blood a...
BY WATER; in his baptism, when he was by the testimony of the Father solemnly proclaimed as the Messiah. AND BLOOD; in his bloody death on the cross, when he made expiation for the sins of the world,...
“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...
6-8 We are inwardly and outwardly defiled; inwardly, by the power and pollution of sin in our nature. For our cleansing there is in and by Christ Jesus, the washing of regeneration and the renewing o...
OLBGrk; For the explaining of this obscure place we must proceed by degrees. 1. It is evident, that _water and blood_ cannot be here meant literally. 2. It is therefore consequent, that they must b...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV , and calls them into his own kingdom? And why is his goodness, which does not save all [thus], defective? Also, why does he, indeed, seem to be good as respects men,...
1 John 5:6 This G3778 is G2076 (G5748) came G2064 (G5631) by G1223 water G5204 and G2532 Jesus...
THROUGH THE COMING OF JESUS GOD'S SON, WHICH WAS WELL TESTIFIED TO, WE CAN KNOW THAT WE HAVE ETERNAL LIFE (1 JOHN 5:6). ‘This is he who came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ, not with the water o...
_The Divine Testimony to Jesus Christ as the ground of faith: this is first viewed objectively_, _as a witness in history; then subjectively, as a witness enjoyed by the believer._ 1 John 5:6. THIS IS...
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...
THIS (ουτος). Jesus the Son of God (verse 1 John 5:5).HE THAT CAME (ο ελθων). Second aorist active articular participle of ερχομα, referring to the Incarnation as a definite historic event, the p...
1 John 5:6 The Spirit, the Water, and the Blood. I. Consider the testimony of the water. I believe that the reference here is exclusively to baptism the baptism of Jesus Himself, and probably also th...
1 John 5:6 Christ Coming by Water and Blood. I. Let us settle the immediate sense of these words. There was living then at Ephesus a conspicuous and enterprising teacher, whom not a few were likely t...
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...
JESUS CHRIST. John expands what he said in 1 John 5:5. Some taught that Jesus was _completely human,_ and that _The Christ_ came down on him at his baptism and left him _before_ his death (see Introdu...
1 JOHN—NOTE ON 1 JOHN 5:6 WATER most likely refers to Jesus’ baptism by John the Baptist. BLOOD signifies Christ’s atoning death on the cross. THE SPIRIT IS THE ONE WHO TESTIFIES. The Holy Spiri
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 5:4. OVERCOMETH THE WORLD.—The world is regarded as the sphere of the self-seeking principle. He who is born of God is born into another sphere—the sphere of the...
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 1:7; 1 John 4:10; 1 John 5:7; 1 John 5:8; 1 Peter 1:2;...
This. Jesus. He that came [ο ε λ θ ω ν]. Referring to the historic fact. See Matthew 11:3; Luke 7:19; John 1:15; John 1:27. Compare, for the form of expression,...
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...
This is he — St. John here shows the immovable foundation of that faith that Jesus is the Son of God; not only the testimony of man, but the firm, indubitable testimony of God. Who came — Jesus is he...