Wesley's Explanatory Notes
1 John 3:1
That we should be called — That is, should be, the children of God. Therefore the world knoweth us not — They know not what to make of us. We are a mystery to them.
That we should be called — That is, should be, the children of God. Therefore the world knoweth us not — They know not what to make of us. We are a mystery to them.
1 JOHN 3:1 kai. evsme,n {A} Although it can be argued that the words kai. evsme,n are an explanatory gloss introduced by copyists in order to affirm the reality of the state previously described, it...
CHAPTER III. _The extraordinary love of God towards mankind, and the effects_ _of it_, 1-3. _Sin is the transgression of the law, and Christ was manifested_ _to take away our sins_, 4-6. The chil...
BEHOLD, WHAT MANNER OF LOVE - What love, in “kind” and in “degree.” In kind the most tender and the most ennobling, in adopting us into His family, and in permitting us to address Him as our Father; i...
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...
1 JOHN 2:29 TO 1 JOHN 5:12. THE CHARACTERISTICS OF GOD'S CHILDREN. 1 John 2:29 to 1 John 3:3. Because God, made known to us in Christ, is righteous, those
REMEMBER THE PRIVILEGES OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE (1 John 3:1-2)...
See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called the children of God--and such we indeed are. The reason why the world does not recognize us is that it did not recognize him....
BEHOLD. App-133. Plural. LOVE. App-135. FATHER. App-98. BESTOWED UPON. given to. THAT. in order that. Greek. _hina_. SONS. children. App-108. GOD. App-98. All the texts add, "and we are (so)"....
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...
_what manner of_ The same word (ποταπός) occurs Matthew 8:27; Mark 13:1; Luke 1:29; Luke 7:39;...
1. After ΚΛΗΘΩ͂ΜΕΝ insert καὶ ἐσμέν with [582][583][584][585][586], Justin Martyr and Versions against [587][588]. [589][590][591] have ὑμᾶς for ἩΜΑ͂Σ. [582] 4th century. Discovered by Tischendorf in...
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...
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DISCOURSE: 2441 BELIEVERS ARE SONS OF GOD 1 John 3:1. _Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God_. RELIGION is altogether a mystery: every...
BEHOLD, WHAT MANNER OF LOVE, &C.— The word _behold,_ is made use of to excite new degrees of attention; and indeed is generally used in the scripture as a kind of hand, to point out what is peculiarly...
CHAPTER VIII _DIVINE SONSHIP TESTED BY PRACTICING RIGHTEOUSNESS_ (The First Test. The Second Time) 1 John 3:1-3 A. _The Text_ Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we...
Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. BEHOLD - calling attention to so...
VERSE 1. BEHOLD, WHAT MANNER OF LOVE. Remembering that the last thought in the foregoing chapter introduced was the fact that we were born of God. How wonderful has been the love of God in permitting...
18 The term "antichrist" occurs only in John's epistles. The prefix "anti" now has the meaning of "against" and antichrist signifies one who is against Christ. But "anti" originally meant "instead of...
3:1 children (g-16) _ Teknon_ (not a diminutive), as vers. 2,10; ch. 5.2; 2 John 1:4 ,2 John 1:13 ; 3 John 1:4 ....
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...
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....
III. (2) THE DIVINE BIRTH THE OUTCOME OF GOD’S LOVE (1 John 3:1). — The thought of the new birth suddenly fires the Apostle’s mind with reverent amazement, in which he calls on his hearers to join. H...
Our Present Dignity and Our Future Destiny. “See what unearthly love the Father hath given us, in order that we may be styled ‘children of God'; and so we are. It is for this reason that the world dot...
St. John has been speaking of the salvation which Jesus has brought His Propitiation and Advocacy, and he sees and would have his readers see in it an amazing expression of the love of God. _Cf._ John...
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...
Behold, (1) (a) what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be (b) called the sons of God: (2) therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. (1) He begins to d...
Behold what manner of charity (or of love) the Father hath bestowed upon us. St. John had said in the last verse of the foregoing chapter that every one who doth justice, is born of him; i.e. is the s...
CONTENTS The Apostle breaks out in the Opening of this Chapter, into a devout Strain of Admiration and Praise, in the Contemplation of the Love of God. He draws a Line of Discrimination between the C...
_WHAT WE ARE AND WHAT WE SHALL BE_ ‘Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us … for we shall see Him as He is.’ 1 John 3:1 Three important questions—Whence? Where? Whither? Whenc...
1_Behold _The second argument is from the dignity and excellency of our calling; for it was not common honor, he says, that the heavenly Father bestowed on us, when he adopted us as his children. This...
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...
BEHOLD WHAT MANNER OF LOVE,.... See, take notice, consider, look by faith, with wonder and astonishment, and observe how great a favour, what an instance of matchless love, what a wonderful blessing o...
Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. Ver. 1. _Behold what manner_] _Qua...
The apostle, in the last verse of the preceding chapter, having declared that every one who _worketh righteousness_ is born of God, begins the chapter with an exclamation expressive of his high admira...
UPON US; who have received Christ through faith. John 1:12; KNEW HIM NOT; did not understand his true character. In making guilty, polluted rebels and heirs of endless perdition holy-not merely servan...
THE GLORY, PRIVILEGES, AND OBLIGATIONS OF SONSHIP. The beauty of the sonship of God:...
BEHOLD, WHAT MANNER OF LOVE THE FATHER HATH BESTOWED UPON US THAT WE SHOULD BE CALLED THE SONS OF GOD. THEREFORE THE WORLD KNOWETH US NOT, BECAUSE IT KNEW HIM. NOT....
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...
1,2 Little does the world know of the happiness of the real followers of Christ. Little does the world think that these poor, humble, despised ones, are favourites of God, and will dwell in heaven. L...
OLBGrk; 1 JOHN CHAPTER 3 1 JOHN 3:1,2 It is a mark of God's singular love toward us, that we are now called his sons, and designed for further happiness hereafter, 1 JOHN 3:3 and therefore we must obe...
Tertullian On Modesty And so it will be becoming for `the sons of God'[20] Lactantius Divine Institutes Book VI But if this is done by those who do not know the truth, how much more ought we to do...
1 John 3:1 Behold G1492 (G5628) manner G4217 love G26 Father G3962 bestowed G1325 (G5758) us G2254 that...
‘Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God; and such we are. For this reason the world knows us not, because it knew him not. The thought of be...
1 John 3:1. BEHOLD! as an exclamation, and thus standing alone, occurs only here. It is the tranquil expression of adoring wonder. WHAT MANNER OF LOVE THE FATHER HAS BESTOWED UPON US: this expression...
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...
WHAT MANNER OF LOVE (ποταπην αγαπην). Qualitative interrogative as in 2 Peter 3:11; Matthew 8:27. Only here in John's writings. Originally of what country or race.HATH BESTOWED (δεδωκεν). Perfect...
WORLD Greek, "kosmos", means "mankind". (_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 4:8). _...
1 John 3:1 The Love that calls us Sons. Notice: I. The love that is given. We are called upon to come with our little vessels to measure the contents of the great ocean, to plumb with our short line...
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...
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...
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...
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...
THE FATHER HAS LOVED US! _Christ-on-the-cross_ is the declaration of God's love for us (John 3:16)!!! "See how much the Father has loved us Jews and Gentiles who do what is right (1 John 2:29)! We are...
1 JOHN—NOTE ON 1 JOHN 3:1 THE WORLD DOES NOT KNOW US. There is an ultimate division between those who know and serve Christ and those who do not. ⇐...
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...
THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SONSHIP _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ THE last word of the previous chapter brought to mind that the Christian is related to God by a spiritual and Divine _birth_. A Chr...
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 4:10; 1 John 4:9; 2 Corinthians 6:18; 2 Samuel 7:19; Coloss
Behold [ι δ ε τ ε]. Lit., behold ye. The plural is peculiar. The usual form is the singular ide or ijdou. See John 1:29; John 11:3, etc.; John 4:35; John 19:26;...
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...
Our apostle begins this chapter with wonder and admiration at the astonishing goodness and condescension of Alighty God towards believers, in taking them into his family, and adopting them into the nu...