Wesley's Explanatory Notes
1 John 3:7
Let no one deceive you — Let none persuade you that any man is righteous but he that uniformly practises righteousness; he alone is righteous, after the example of his Lord.
Let no one deceive you — Let none persuade you that any man is righteous but he that uniformly practises righteousness; he alone is righteous, after the example of his Lord.
Verse 7. _LET NO MAN DECEIVE YOU_] Either by asserting that "you cannot be saved from sin in this life," or "that sin will do you no harm and cannot alter your state, if you are adopted into the famil...
LITTLE CHILDREN - Notes at 1 John 2:1. LET NO MAN DECEIVE YOU - That is, in the matter under consideration; to wit, by persuading you that a man may live in sinful practices, and yet be a true child o...
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...
REMEMBER THE PRIVILEGES OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE (1 John 3:1-2)...
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...
LITTLE CHILDREN. App-108. NO MAN. no one. Greek. _medeis._ DECEIVE. See 1 John 2:26 (seduce). DOETH. See 1 John 2:29. RIGHTEOUSNESS. App-191. RIGHTEOUS. App-191. Compare 1 Joh
_Little children_ From the point of view of the present section, viz. the Divine parentage, the Apostle again warns his readers against the ruinous doctrine that religion and conduct can be separated,...
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...
7. [605][606] have παιδία for ΤΕΚΝΊΑ ([607][608][609][610]). [605] 5th century. Brought by Cyril Lucar, Patriarch of Constantinople, from Alexandria, and afterwards presented by him to Charles I. in 1...
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...
1 John 2:29 to 1 John 3:12. THE CHILDREN OF GOD AND THE CHILDREN OF THE DEVIL...
ΠΛΑΝΆΤΩ _praes. imper. act. от_ ΠΛΑΝΆΩ (G4105) сбивать с пути, обманывать, ΠΟΙΏΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΠΟΙΈΩ (G4160) делать, практиковать. Subst. part. обозначает привычное действие....
HE THAT DOETH RIGHTEOUSNESS,— _He who practiseth righteousness;_ and so 1 John 3:8 _he who practiseth sin._ The scriptures frequently represent him as the _righteous man,_ who habitually and constantl...
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...
Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous. The same truth, with the addition that he who sins is, so far as he sins, "of the devil....
VERSE 7. LITTLE CHILDREN, LET NO MAN DECEIVE YOU. Exhortation is here made to prevent delusion or deception. Those claiming to be righteous are those only who do righteousness. Works are demanded in...
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...
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....
(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...
An affectionate warning against Nicolaitan Antinomianism (_cf._ note on 1 John 1:6-7). The Apostle cuts away vain pretences by a sharp principle: a righteous character expresses itself in righteous co...
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 Incompatibility of Sonship with Continuance in 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...
(7) Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous. (7) Another argument of things joined together: He that lives justly, is just, and rese...
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...
7._He that doeth righteousness _The Apostle shews here that newness of life is testified by good works; nor does that likeness of which he has spoken, that is between Christ and his members, appear, e...
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...
LITTLE CHILDREN, LET NO MAN DECEIVE YOU,.... Neither by these doctrines, nor by wicked practices, drawing into the belief of the one, or into the performance of the other; suggesting, as the Gnostics...
Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous. Ver. 7. _Let no man deceive you_] As if you might pass _e coeno in coelum; _ fly to heaven...
_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,...
DOETH RIGHTEOUSNESS; in his life. IS RIGHTEOUS; in his character. The tree-a righteous character-is known by its fruit-doing righteousness....
Doing righteousness:...
LITTLE CHILDREN, LET NO MAN DECEIVE YOU: HE THAT DOETH. RIGHTEOUSNESS IS RIGHTEOUS, EVEN AS HE IS RIGHTEOUS....
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...
This caution implies the zealous endeavour of the seducers of that time, to instil their poisonous doctrine and principles of licentiousness; and his own solicitude, lest these Christians should recei...
Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians are of God, while all other things which are requisite for a holy life follow after them. No man [truly] making a profession of faith sinneth;[99]...
1 John 3:7 children G5040 let G4105 one G3367 deceive G4105 (G5720) you G5209 practices G4160 (G5723) righteousness...
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 3:5-7. AND IN HIM IS NO SIN. WHOSOEVER ABIDETH IN HIM SINNETH NOT: WHOSOEVER SINNETH HATH NOT SEEN HIM, NEITHER KNOWETH HIM. MY LITTLE CHILDREN, LET NO MAN LEAD YOU ASTRAY: HE THAT DOETH RIGHTE...
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...
LET NO MAN LEAD YOU ASTRAY (μηδεις πλανατω υμας). Present active imperative of πλαναω, "let no one keep on leading you astray." See 1 John 1:8; 1 John 2:26. Break the spell of any Gnostic charmer.H...
RIGHTEOUSNESS "Righteousness" here, and in the passages having marginal references to this, means the righteous life which is the result of salvation through Christ. The righteous man under law becam...
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...
LET NO ONE DECEIVE YOU! "Do not let the false teachers fool you with their talk that merely believing will make you righteous even though you go on sinning!" WHOEVER DOES. "It is the one who makes a h...
1 JOHN—NOTE ON 1 JOHN 3:6 NO ONE WHO ABIDES... KEEPS ON SINNING. True followers of Christ do not make a practice of sinning. When they sin, they confess the sin to God. Thus they keep a strong relatio...
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 Corinthians 6:9; 1 John 2:1; 1 John 2:26; 1 John 2:29; 1 John 3:3;...
Little children. See on 2 1. Deceive [π λ α ν α τ ω]. Rev., better, lead astray. See on 1 8. Doeth righteousness. See on ver. 4, and compare 1 John 2:29. Note the article thn, the righteousness, in i...
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...
As if the apostle had said, "Let no man deceive you by making you believe that. right faith may consist with an unrighteous life, for only HE THAT DOETH RIGHTEOUSNESS IS RIGHTEOUS. " Note here, 1. Th...