Wesley's Explanatory Notes
1 John 5:13
These things have I written — In the introduction, 1 John 1:4, he said, I write: now, in the close, I have written. That ye may know — With a fuller and stronger assurance, that ye have eternal life.
These things have I written — In the introduction, 1 John 1:4, he said, I write: now, in the close, I have written. That ye may know — With a fuller and stronger assurance, that ye have eternal life.
1 JOHN 5:13 u`mi/n After u`mi/n the Textus Receptus, following K L P most minuscules, reads toi/j pisteu,ousin eivj to. o;noma tou/ ui`ou/ tou/ qeou/( i[na eivdh/te o[ti zwh.n e;cete aivw,nion( kai....
Verse 13. _THAT YE MAY KNOW THAT YE HAVE ETERNAL LIFE_] I write to show your privileges-to lead you into this holy of holies-to show what believing on the Son of God is, by the glorious effects it pro...
THESE THINGS HAVE I WRITTEN UNTO YOU - The things in this Epistle respecting the testimony borne to the Lord Jesus. THAT BELIEVE ON THE NAME OF THE SON OF GOD - To believe on his name, is to believe...
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...
CONCLUSION. A reminder of the writer's purpose, an assertion of the value and also the limitations of intercessory prayer, and a summary of the teaching of the epistle. 1 JOHN 5:13. THAT. LIFE: John...
And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life and that that life is in his Son. He who has the Son has life; he who has not the Son has not life. I have written these things to you who beli...
LOVE WITHIN THE DIVINE FAMILY (1 John 5:1-2)...
HAVE. WRITTEN. I wrote. UNTO. to. THAT BELIEVE, &C. This clause is omitted by all the texts and by the Syriac. KNOW. App-132. AND... MAY. The texts read "even unto you that"....
Intercessory Love the Fruit of Faith and of the Possession of Life 13 17. Eternal life, faith, and brotherly love shewing boldness in intercession, are the leading ideas of this section. We have had m...
Conclusion and Summary Some modern writers consider that 1 John 5:13 constitutes the conclusion of the Epistle, the remainder (14 21) being a postscript or appendix, analogous to chap. 21. of the Gos...
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...
_These things have I written unto you_ -These things" will cover the whole Epistle, and such is probably the meaning, as in 1 John 1:4, where S. John states the purpose of his Epistle in words which a...
13–17. INTERCESSORY LOVE THE FRUIT OF FAITH AND OF THE POSSESSION OF LIFE 13–17. Eternal life, faith, and brotherly love shewing boldness in intercession, are the leading ideas of this section. We hav...
13. After ὙΜΙ͂Ν omit τοῖς πιστεύουσιν εἰς τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ Θεοῦ with [794][795][796], Vulgate, Memphitic, Thebaic, and Syriac against [797][798]. For καὶ ἵνα πιστεύητε ([799][800]) read ΤΟΙ͂Σ ΠΙΣ...
13–21. CONCLUSION AND SUMMARY Some modern writers consider that 1 John 5:13 constitutes the conclusion of the Epistle, the remainder (14–21) being a postscript or appendix, analogous to chap. 21 of t...
ΈΓΡΑΨΑ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΓΡΆΦΩ (G1125) писать. Это может быть эпистолярный _aor._, относящийся к письму целиком, или же он может относиться к непосредственно предшествующему разделу, ст. 1-12 или ст...
DISCOURSE: 2468 USE OF THE SCRIPTURES TO BELIEVERS 1 John 5:13. _These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that...
THESE THINGS HAVE I WRITTEN UNTO YOU, &C.— This verse is by some looked upon as a summing up of the principal part of this epistle, in which St. John professes that he wrote, not to the false prophets...
CHAPTER XVI _HEREBY WE KNOW_ 1 John 5:13-21 A. _The text_ These things have I written unto you, that ye may know that ye have eternal life, even unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God...
These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God. THESE THINGS - th...
VERSE 13. THESE THINGS HAVE I WRITTEN. The object the apostle had in writing these things to the believers in Christ is to make them fully understand how they may know of a certainty that they have e...
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...
5:13 know (e-11) _ Oida_ . 'conscious knowledge;' so vers. 15,18,19,20, first. _ ginosko_ , vers. 2.20, second....
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...
[4. The Conclusion (1 John 5:13). (1) FRESH STATEMENT OF THE PURPOSE OF WRITING, equivalent to that at the beginning of the Epistle, but differing from it (1 John 5:13). (2) WHAT CAN BE DONE FOR T...
(2) WHAT CAN BE DONE FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT COME UP TO THE STANDARD ASSUMED (1 John 5:14). (14) AND THIS IS THE CONFIDENCE. — The assurance intended in 1 John 5:13 implies confidence, and confidence mea...
The purpose for which St. John wrote his Gospel was that we might believe in the Incarnation, and so have Eternal Life (John 20:31); the purpose of the Epistle is not merely that we may have Eternal L...
The Epistle is finished, and the Apostle now speaks his closing words. “These things I wrote to you that ye may know that ye have eternal life, even to you that believe in the name of the Son of God....
ASK ACCORDING TO HIS WILL 1 John 5:13 We know that we have eternal life. The rope is in our hand bearing us onward, but its ends are hidden from view in the past and in the future. We also know that...
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...
THE MEANS AND RESULTS OF HAVING ETERNAL LIFE Jesus was sent to open the way to eternal life in heaven, and to believe on Him, in the obedient way already discussed in earlier comments, is to gain that...
(13) These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God. (13) The concl...
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...
13_These things have I written unto you _As there ought to be a daily progress in faith, so he says that he wrote to those who had already believed, so that they might believe more firmly and with gre...
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...
THESE THINGS HAVE I WRITTEN UNTO YOU,.... Which are contained in the epistle in general, and particularly what is written in the context, concerning the victory of the world, being ascribed to him who...
These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God. Ver. 13. _That ye m...
_These things have I written unto you_ The things contained in the former part of this chapter concerning the fruits of regenerating faith, and the water and the blood, and the witnesses in heaven and...
AND THAT YE MAY BELIEVE; believe with more steadfastness....
THESE THINGS HAVE I WRITTEN UNTO YOU THAT BELIEVE ON THE NAME OF THE SON OF GOD, THAT YE MAY KNOW THAT YE HAVE ETERNAL LIFE, AND THAT YE MAY BELIEVE ON THE NAME OF THE SON OF GOD....
A CONCLUDING SUMMARY. The trust of the Christians:...
“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...
13-17 Upon all this evidence, it is but right that we believe on the name of the Son of God. Believers have eternal life in the covenant of the gospel. Then let us thankfully receive the record of Sc...
That, discerning their own faith, they might be in no doubt concerning their title to eternal life, and might be thereby encouraged to persevere in the same faith....
1 John 5:13 things G5023 written G1125 (G5656) you G5213 believe G4100 (G5723) in G1519 name G3686 Son...
‘These things have I written to you, that you may know that you have eternal life, even to you who believe on the name of the Son of God.' And these things are written to his hearers and readers so th...
1 John 5:13. St. John returns now to his one great design, the fulfilling of the Joy of those who believe. THESE THINGS HAVE I WRITTEN TO YOU the whole Epistle, that is, THAT YE MAY KNOW THAT YE HAVE...
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...
I HAVE WRITTEN (εγραψα). Not epistolary aorist, but refers to verses 1 John 5:1-12 of this Epistle as in 1 John 2:26 to the preceding verses.THAT YE MAY KNOW (ινα ειδητε). Purpose clause with ινα...
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 THAT YOU MAY KNOW. "I write this so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ (Logos as a human being) as I mentioned in John 20:31; but even more than this, I write so that you may KNOW that y...
_These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life._ HELPS TO FULL ASSURANCE I. To whom was this written? It is important to...
1 JOHN—NOTE ON 1 JOHN 5:13 Final Call to Faith and Understanding. “Know” occurs seven times in these verses. This indicates John’s focus on the assurance of Christian faith and salvation....
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ 1 John 5:13 may be treated as a summary and conclusion. They divide into three parts: 1. Faith in the Son of God, eternal life, and love of the brethren showing itsel...
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 1:1; 1 John 1:2; 1 John 1:4; 1 John 2:1; 1 John 2:13;...
Have I written [ε γ ρ α ψ α]. Lit., I wrote. John speaks as looking back over his Epistle and recalling the aim with which he wrote. See on 2 13. May know [ε ι δ η τ ε]. Not perceive [γ ι ν ω σ κ ε ι...
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...
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...
Our apostle entering now upon the conclusion of his excellent epistle, acquaints them with his design and end in the writing of it, namely, 1. That they might know they had eternal life, that is, bot...