Commentary on the Minor Epistles by Caton
1 John 5:5
Verse 5. Who is he that overcometh the world.
Here a question is asked and the answer given. The victor was a man of faith faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, God's only begotten Son.
Verse 5. Who is he that overcometh the world.
Here a question is asked and the answer given. The victor was a man of faith faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, God's only begotten Son.
Verse 1 John 5:5. _HE THAT BELIEVETH THAT JESUS IS THE SON OF GOD?_] That he is the promised Messiah, that he came by a supernatural generation; and, although truly _man_, came not _by man_, but by t...
WHO IS HE ... - Where is there one who can pretend to have obtained a victory over the world, except he who believes in the Saviour? All else are worldly, and are governed by worldly aims and principl...
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...
LOVE WITHIN THE DIVINE FAMILY (1 John 5:1-2)...
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_Who is he that overcometh_ Here the present tense is right. The Apostle appeals to the daily experience of every victorious Christian. _that Jesus is the Son of God_ The faith that conquers is no mer...
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...
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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: 2463 OVERCOMING THE WORLD 1 John 5:4. _Whatsoever is born of God, overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. Who is he that overcometh the wor...
FOR WHATSOEVER IS BORN OF GOD, &C.— That is, every child of God. The connection of this with the preceding verse stands thus: _"His commandments are not grievous;_ because in observing them we gain a...
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...
Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God? WHO - else, "but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God:" "the Christ" ()? Confirming, by a question...
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...
Only those people who trust in Christ overcome the *world. To win in this fight we have to believe in Jesus Christ. We believe that he is the Son of God. He is God and he became a man. As God and man,...
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 15 BIRTH AND VICTORY 1 John 5:3 ST. JOHN here connects the Christian Birth with Victory. He tells us that of the supernatural life the destined and (so to speak) natural end is Conquest. No...
St. John says: “Everything that hath been begotten of God conquereth the world”. But he has already said: “Every one that hath faith that Jesus is the Christ hath been begotten of God” (1 John 5:1). S...
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...
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...
KEEPING ON KEEPING GOD'S COMMANDMENTS If anyone really loves God, he will keep on keeping His commandments (1 John 5:3; John 14:15; 2 Thessalonians 1:7-8). John explained that those commandments are n...
(7) Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God? (7) Moreover he declares two things, the one, what true faith is, that is, that which rests on Jesus Chris...
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...
5_Who is he that overcometh the world _This is a reason for the previous sentence; that is, we conquer by faith, because we derive strength from Christ; as Paul also says, “I can do all things throug...
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...
WHO IS HE THAT OVERCOMETH THE WORLD,.... This question carries in it a strong affirmation, that no other person is the conqueror of the world: BUT HE THAT BELIEVETH THAT JESUS IS THE SON OF GOD? and...
Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God? Ver. 5. _But he that believeth_] A believer walketh about the world as a conqueror. He saith of these things h...
_Who is he that overcometh the world_ That is superior to all earthly care, desire, fear? Who is the man, and where is he to be found? Surely none have gained, or will gain, this important victory, _b...
WHO IS HE THAT OVERCOMES THE WORLD BUT HE THAT BELIEVETH THAT JESUS IS THE SON OF GOD? The apostle here virtually returns to the topic with which he opened his letter, showing that faith is the source...
THE POWER, TESTIMONY, AND SUBSTANCE OF FAITH. The wonderful power of faith:...
“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...
For that faith, viz. _that Jesus is the Son of God, _ (or the Christ, as 1 JOHN 5:1), fills the soul with so great things concerning him, and the design of his coming among us, and what we are to expe...
1 John 5:5 Who G5101 is G2076 (G5748) overcomes G3528 (G5723) world G2889 but G1508 believes G4100 ...
THE TRUE CHRISTIAN OVERCOMES BY HIS FAITH IN JESUS THE SON OF GOD (1 JOHN 5:4). ‘For whatever is begotten of God overcomes the world. And this is the conquering power that has overcome the world, eve...
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...
1 John 5:4-5. FOR WHOSOEVER IS BEGOTTEN OF GOD a new form of words, the ‘we' of the previous verse with ‘that which is born of the Spirit' (John 3:6) OVERCOMETH THE WORLD: is victorious over the kingd...
AND WHO IS HE THAT OVERCOMETH? (τις εστιν δε ο νικων?). Not a mere rhetorical question (1 John 2:22), but an appeal to experience and fact. Note the present active articular participle (νικων) like...
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...
ONLY HE. John's teaching is: that faith in the Logos coming as a human being to be the means to set men free from sin, guilt, and punishment - makes easy the commands of God! Only he (or she) who firm...
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 4:15; 1 John 5:1...
He that overcometh [ο ν ι κ ω ν]. The article with the participle denoting what is habitual; one who leads a life of victory over the world....
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...
Who is he that overcometh the world — That is superior to all worldly care, desire, fear? Every believer, and none else. 1 John 5:7 (usually so reckoned) is a brief recapitulation of all which has bee...
Our apostle having spoken of the usefulness of faith in the former verse, THAT IT OVERCOMETH THE WORLD, next discovers the object of this faith, which is this proposition, that JESUS IS THE SON OF GOD...