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Verse 1 John 3:4. _SIN IS THE TRANSGRESSION OF THE LAW._] The spirit
of the law as well as of the Gospel is, that "we should love God with
all our powers, and our neighbour as ourselves." All disobedi...
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WHOSOEVER COMMITTETH SIN TRANSGRESSETH ALSO THE LAW - The law of God
given to man as a rule of life. The object of the apostle here is to
excite them to holiness, and to deter them from committing sin...
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IV. RIGHTEOUSNESS AND LOVE AS MANIFESTED
BY THE CHILDREN OF GOD
Chapter S 2:28-3:18
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1. The children of God and their coming manifestation (1 John 2:28 -1
John 3:3)
2. Sin and the new nature (1...
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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...
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REMEMBER THE PRIVILEGES OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE (1 John 3:1-2)...
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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...
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WHOSOEVER. Every one who.
COMMITTETH. doeth, i.e. practiseth. See 1 John 2:29.
SIN. App-128.
TRANSGRESSETH, &C. = doeth lawlessness (Greek. _anomia._ App-128.)
also.
FOR. and.
THE TRANSGRESSION,...
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As so often, the Apostle emphasizes his statement by giving the
opposite case, and not the simple opposite, but an expansion of it.
Instead of saying -every one that hath not this hope" he says EVERY...
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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). T...
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4. As so often, the Apostle emphasizes his statement by giving the
opposite case, and not the simple opposite, but an expansion of it.
Instead of saying ‘every one that hath not this hope’ he says
EVE...
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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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1 John 2:29 to 1 John 3:12. THE CHILDREN OF GOD AND THE CHILDREN OF
THE DEVIL...
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ΠΟΙΏΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΠΟΙΈΩ (G4160) делать,
продолжать делать, практиковать. Subst.
part., "практикующий"
ΑΝΟΜΊΑ (G266) беззаконие; здесь: без
закона, безбожник.
ΠΟΙΕΊ _praes. ind. act. от_ Π...
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WHOSOEVER COMMITTETH SIN— St. John's design in this verse, was not
to explain the meaning of the word _sin,_ but to assure the Christians
that _sin_ exposed a man to punishment; and then the connectio...
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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...
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Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the
transgression of the law.
WHOSOEVER, [ Pas (G3956) ho (G3588)] - 'Everyone who,' etc.
COMMITTETH SIN - in contrast to 1 Jo...
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VERSE 4. WHOSOEVER COMMITTETH SIN.
The idea is, habitually or continually does wrong. This idea must be
borne in mind in order that we may fully understand other statements
contained in this chapter...
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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...
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3:4 lawlessness. (m-12) To translate this 'sin is the transgression
of the law,' as in A.V., is wrong, and gives a false definition of
sin, for sin was in the world, and death as a consequence, befor...
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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...
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We are all weak. We all sometimes fail and do wrong things. Those who
have the hope will not continue to live with *sin. *Sin by its very
nature is against the law of God.
Some people did not conside...
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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....
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(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...
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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...
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The Incompatibility of Sonship with Continuance in Sin....
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ὁ ποι. τὴν ἁμ., the converse of ὁ ποι. τὴν
δικ. (1 John 2:29). νόμος, the revelation of God's will, the
Father's requirement of His children, an expression of the true law of
their nature, ἡ ἁμ. ἐστ....
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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...
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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...
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THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE CHILD OF GOD TO SIN
Those who are constantly involved in sin, so that it is a way of life,
"commit lawlessness." Those involved in lawlessness, which Thayer says
is "the condit...
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(5) Whosoever (f) committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for (g)
sin is the transgression of the law.
(5) The rule of this purity can from no where else be taken but from
the law of God, the tran...
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_Committeth also iniquity. [1] By the Greek text, iniquity is here
taken for a transgression or prevarication of the law, which makes the
sense clearer. (Witham) --- Iniquity; ( Greek: anomia) transgr...
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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...
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_THE MANIFESTATION OF THE SONS OF GOD_
‘It doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when He
shall appear, we shall be like Him; for we shall see Him as He is.’
1 John 3:2
Believers s...
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4_Whosoever committeth_, or _doeth, sin_. The Apostle has already
shown how ungrateful we must be to God, if we make but little account
of the honor of adoption, by which he of his own goodwill antici...
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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...
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WHOSOEVER COMMITTETH SIN,.... This, in connection with what follows,
is true of any sin, great or small, but here designs a course of
sinning, a wilful, obstinate, persisting in sin:
TRANSGRESSETH AL...
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Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the
transgression of the law.
Ver. 4. _Sin is the transgression_] As there is the same roundness in
a little ball as in a bigger, so th...
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The truth asserted in the preceding verse is so important, and the
apostle knew so well that carnal men would be prone to flatter
themselves that they might be admitted into heaven after they die,
wit...
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TRANSGRESSETH ALSO THE LAW; the essence of all sin is the
transgression of God's law; in other words, sin is contrariety to the
revealed will of God, which must for ever be the rule of our action....
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To abide in Him means not to sin:...
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WHOSOEVER COMMITTETH SIN TRANSGRESSETH ALSO THE LAW; FOR SIN IS THE
TRANSGRESSION OF THE LAW....
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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...
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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...
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Which is added, to signify nothing can be more unreasonable, than the
expectation of partaking with God in the glory and blessedness of the
future state, if we now allow ourselves in a course of sin,...
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1 John 3:4 Whoever G3956 commits G4160 (G5723) sin G266 also G2532
lawlessness G4160 (G5719) G458 and...
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‘Every one who practises sin practises also lawlessness, and sin is
lawlessness, and you know that he was manifested to take away sins;
and in him is no sin. Whosoever abides in him does not sin. Whoe...
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GOD'S PEOPLE CONTRASTED WITH THE LAWLESS WORLD (1 JOHN 3:2).
Following on his declaration that God has begotten His true people
through Christ so that they are His children (tekna - John only uses
‘so...
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In the former part of the section the thought of the Son of God
predominates; in the latter, the thought of the author of evil. The
same truth is then referred to the indwelling of the Spirit. And the...
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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...
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SIN IS LAWLESSNESS
(η αμαρτια εστιν η ανομια). The article with both
subject and predicate makes them coextensive and so interchangeable.
Doing sin is the converse of doing righteousness (1 John 2:...
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COMMITTETH SIN
Whosoever practiseth sin practiseth also lawlessness; and sin is
lawlessness.
SIN
SIN
(_ See Scofield) - (Romans 3:23). _...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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EXPOSITION
1 JOHN 3:1 TO 1 JOHN 5:12
3. SECOND MAIN DIVISION. _God is Love._
1 JOHN 3:1
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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...
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1 Chronicles 10:13; 1 John 3:8; 1 John 3:9; 1 John 5:17; 1 Kings 8:47;
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Whosoever committeth sin [π α ς ο π ο ι ω ν τ η ν α μ α
ρ τ ι α ν]. Rev., better, every one that doeth sin. See on ver.
3, every man that hath, and note the frequent repetition of this form
of express...
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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...
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Whosoever committeth sin — Thereby transgresseth the holy, just, and
good law of God, and so sets his authority at nought; for this is
implied in the very nature of sin....
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WHOSOEVER COMMITTETH SIN, that is, whosoever lives in the allowed
commission of it, lives in rebellion against, and in. flat opposition
to, the law of God, sin being. transgression of God's law; and s...