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Verse 9. _IF WE RECEIVE THE WITNESS OF MEN_] Which all are obliged to
do, and which is deemed a sufficient testimony to truth in numberless
cases; _the witness of God is greater_-he can neither be dec...
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IF WE RECEIVE THE WITNESS OF MEN - As we are accustomed to do, and as
we must do in courts of justice, and in the ordinary daily
transactions of life. We are constantly acting on the belief that what...
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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...
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Reference to the faith held by the Church concerning Christ leads John
to specify in symbolic terms what that faith was and the witness by
which it was sustained. The truth belongs to the sphere of re...
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If we accept the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater,
for this is the testimony of God that he has borne testimony about his
Son. He who believes in the Son of God has that testimony wit...
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LOVE WITHIN THE DIVINE FAMILY (1 John 5:1-2)...
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IF. App-118.
WITNESS. Greek. _marturia._ See p. 1511.
MEN. App-123.
TESTIFIED. Same as "bear witness", 1 John 5:6.
OF. concerning. App-104....
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_If we receive the witness of men_ And it is notorious that we do so:
comp. -if God so loved us" (1 John 4:11), and see on 2 John 1:10. The
argument reads like an echo of that of Christ to the Pharise...
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S. John's characteristic repetition of the word -witness" is greatly
weakened in A. V. by the substitution of -testify" in 1 John 5:9 and
-record" in 1 John 5:10: see on 1 John 1:2;...
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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). T...
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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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9. For ἥν ([778][779]) read ὍΤΙ with [780][781][782] and most
Versions.
[778] 9th century. All three Epistles.
[779] 9th century. All three Epistles.
[780] 4th century. Discovered by Tischendorf in 18...
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9–11. S. John’s characteristic repetition of the word
‘witness’ is greatly weakened in A.V. by the substitution of
‘testify’ in 1 John 5:9, and ‘record’ in 1 John 5:10-11 : see
on 1 John 1:2;...
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ΛΑΜΒΆΝΟΜΕΝ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΛΑΜΒΆΝΩ (G2983)
принимать,
ΜΕΊΖΩΝ (G3187) _сотр. от_ ΜΈΓΑΣ больше (_см._
1 John 3:20). В John 5:36 это слово обозначает
большую веру; в этом стихе оно
указывает на си...
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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...
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If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for
this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son.
IF ... We do accept (and rightly) the witness of veracious men,
f...
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VERSE 9.-1F WE RECEIVE THE WITNESS OF MEN.
As reasonable creatures we receive, trust and fully rely upon our
fellowmen. This, for a distinction, we call human testimony. Now, if
this kind of testimony...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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_ ...
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CHAPTER 17
THE WITNESS OF MEN (APPLIED TO THE RESURRECTION)
1 John 5:9
AT an early period in the Christian Church the passage in which these
words occur was selected as a fitting Epistle for the Fir...
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CHAPTER 16
THE GOSPEL AS A GOSPEL OF WITNESS; THE THREE WITNESSES
1 John 5:6
IT has been said that Apostles and apostolic men were as far as
possible removed from common sense, and have no conceptio...
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Our attitude to the Threefold Testimony. “If we receive the
testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater, because this is the
testimony of God what He hath testified concerning His Son. He that
b...
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According to the Jewish law threefold testimony was valid (Deuteronomy
19:15; _cf._ Matthew 18:16; John 8:17-18). Read (as in 1 John 3:20)
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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...
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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...
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WITNESSES TO JESUS' SONSHIP
The Gnostics taught that Jesus was a man, and Christ, the Deity, came
upon Him at baptism and left Him before the crucifixion. John says
Jesus was the same both in the wate...
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(10) If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater:
for (k) this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son.
(10) He shows by an argument of comparison, of what great...
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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...
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9_If we receive the witness_, or _testimony_, _of men _He proves,
reasoning from the less to the greater, how ungrateful men are when
they reject Christ, who has been approved, as he has related, by G...
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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...
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IF WE RECEIVE THE WITNESS OF MEN,.... The witness of a sufficient
number of credible men, of men of good character and report, is always
admitted in any case, and in any court of judicature; it was al...
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If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for
this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son.
Ver. 9. _If we receive, &c._] If two or three witnesses establish a...
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_If we receive the testimony of men_ As we do continually, and must
do, in a thousand instances, if we would not give over all business,
and even refuse taking necessary nourishment. The testimony of...
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GREATER; more certainly true and worthy of belief.
THIS; the testimony above referred to....
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The essence of faith:...
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IF WE RECEIVE THE WITNESS OF MEN, THE WITNESS OF GOD IS GREATER; FOR
THIS IS THE WITNESS OF GOD WHICH HE HATH TESTIFIED OF HIS SON....
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“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...
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9-12 Nothing can be more absurd than the conduct of those who doubt
as to the truth of Christianity, while in the common affairs of life
they do not hesitate to proceed on human testimony, and would...
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A testimony above exception, being wholly Divine, as he himself
argued, 1 THESSALONIANS 5:36,37 1 THESSALONIANS 8:13,14,17,18....
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1 John 5:9 If G1487 receive G2983 (G5719) witness G3141 men G444
witness G3141 God G2316 is G2076 ...
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THROUGH THE COMING OF JESUS GOD'S SON, WHICH WAS WELL TESTIFIED TO, WE
CAN KNOW THAT WE HAVE ETERNAL LIFE (1 JOHN 5:6).
‘This is he who came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ, not with
the water o...
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1 John 5:9. IF WE RECEIVE THE WITNESS OF MEN, THE WITNESS OF GOD IS
GREATER: FOR THIS IS THE WITNESS OF GOD, THAT HE HATH BORNE WITNESS
CONCERNING HIS SON. The ‘three witnesses' suggested the perfecti...
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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...
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IF WE RECEIVE
(ε λαμβανομεν). Condition of first class with ε and the
present active indicative, assumed as true. The conditions for a
legally valid witness are laid down in Deuteronomy 19:15 (cf. M...
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1 John 5:6
The Witness of Christ.
"Witness!" The word in its emphatic recurrence is typical of the
situation out of which the Epistle springs. The special perils and
anxieties with which the Church i...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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WE BELIEVE. "If we are willing to believe the witness men give to
establish the truth, how much more should we believe the witness that
God gives about his Son!!!" THAT GOD HAS GIVEN. God's witness is...
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_This is the witness of God, which He hath testified of His Son _
FAITH, AND THE WITNESS UPON WHICH IT IS FOUNDED
Faith stands, under the covenant of grace, in a leading position
amongst the works o...
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1 JOHN—NOTE ON 1 JOHN 5:9 THE TESTIMONY OF GOD. John claims divine
authority for his teaching.
⇐...
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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...
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_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_
1 John 5:9. RECEIVE.—λαμβάνομεν; admit as valid. The
testimony of two human witnesses is admitted; here is the threefold
testimony of God—the voice at baptism, the acc...
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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...
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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...
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1 John 5:10; Acts 17:31; Acts 5:32; Hebrews 2:4; Hebrews 6:18;...
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If we receive [ε ι λ α μ β α ν ο μ ε ν]. The indicative
mood, assuming such reception as a fact. If we receive, as we do. On
the verb receive, see on John 3:32.
The witness of God is greater. Supply...
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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...
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If we receive the testimony of men — As we do continually, and must
do in a thousand instances. The testimony of God is greater — Of
higher authority, and much more worthy to be received; namely, this...
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Our apostles's argument in these words is taken from the less to the
greater, thus: "If, says he, for the believing of any thing it be
ordinarily thought sufficient to have the testimony of two or thr...