The spirit which he hath given us] RV 'the Spirit which he gave us,' i.e. when we became Christians. The indwelling Spirit, from whom springs the Christian's love to God and man, is his assurance of fellowship with God. The test of having the Spirit of God, and not the spirit of Antichrist, is treated in the six following verses.
Verse 1 John 3:24. _DWELLETH IN HIM_] i.e. in God; _and he_-God, _in_ _him_-the believer. _AND HEREBY WE KNOW_] We know by the Spirit which he hath given us that we dwell in God, and God in us. It w...
AND HE THAT KEEPETH HIS COMMANDMENTS ... - See the notes at John 14:23. AND HEREBY WE KNOW THAT HE ABIDETH IN US - That is, this is another certain evidence that we are true Christians. The Saviour ha...
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 hatred of the world is to be expected, but within the Christian brotherhood there must be love, manifesting itself in deeds of self-sacrifice in imitation of Christ's love. If we possess this spir...
a By this we know that we are of the truth, and by this we will reassure our heart before him, when our heart condemns us in anything, for God is greater than our hearts and knows all things. Beloved,...
REMEMBER THE PRIVILEGES OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE (1 John 3:1-2)...
SPIRIT. spirit, i.e. the new nature, not the Giver Himself. App-101. HATH GIVEN. gave....
Love and Hate: Life and Death _Marvel not, my brethren_ Comp. John 5:28; John 3:7. The antagonism between the light and the darkness, between God and the evil one, between righteousness and unrighteou...
_And he that keepeth his commandments_ This looks back to the same phrase in 1 John 3:22, not to the conclusion of 1 John 3:23, which is parenthetical. Therefore -His" means God's, not Christ's. _dwel...
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...
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...
13–24. LOVE AND HATE: LIFE AND DEATH ΜῊ ΘΑΥΜΆΖΕΤΕ. Comp. John 5:28, and contrast 1 John 3:7. The antagonism between the light and the darkness, between God and the evil one, between righteousness and...
ΚΑῚ Ὁ ΤΗΡΩ͂Ν Τ. ἘΝΤ. This looks back to the same phrase in 1 John 3:22, not to καθὼς ἔδωκεν ἐντ. in 1 John 3:23, which is parenthetical. Therefore ΑΥ̓ΤΟΥ͂ means God’s, not Christ’s. A.V. again spoils...
ΤΗΡΏΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΤΗΡΈΩ (G5083) соблюдать, хранить, подчиняться, ΜΈΝΕΙ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΜΈΝΩ (G3306) пребывать. ΓΙΝΏΣΚΟΜΕΝ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΓΙΝΏΣΚΩ да 1182) знать, ΟΎ _gen. sin...
DISCOURSE: 2452 THE MUTUAL IN-DWELLING OF GOD AND HIS PEOPLE 1 John 3:24. _He that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit whi...
DWELLETH IN HIM,— That is, in _God;_ and _He,_ that is, _God,_ in _him._ Neither this text, nor 1 Corinthians 6:17 will prove, (as some have absurdly averred,) that a good man is the Deity himself, or...
CHAPTER X _DIVINE SONSHIP PROVEN BY ACTIVE LOVE_ (The Second Test. The Second Time) 1 John 3:11-24 A. _The Text_ For this is the message which ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one...
And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us. DWELLETH IN HIM. The Believer dwelleth in Chris...
VERSE 24. AND HE THAT KEEPETH. By keeping God's commandments we have fellowship with him. We dwell with him, and he with us. THAT HE ABIDETH IN US. The spirit of the Master that is given to us mani...
8 The title..Adversary" has far more aptness than is at first apparent. Satan is known to us only through his word He never appears otherwise than as the evil creature indicated by his titles. From hi...
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....
τὰς ἐντ. αὐτ., “the commandments of God,” resuming 1 John 3:22. _Cf._ 1 John 4:15. ἐκ, the assurance is begotten of the Spirit; see note on 1 John 2:21. οὗ for ὅ, by attraction to the case of the ante...
The Secret of Assurance. “Wonder not, brethren, if the world hateth you. _We_ know that we have migrated out of the domain of death into the domain of life, because we love the brethren. He that lovet...
LOVING IN DEED AND IN TRUTH 1 John 3:13 Love to the brethren is a sign that we have been born into the family. We may not _like_ them all, yet we can _love_ them. If we love, we live; and if we live...
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 HAVE CHRIST ABIDING IN THEM When one, through obedient faith, keeps the commandments of the Lord, he becomes a part of Christ, or is placed in the Lord's body (Galatians 3:26-27). Also, Joh...
And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the (f) Spirit which he hath given us. (f) He means the Spirit of sanctification, whe...
We know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us. These words may be either referred to the body of the Church in general or to the apostles, or to every one in particular. It is ce...
Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you. (14) We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death. (15) Whosoever hat...
REFLECTIONS Who can contemplate the love of God, as set forth in this Chapter, in adopting sinners into his family, and calling them sons of God, without being overwhelmed in the view. To behold some...
24_And he that keepeth his commandments _He confirms what I have already stated, that the union we have with God is evident when we entertain mutual love: not that our union begins thereby, but that i...
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...
AND HE THAT KEEPETH HIS COMMANDMENTS,.... Attends to those instructions and declarations concerning faith in Christ, and love to the brethren, and acts according to them: DWELLETH IN HIM, AND HE IN T...
And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us. Ver. 24. _By the Spirit_] Christ hath satisfied th...
_And this is his commandment, That we should believe_, &c. Namely, all his commandments: in one word, _That we should believe and love_ In the manner and degree which he hath taught. This is the great...
HEREBY; namely, by what follows. BY THE SPIRIT WHICH HE HATH GIVEN US; the Holy Spirit bears witness with our spirits that we are the children of God, and that, as such, we dwell in God and God in us...
The reassurance of the Spirit:...
AND HE THAT KEEPETH HIS COMMANDMENTS DWELLETH IN HIM AND HE IN HIM. AND HEREBY WE KNOW THAT HE ABIDETH IN US, BY THE SPIRIT WHICH HE HATH GIVEN US. This paragraph contains comfort of a singular kind,...
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...
22-24 When believers had confidence towards God, through the Spirit of adoption, and by faith in the great High Priest, they might ask what they would of their reconciled Father. They would receive i...
HE THAT KEEPETH HIS COMMANDMENTS, i.e. he whose whole soul is thus formed to obediential compliance with the Divine will, DWELLETH IN HIM; hath most intimate union with God in Christ; which is evident...
1 John 3:24 Now G2532 keeps G5083 (G5723) His G846 commandments G1785 abides G3306 (G5719) in G1722 Him...
EXHORTATION THAT OUR CHRISTIAN LOVE SHOULD BE PRACTICAL (1 JOHN 3:16). As throughout John is now concerned that those he speaks to should examine their hearts to ensure that they really are true Chris...
‘And he who keeps his commandments abides in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit which he gave us.' John sums up the section by indicating the close relationship...
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 3:24. AND HE THAT KEEPETH HIS COMMANDMENTS the commandments are plural again, and the obedience is individual ABIDETH IN HIM, AND HE IN HIM. The mutual indwelling is here and in chap. 1 John 4:...
AND HE IN HIM (κα αυτος εν αυτω). That is "God abides in him" as in 1 John 4:15. We abide in God and God abides in us through the Holy Spirit (John 14:10; John 14:17;...
1 John 3:24 The Abiding Witness. I. The first lesson which these words convey is the dignity not only of the state of the saint, but also of the evidence by which he is assured of it. This state cons...
1 John 3:10. In this the children of God are manifest and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother. For this is the message th...
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...
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...
WHOEVER OBEYS. See John 14:21-23 and notes. BECAUSE OF THE SPIRIT. Every Christian has the Spirit (Acts 5:32). John sees this as a fact of experience that can be used as a proof. Obedience identifies...
_And whatsoever we ask, we receive of Him, because we keep His commandments _ THE CONDITIONS OF POWER IN PRAYER I. The essentials of power is prayer. We must make a few distinctions at the outset. I...
_And he that keepeth His commandments dwelleth in Him, and He in him._ And hereby we know that He abideth in us, by the Spirit which He hath given us OUR ABIDING IN GOD BY OBEDIENCE 1. In the keepin...
1 JOHN—NOTE ON 1 JOHN 3:24 THE SPIRIT. The letter’s first clear mention of the third person of the Trinity (see also 1 John 4:2,...
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 3:18. IN WORD.—Profession, mere boasting. True love finds expression in service. “St. John hints that there is some danger of this conventionality amongst his f...
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 3:16; 1 Corinthians 6:19; 1 John 3:22; 1 John 4:12;...
Abideth in Him and He in Him. "Therefore let God be a home to thee, and be thou the home of God : abide in God, and let God abide in thee" (Bede). Spirit. The first mention of the Spirit in the Epist...
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...
And he that keepeth his commandments — That thus believes and loves. Abideth in him, and God in him: and hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us — Which witnesses wi...
Observe here, 1. The benefit of obedience to God's command. God dwelleth in us, and we in him. God's dwelling in us implies, 1. Right and property; what. man dwells in is his own. 2. Command and aut...