Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
1 John 3:3
This hope] of being hereafter like God in Christ.
In him] RV 'set on him.' Purifieth himself] 'He who looks forward to becoming like God hereafter must strive after His likeness now' (Westcott).
This hope] of being hereafter like God in Christ.
In him] RV 'set on him.' Purifieth himself] 'He who looks forward to becoming like God hereafter must strive after His likeness now' (Westcott).
Verse 1 John 3:3. _AND EVER MAN THAT HATH THIS HOPE IN HIM_] All who have the hope of seeing Christ as he is; that is, of _enjoying_ him in his own glory; _purifieth himself_-abstains from all evil,...
AND EVERY MAN THAT HATH THIS HOPE IN HIM - This hope of seeing the Saviour, and of being made like him; that is, every true Christian. On the nature and influence of hope, see the notes at Romans 8:24...
IV. RIGHTEOUSNESS AND LOVE AS MANIFESTED BY THE CHILDREN OF GOD Chapter S 2:28-3:18 __ 1. The children of God and their coming manifestation (1 John 2:28 -1 John 3:3) 2. Sin and the new nature (1...
1 JOHN 2:29 TO 1 JOHN 5:12. THE CHARACTERISTICS OF GOD'S CHILDREN. 1 John 2:29 to 1 John 3:3. Because God, made known to us in Christ, is righteous, those
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...
REMEMBER THE PRIVILEGES OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE (1 John 3:1-2)...
IN. upon (App-104.), i.e. set, or fixed on. PURIFIETH. Greek. _hagnizo._ See Acts 21:24. EVEN AS. See 1 John 2:6. PURE. Greek. _hagnos._ See 2 Corinthians 7:11....
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...
_that hath this hope in him_ This is certainly wrong: the preposition is -on", not -in", and -Him" is either the Father or Christ; probably the former. It is precisely the man who has the hope, _based...
ΠΑ͂Σ Ὁ ἜΧΩΝ. Once more, as in 1 John 2:23; 1 John 2:29, the Apostle explicitly states that there is _no_ exception to the principle laid down. It is not only a general rule that he who has this hope o...
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...
1 John 2:29 to 1 John 3:12. THE CHILDREN OF GOD AND THE CHILDREN OF THE DEVIL...
ΈΧΩΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΈΧ (G2192) иметь, обладать. Subst. part., "обладающий надеждой" ΈΛΠΊΔΑ _асс. sing. от_ ΈΛΠΊΣ (G1680) надежда; здесь в значении упование, доверчивое ожидание вечной жизни,...
DISCOURSE: 2443 THE FRUITS AND EFFECTS OF HOPE 1 John 3:3. _Every man that hath this hope in him, purifieth himself, even as he is pure_. THE people of God are but little known to an ungodly world: i...
THAT HATH THIS HOPE— The phrase Ο εχων, signifies, he that _keepeth, holdeth,_ or _retaineth:_ he purifies himself; consequently he is not like a stone, or like a machine, which is entirely passive: G...
CHAPTER VIII _DIVINE SONSHIP TESTED BY PRACTICING RIGHTEOUSNESS_ (The First Test. The Second Time) 1 John 3:1-3 A. _The Text_ Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we...
And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure. THIS HOPE - of being hereafter "like Him." Answering to "we know" (1 John 3:2); so far from it being a vague, uncerta...
VERSE 3. AND EVERY MAN THAT HATH THIS HOPE. Every faithful Christian has this hope. The hope of being like and dwelling with the Lord of glory will cause US to strive to be like him. Christ was, and...
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...
3:3 him (l-9) Him who is to be manifested....
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....
III. (2) THE DIVINE BIRTH THE OUTCOME OF GOD’S LOVE (1 John 3:1). — The thought of the new birth suddenly fires the Apostle’s mind with reverent amazement, in which he calls on his hearers to join. H...
Our Present Dignity and Our Future Destiny. “See what unearthly love the Father hath given us, in order that we may be styled ‘children of God'; and so we are. It is for this reason that the world dot...
The duty which our destiny imposes. ἐπʼ αὐτῷ, “resting on Him,” _i.e._, on God as Father. _Cf._ Luke 5:5 : ἐπὶ τῷ ῥήματί σου, “relying on Thy word”. ἐκεῖνος, Christ; see note on 1 John 2:6. ἁγνός also...
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...
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...
(4) And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even (e) as he is pure. (4) Now he describes this adoption (the glory which as yet consists in hope) by the effect that is, because who...
And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure. The purity here spoken of must be wholly derived. No man can purify himself. Much less make himself pure, as Christ is p...
_THE HOPE OF THE ADVENT_ ‘And every man that hath this hope in Him purifieth himself, even as He is pure.’ 1 John 3:3 ‘The Epistles of John,’ it has been said, ‘with their ideal teaching, find the f...
_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...
_THE MYSTERY OF THE FUTURE_ ‘And it doth not yet appear what we shall be.’ 1 John 3:2 Much is known of the past, but what is to be revealed in the future who can tell? Study makes us familiar with...
3_And every man that hath this hope _He now draws this inference, that the desire for holiness should not grow cold in us, because our happiness has not as yet appeared, for that hope is sufficient; a...
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 EVERY MAN THAT HATH THIS HOPE IN HIM,.... Or on him, Jesus Christ; for a true hope of that eternal happiness, which lies in likeness to Christ, and in the vision of him, is only founded on his per...
And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure. Ver. 3. _Purifieth himself_] That is true hope that runs out into holiness. Faith and hope purge, and work a suitablene...
1 John 3:3 1 John 3:3. "And every man that hath this hope in Him purifieth himself, even as He is pure." That is, in God or in Christ, the Person spoken of in the foregoing words ep a?t?. The preposi...
_And every man that hath this hope in him_ An expectation of seeing Christ as he is, built on a solid foundation, namely, the foundation of being a child and heir of God; _purifieth himself_ By applyi...
THIS HOPE; the hope of being like Christ and seeing him as he is. PURIFETH HIMSELF, EVEN AS HE IS PURE; he strives now to be pure as Christ is pure. The apostle here gives the distinguishing mark of...
THE GLORY, PRIVILEGES, AND OBLIGATIONS OF SONSHIP. The beauty of the sonship of God:...
AND EVERY MAN THAT HATH THIS HOPE IN HIM PURIFIETH HIMSELF, EVEN AS HE IS PURE. It was righteousness in life and conduct which the apostle had been urging. He now introduces another motive for such co...
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...
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...
OLBGrk; PURIFIETH HIMSELF; i.e. not only is obliged hereto, but by the efficacious influence of this hope, if it be of the same kind, (that _lively hope, _ unto which Christians are said to be _begott...
Tertullian On Monogamy Accordingly he says more manifestly: "And every (man) who hath this hope in Him maketh himself chaste, just as Himself withal is chaste."[16] Tertullian On Modesty and accord...
1 John 3:3 And G2532 everyone G3956 has G2192 (G5723) this G5026 hope G1680 in G1909 Him G846 purifies...
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...
‘Beloved, now are we children of God, and it is not yet made manifest what we shall be. We know that, if he shall be manifested, we will be like him, for we will see him even as he is. And every one w...
1 John 3:3. AND EVERY ONE THAT HATH THIS HOPE SET ON HIM PURIFIETH HIMSELF, EVEN AS HE IS PURE. That the ‘calling' and the ‘being,' the privilege and the reality, may be hereafter eternally one and in...
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...
SET ON HIM (επ' αυτω). Resting upon (επ) with locative rather than εις, looking to, Acts 24:15. That is upon Christ (Brooke), upon God (D. Smith), upon God in Christ (Westcott).PURIFIETH HIMSELF ...
1 John 3:2 The Believer's Sonship. It is a law of our nature, or rather of our mental constitution, that in looking at any particular truth or subject we unconsciously present it in that aspect which...
1 John 3:3 What is the effect of this hope upon him who entertains it? I. "Every man that hath" that possesses "this hope in him," this hope resting on him, "purifieth himself, even as He is pure." A...
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...
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...
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...
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...
EVERYONE. "Everyone who has this hope of seeing God and of becoming like Him (John 17:24) and of living with Him forever, keeps himself pure." Compare 1 John 3:8....
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...
_And every one that hath this hope in Him, purifieth himself even as He is pure._ The Apostle next shows us the way to attain this likeness to Christ. We must put our whole trust in Him. To be like Hi...
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...
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 John 2:6; 1 John 4:17; 2 Corinthians 7:1; 2 Peter 1:4; 2 Peter 3:14;...
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 every one that hath this hope in him — In God....
Every one that hath this hope, that is, the hope of seeing and enjoying Christ in glory, he now endeavours to purify himself, according to the pattern and copy which Christ hath set before him, labour...