1 John 4:1-21
FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD IN LOVE 1. Try the spirits] RV 'Prove the spirits.' The verb is used of testing metals. 2, 3. See on 2 John 1:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD IN LOVE 1. Try the spirits] RV 'Prove the spirits.' The verb is used of testing metals. 2, 3. See on 2 John 1:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
CONFESSETH NOT THAT JESUS CHRIST IS COME IN THE FLESH] RV 'confesseth not Jesus.'... [ Continue Reading ]
HE THAT IS IN THE WORLD] the Devil: cp. 1 John 3:10; John 8:44; John 12:31.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY] the false prophets.... [ Continue Reading ]
WE] the Christian teachers.... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD IS LOVE] the third fundamental maxim (see Intro.). Love is not merely an attribute of God, it is His very Being. Hence to be without love is to be without God: cp. 1 John 4:16. 9. See John 3:16.... [ Continue Reading ]
WE OUGHT ALSO] RV 'we also ought.'... [ Continue Reading ]
HATH SEEN GOD] RV 'hath beheld God.' HIS LOVE] i.e. our love to Him. If we love one another we have proof both of His presence with us and of our love to Him.... [ Continue Reading ]
HEREIN IS OUR LOVE MADE PERFECT] RV 'herein is love made perfect with us,' i.e. in the double communion spoken of in the preceding v. AS HE IS, SO ARE WE] We, as we are in this world, are like Christ, who shares our human nature. The sense of likeness to Him gives us confidence.... [ Continue Reading ]
NO FEAR IN LOVE] not the rightful awe which pertains to reverence, but servile or guilty fear.... [ Continue Reading ]
WE LOVE HIM] RV 'we love.' Possibly the verb should be rendered 'let us love.'... [ Continue Reading ]