1 John 5:1-21
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 the other.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 the other.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHATSOEVER] not 'whosoever.' 'It is not the man, but his birth from God, which conquers' (Plummer).... [ Continue Reading ]
THIS IS HE THAT CAME BY WATER AND BLOOD] According to the most generally accepted interpretation of this difficult passage, the reference is primarily to _our:_ Lord's baptism in Jordan and His death upon the Cross—the baptism of water and the baptism of blood, which together sum up His redemptive w... [ Continue Reading ]
HE THAT IS BEGOTTEN OF GOD KEEPETH HIMSELF] RV 'he that was begotten of God (i.e. Christ) keepeth him.' 21. Taken comprehensively, this warning is directed against all that takes the place of God in man's affections. If, as seems likely, the Epistle is St. John's latest work, these are, in point o... [ Continue Reading ]