Geneva Study Bible Commentary
1 John 3:11
(11) For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
(11) The first reason taken from the authority of God who gives the commandment.
(11) For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
(11) The first reason taken from the authority of God who gives the commandment.
Verse 11. _FOR THIS IS THE MESSAGE_] See 1 John 1:5. From the _beginning_ God hath taught men that they should _love one another_. How essentially necessary this is to the comfort and well-being of m...
FOR THIS IS THE MESSAGE - Margin, “commandment.” In the received text, this is ἀγγελία angelia - “a message brought;” in several manuscripts, and in later editions, it is ἐπαγγελία epangelia - “an...
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...
To commit sin is a breach of God's law, a frustration of God's work of redemption, and the manifestation of a principle which betrays kinship with the devil. A man begotten of God will be in moral aff...
In this the children of God and the children of the devil are made plain; anyone who does not do righteousness is not of God, and neither is he who does not love his brother, because the message that...
REMEMBER THE PRIVILEGES OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE (1 John 3:1-2)...
MESSAGE. Greek. _angelia._ Only here and 1 John 1:5....
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...
_For this is the message that ye heard, &c._ Or, BECAUSE _the message which ye heard from the beginning_ IS THIS: -this" is probably the predicate (see on 1 John 1:5). -From the beginning" as in 1 Joh...
1 John 2:29 to 1 John 3:12. THE CHILDREN OF GOD AND THE CHILDREN OF THE DEVIL...
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...
11. [611][612] have ἐπαγγελία for ἈΓΓΕΛΊΑ ([613][614][615][616]). [611] 4th century. Discovered by Tischendorf in 1859 at the monastery of S. Catherine on Mount Sinai, and now at Petersburg. All three...
ΆΓΓΕΛΊΑ (G31) сообщение, послание (_см._ 1 John 1:5). ΉΚΟΎΣΑΤΕ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΆΚΟΎΩ (G191) слышать, ΆΓΑΠΏΜΕΝ _praes. conj. act. от_ ΆΓΑΠΆΩ (G25) любить. _Conj._ с ΪΝ (G2443) в _прид._, объясняю...
FOR THIS IS THE MESSAGE— In this verse we have St. John's first reason why Christians should love one another; namely, "It is the message or command of God in Christ....
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...
For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. THE MESSAGE, [ angelia (G31)] - 'announcement,' as of something good; not a mere command, as the law. The...
VERSE 11. FOR THIS IS THE MESSAGE THAT YE HEARD. Christ brought from the Father, and we apostles proclaimed the message from the establishment of the kingdom on earth, that we should love one another...
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...
THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD AND THE DUTIES AND PRIVILEGES OF SONSHIP 1. The sons of God] RV 'children of God,' adding the words, 'and _such_ we are.' The word translated 'children' here is characteristi...
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....
(4) BROTHERLY LOVE THE NECESSARY FLOWER OF THE DIVINE LOVE IN THE DIVINE BIRTH (1 John 3:11). — In 1 John 2:10 St. John showed the necessary connection between righteousness and love; there is no cont...
The Obligation of our Dignity as Children of God. “Every one that doeth sin doeth also lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness. And ye know that He was manifested that He might take away the sins; and sin...
The Evidence of Divine Sonship, _viz._, Human Brotherhood....
ἵνα ecbatic, expressing not the aim but simply the substance of the message. _Cf._ John 17:3. See Moulton's _Gram. of N.T. Gk._, p. 206; Moulton's _Winer_, p. 425....
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...
WHOSE CHILD ARE YOU? We reveal who we are by how we live. The children of the devil habitually sin, while the children of God constantly strive to do God's will. Particularly, God's children will love...
Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. (5) And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin. (6) Whosoever abideth...
10_Whosoever doeth not righteousness. _To do righteousness and to do sin, are here set in opposition the one to the other. Then, to do righteousness is no other thing than to fear God from the heart,...
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...
FOR THIS IS THE MESSAGE,.... Sent from God by Christ, or what he in his ministry declared, and is the commandment which was so frequently urged by him, John 13:34; THAT YE HAVE HEARD FROM THE BEGINNI...
For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. Ver. 11. _That we should love, &c._] This beloved disciple was all for love. _See Trapp on "_ 1Jn 2:9 _"_ _S...
_For_, &c. As if he had said, I have just declared that the want of brotherly love is a proof that a man is not of God, and a little consideration may convince you of the truth of the assertion: for _...
Doing righteousness:...
FOR THIS IS THE MESSAGE THAT YE HEARD FROM THE BEGINNING, THAT WE SHOULD LOVE ONE ANOTHER....
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...
MESSAGE: Or, commandment...
11-15 We should love the Lord Jesus, value his love, and therefore love all our brethren in Christ. This love is the special fruit of our faith, and a certain sign of our being born again. But none w...
FROM THE BEGINNING: see 1 JOHN 2:7,8: q.d. They cannot be of God, therefore, that cross so fundamental a precept, so expressive of his nature and will....
1 John 3:11 For G3754 this G3778 is G2076 (G5748) message G31 that G3739 heard G191 (G5656) from...
THE CENTRALITY OF CHRISTIAN LOVE (1 JOHN 3:11 TO 1 JOHN 4:21). The reference to loving one's brother, deliberately added almost as an appendage in 1 John 3:10 in order to introduce the next section, n...
THE ESSENTIAL NATURE OF CHRISTIAN LOVE AS A TEST OF FAITHFULNESS TO GOD (1 JOHN 3:11). In all this we must keep in mind that the emphasis is on loving our brothers who are true to the Gospel, those wh...
‘For this is the message which you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another, not as Cain was of the evil one, and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because his works were e...
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...
_The relation of regeneration to brotherly love._ 1 John 3:11. FOR THIS IS THE MESSAGE WHICH YE HEARD FROM THE BEGINNING, THAT WE SHOULD LOVE ONE ANOTHER. There is deep emphasis on the word ‘message,'...
MESSAGE (αγγελια). In N.T. only here and 1 John 1:5, but επαγγελια (promise) fifty-one times.FROM THE BEGINNING (απ' αρχης). See 1 John 1:1 for this phrase and 1 John 2:7 for the idea. They had th...
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...
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...
FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. "The message of the Good News does not change!!! The message originally announced is still in effect (Galatians 1:6-9). New and esoteric teaching about faith and morals disqua...
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 3:7. LITTLE CHILDREN.—τεκνία; not infants, but young and immature disciples. DOETH RIGHTEOUSNESS.—Emphasis lies on “doeth”; habitually does. Doing is opposed to...
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 1:5; 1 John 2:7; 1 John 2:8; 1 John 4:21; 1 John 4:7;...
From the beginning. See on 1 1. That [ι ν α]. The purport and aim of the message. See on John 14:13....
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...
Our apostle comes now to enforce his exhortation unto brotherly love, by many weighty arguments: 1.He assures them, that this precept concerning brotherly love was given them by Christ and his apostl...