1 John 2:5

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 John 2:5-11

II. LIVING IN THE LIGHT OF FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD 1:5-2:11"Since the apostle’s expressed concern is that his readers might have fellowship with the apostolic circle and thus also with the Father and the Son (1 John 1:3), it is reasonable to specify what this fellowship is really like. So, as an introductory section to his epistle, John discusses the nature of true fellowship with God" [Note: Idem, The Epistles . . ., p. 57.] read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - 1 John 2:5

2:5 keeps (b-3) A subjunctive, or 'shall keep.' read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 1 John 2:1-29

The Advocacy of Christ and the Obligations of Believers1. My little children] The diminutive implies the fatherly care which the aged Apostle felt for his disciples. Advocate] The word thus translated is used by St. John alone of the NT. writers. Elsewhere (John 14:16, John 14:25; John 15:26; John 16:7) it is rendered ’Comforter.’ Literally it means one who is called to the side of another for counsel and help. The rendering ’Advocate’ suits the passages in the Gospel (see RM in loco). The Son... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 John 2:3-8

(5) The fourth inference from the doctrine that God is Light analyses more accurately the general expression of 1 John 1:7, walking in the light. If Christ is, as in 1 John 2:1-2, the Paraclete and Propitiation of the world, it becomes necessary to ascertain whether He is this to us; lest, when this salvation is offered, we condemn ourselves by rejecting it. The test is, “obedience to the commandments, especially in brotherly love.”(3) Hereby means, by what follows.That we know him.—Rather,... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - 1 John 2:1-29

1 John 2:1 'I feel, when I have sinned, an immediate reluctance to go to Christ,' says McCheyne. 'I am ashamed to go. I feel as if it would do no good to go as if it were making Christ a minister of sin, to go straight from the swine-trough to the best robe and a thousand other excuses; but I am persuaded they are all lies, direct from hell. John argues the opposite way: "If any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father". Jeremiah 3:1 , and a thousand other Scriptures, are against it. I am... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 1 John 2:1-17

II. LIGHT AND DARKNESS AND THE TESTS CHAPTERS 1:5-2:17 1. God is light; walking in darkness and in light (1 John 1:5-7 ) 2. What the light manifests (1 John 1:8-10 ) 3. The advocacy of Christ to maintain the fellowship (1 John 2:1-2 ) 4. The tests of fellowship (1 John 2:3-17 ) 1 John 1:5-7 The message they had heard of Him and which they declared to others is, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all. Light, perfect, pure light is God’s nature; He is absolutely holy, with no... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - 1 John 2:5

2:5 {4} But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the {f} love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in {g} him.(4) He that keeps God’s commandments loves God indeed: He that loves God, is in God, or is joined together with God. Therefore he that keeps his commandments is in him.(f) Wherewith we love God.(g) He means our union with Christ. read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - 1 John 2:1-29

“My children, these things I write to you in order that ye may not sin; and if anyone sin, we have a patron with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous” (JND). If we have seen some absolute, positive facts of truth in Chapter 1, now this verse calls for practical results in the believer. Notice that here for the first time “children” are addressed. And how vital is their need of the Word of God as a preservative from sin! Here is a provision to keep the child of God from sinning. Certainly God... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - 1 John 2:1-28

GOD IS LIGHT First John is addressed to no particular church or individual, but it is thought that the apostle had in mind a cycle of churches like the seven of Asia (see Revelation 1:0 ). It is likely that the Christians to whom he wrote were of Gentile rather than Jewish origin, as judged by the few references to the Old Testament, and by such allusions as that in 1 John 5:21 . The epistle was written later than the Gospel by the same author, as gathered from the circumstances that an... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - 1 John 2:4-9

Living Liars 1Jn 2:4-9 We say that the Apostle John was all for love. In so far he was true to his own loving nature. He was above all things affectionate. Some souls have no affection. They are not wholly to blame. "That which is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is wanting cannot be numbered." They do not mean to be wanting in affection; they do not know that they are wanting in affection. It is impossible to live with them; you may be compelled to live beside them, but "with"... read more

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