1 John 2:6

F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary - 1 John 2:1-99

1John 2 THE CLOSING VERSES of chapter 1 have shown us that we cannot say that we have no sin, nor that we have not sinned. The opening words of chapter 2 act as a counter-balance, lest we should rush to the conclusion that we can excuse ourselves for sinning by assuming that we can hardly help it, that it is practically inevitable. It is nothing of the kind. John wrote these things that we might not sin. Other scriptures speak of special provision made to keep us from falling: the point here... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - 1 John 2:3-6

Keeping Christ's commandments: v. 3. And hereby we do know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments. v. 4. He that saith, I know Him, and keepeth not His commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him. v. 5. But whoso keepeth His Word, in him, verily, is the love of God perfected; hereby know we that we are in Him. v. 6. He that saith he abideth in Him ought himself also so to walk even as He walked. Faith in Christ the Savior confirms, establishes, the fellowship which we... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - 1 John 2:3-11

5. Mark of the walk in the light. Obedience to the commandments of God, especially brotherly love1 John 2:3-113And hereby we3 do know that we know4 him, if we keep5 his commandments. 4He that saith,6 I know7 him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. 5But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected8: hereby know we that we are in him. 6He that saith he abideth in him 7ought himself also so9 to walk, even as he walked. Brethren,10 I... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - 1 John 2:1-11

Keeping His Commandment of Love 1 John 2:1-11 It is clearly possible to be kept from known and presumptuous sin. We shall be tempted, for that is an inevitable experience of life in this world; but we may be perfectly kept by the indwelling Spirit. Yet if we should be overtaken by some sudden gust of temptation, let us not despair; our Advocate ever makes intercession for us. The evidence that we have a saving knowledge of our Savior is obtained, not by the memory of a rapturous experience,... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - 1 John 2:1-29

Affirming that the purpose of his writing is that we sin not, the writer declared that even if we sin, provision is made by which it may be put away. The tests whereby we may know our relation to light are stated with regard to God, and with regard to our fellow men. The proof that we know God is that we keep His commandments. It is possible to know a great deal about God intellectually and still live in rebellion against Him. God is known in His Son. To be joined to Him and to abide in Him is... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 John 2:3-6

‘And by this we know that we have known him, if we keep his commandments. He who says, I have known him, and does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him, but whoever keeps his word, in him truly has the love of God been perfected. Hereby we know that we are in him. He who says he abides in him ought himself also to walk even as he walked.’ The way that we can know that we have come to know Him Who is the Word of life, and Him Who is the light, is in that we keep His... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - 1 John 2:3-11

1 John 2:3-1 Kings : . Obedience the Proof of Fellowship.— Here John repeats in a positive way the teaching of the previous section. Conduct cannot be, as the false teachers claimed, a matter of indifference, for true knowledge of God implies moral affinity to Him, i.e. obedience to His commandments and an attempt to imitate Christ. “ I know Him” was the watchword of the false teachers, their reference being to an esoteric and barren intellectualism. But John uses “ know” in its large... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 1 John 2:6

And this proof we ought to give. For whereas our Lord Jesus Christ was not only our Lawgiver, but our pattern, and practised himself what he commanded us; if indeed we have an abiding, real union with him, we partake of his Spirit, Romans 8:9, which must be understood to work uniformly, and enable us to walk (in the main of our course, according to our measure of that Spirit) as he walked. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 1 John 2:1-6

PROVISION FOR THE SINNING OF BELIEVERSCRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTESFIRMLY does St. John declare that the Christian should not sin, and must not sin. But he clearly recognises that Christians do actually sin through frailty. And he presents the consolation which is found in the gracious provision for dealing with Christian sins, both in their relation to God, and in their effects upon Christians themselves.1 John 2:1. Little children.—Suitable to such an aged and honoured teacher, such a father... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - 1 John 2:3-7

1 John 2:3-7 Doing and Knowing. I. St. John assumes that the knowledge of God is as possible, is as real, for human beings as any knowledge they can have of each other. Nay, he goes further than this. There are impediments to our knowledge of each other which he says do not exist with reference to that higher knowledge. We may know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments. I sometimes suspect that we give too loose a sense to that word "keep." No doubt it means to "obey." It does not mean... read more

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