1 John 3:18

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - 1 John 3:1-24

GOD IS RIGHTEOUS The second cycle centers around the thought that God is righteous (1 John 2:29 ); hence, fellowship with God depends on doing righteousness. In the working out of the proposition the apostle speaks of three things: (1) The motive for doing righteousness: the hope we have through our sonship to God (1 John 3:1-10 ); (2) The test of doing righteousness: love to the brethren (1 John 3:11-18 ); and (3) The reward of doing righteousness: assurance of salvation (1 John 3:19 to 1... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - 1 John 3:13-24

Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you. (14) We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death. (15) Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. (16) Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. (17) But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need,... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - 1 John 3:16-21

16-21 Here is the condescension, the miracle, the mystery of Divine love, that God would redeem the church with his own blood. Surely we should love those whom God has loved, and so loved. The Holy Spirit, grieved at selfishness, will leave the selfish heart without comfort, and full of darkness and terror. By what can it be known that a man has a true sense of the love of Christ for perishing sinners, or that the love of God has been planted in his heart by the Holy Spirit, if the love of the... read more

Frank Binford Hole

F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary - 1 John 3:1-99

1John 3 VERSE 28 of Chapter 2 stands as a short paragraph by itself, and the second chapter would more fittingly have ended with it. Verse 29 begins another paragraph which extends to verse 1Jn_3:3 of chapter 3. At this point someone might well have desired to enquire But who are the children of God, and how exactly may they be distinguished from those who are not? The answer given here is that those who are born of God are the children of God, and that they may be distinguished by the doing... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - 1 John 3:13-18

True brotherly love: v. 13. Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you. v. 14. We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death. v. 15. Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer; and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. v. 16. Hereby perceive we the love of God, because He laid down His life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. v. 17. But whoso hath this... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - 1 John 3:11-18

4. Brotherly Love is the Sum-Total of the Divine Law1 John 3:10-18 (10b-18)10b Whosoever20 doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither21 he that loveth not his 11brother. For22 this is the message23 that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. 12Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one,24 and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own25 works were evil, and26 his brother’s righteous. 13Marvel not, my brethren,27 if the world hate28 you. We know that we... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - 1 John 3:13-24

Loving in Deed and in Truth 1 John 3:13-24 Love to the brethren is a sign that we have been born into the family. We may not like them all, yet we can love them. If we love, we live; and if we live in the deepest sense, we shall love; that is, we shall put others first, and our care for them will be tinged with the crimson of sacrifice. Love is not measured by the expressions of the lip or the emotion of the heart, but by the extent to which we will do or suffer. The believer dares not... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - 1 John 3:1-24

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 shows that in Christ there is no need for anyone to sin, and that if one does he violates the very life principle which makes him a child of God. The proof of fellowship with God as love, therefore, is to be found in righteousness of conduct and love manifested toward our brethren. The result of... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - 1 John 3:1-24

Children of God 1 John 3:1-24 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 children of the wicked one, are now children of God. Yes, "Such we are." 1. We are children by being born again; that is, we are children by nature, and not by culture. "As many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His Name: which were... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 John 3:11-24

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, now leads on to that section where love is pre-eminent. Previously any emphasis has been on God’s love for His own (1 John 2:5; 1 John 2:15; 1 John 3:1) although love of fellow-Christians has not been totally ignored (1 John 2:8-11), but from now on the thought becomes central. The emphasis has... read more

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