1 John 4:17

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - 1 John 4:17

The charity of God (which may either signify the love by which we love God, or by which God loves us) perfected with us, or in us, and so possesseth our souls, as to give us an humble confidence of our salvation, when we shall appear before his tribunal at the day of judgment: because as he is, we also are in this world. These words are differently expounded. They may signify, that as this world by his grace are always loving him and our neighbour, and increasing in this love, which gives us... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - 1 John 4:14-21

14-21 The Father sent the Son, he willed his coming into this world. The apostle attests this. And whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God. This confession includes faith in the heart as the foundation; makes acknowledgment with the mouth to the glory of God and Christ, and profession in the life and conduct, against the flatteries and frowns of the world. There must be a day of universal judgment. Happy those who shall have holy boldness before... read more

Frank Binford Hole

F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary - 1 John 4:1-99

1John 4 AMONGST THE WILES of the devil imitation takes a foremost place. In the Old Testament, for instance, we find that when God wrought powerfully through Moses in the presence of Pharaoh, the Egyptian magicians imitated what was done as far as they could, in order to nullify the impressions made on the mind of the king. Again we find that when the sanctuary had been established in Jerusalem with its ordinances of divine service, Jeroboam easily diverted the ten tribes from it by the simple... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - 1 John 4:16-21

Perfection in brotherly love: v. 16. God is Love; and he that dwelleth in. love dwelleth in God, and God in him. v. 17. Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the Day of Judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world. v. 18. There is no fear in love, but perfect love casteth out fear; because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love. v. 19. We love Him because He first loved us. v. 20. If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother,... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - 1 John 4:7-21

7. Brotherly Love and Divine Love as Related to Each Other on the Ground of Christ’s Advent1 John 4:7-217Beloved, let us love one another: for8 love is of God; and every one that loveth9 is born of God, and knoweth God. 8He that loveth not, knoweth10 not God;11 for God is love. 9In this was manifested the love of God toward12” us, because13 that God sent his 10only begotten Son14 into the world, that we might live through him. Herein15 Isaiah 16:0 love, not that we loved God, but that he17... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - 1 John 4:17

1 John THE SERVANT AS HIS LORD 1Jn_4:17 . Large truths may be spoken in little words. Profundity is often supposed to be obscurity, but the deepest depth is clear. John, in his gospel and epistles, deals with the deepest realities, and with all things in their eternal aspects, but his vocabulary is the simplest in the New Testament. God and the world, life and death, love and hate, light and darkness, these are the favourite words round which his thoughts gather. Here are nine little... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - 1 John 4:12-21

the Test of Our Love 1 John 4:12-21 If we are willing to be channels through which God’s love flows to others, there need be no limit to the fullness of that holy current. In humility, selflessness, and gentleness, it will become perfected. The vessel placed beneath the waterfall is filled to overflowing. Through our Savior we know the Father who sent Him, 1 John 4:14 . See John 14:9-10 . We first venture on God’s love by faith; afterward we know it. Dare to affirm that God is love. Love is... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - 1 John 4:1-21

Two closely related perils threaten our fellowship with God as love, false prophets and the spirit which actuates them. Teaching is to be tested by the indwelling Spirit. All who refuse to confess that Jesus is Lord do so because they are of the world. At the root of every heresy concerning Jesus there has been worldliness in some form. To degrade the Person of Christ is to shake the foundations of faith. There can be no character which is according to God when the creed concerning Christ is a... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - 1 John 4:1-21

Testing the True and the False 1 John 4:1-21 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We have in our opening verses some important admonitions, and also some important instructions. 1. Important admonitions. (1) "Believe not every spirit." Some people seem always ready to take up with anything that comes along. They forget that there are two spirits that work among the children of men. As our verse says, "Many false prophets are gone out into the world." These false prophets and teachers, in as far as they can,... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - 1 John 4:7-19

God's Wonderful Love Story John 3:16 ; 1 John 4:7-19 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We wish to give our whole attention today to one verse of Scripture. It stands before us as an unfathomable river of blessing. Some one has called John 3:16 "the Gospel in a nutshell." Let us notice for our first statement The Great Lover. Who is it that so loves the world? It is God. God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost, the Divine Trinity loves us, and yet John 3:16 is speaking particularly of the love... read more

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