1 John 2:5

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 1 John 2:5

His faith worketh by love, Galatians 5:6; his love is perfected, and attains its end in obedience, whereof it is the vital principle, 1 John 5:3; John 14:15. Such an efficacious governing knowledge of him, therefore, as, by the power of the love which it produces, subdues our souls to the obedience of him, is a certain proof to us of our union with him, 1 John 5:20, and relation to him. 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

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - 1 John 2:3-5

DISCOURSE: 2434THE TRUE TEST OF LOVE TO GOD1 John 2:3-5. Hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.THERE are many who imagine, that to enforce an observance of God’s commandments, and to insist on obedience as an evidence of our faith, is legal. But the whole tenour of... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - 1 John 2:5

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Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 1 John 2:1-11

Chapter 2My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not ( 1 John 2:1 ).Now, he is talking about the purpose of writing is to bring you into fellowship with God, but the thing that breaks fellowship with God is sin. In Isaiah 59 , "God's hand is not short that he cannot save, neither is his ear heavy that he cannot hear. But your sins have separated you from God" ( Isaiah 59:1-2 ). Always the effect of sin. God said to Adam, "In the day that thou sinneth thou shall surely... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 1 John 2:1-29

1 John 2:2 . He is the propitiation for our sin: ιλασμος , a ram, or other victim offered as an atoning sacrifice for sin. On Genesis 15:9, the rabbins make a distinction between the heifer, the she goat, and the ram, yet all the three are offered as atoning victims. The reference here is to Christ, our Ilasterion. Romans 3:25. Hebrews 9:5. He is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. In him we draw near to God, through his blood; so that if any man do sin in the church, he... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 John 2:1-6

1 John 2:1-6My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not Preventatives against sinThe connection between chapters 1 and 2 seems to be this: I have taught you something of the nature and universality of sin, and of the deceivers who say they have no sin, but you are not to understand me as teaching that sin is an element of our being, or attached to us by any absolute necessity, or infused into us by the will or authority of the Deity, or of such might that resistance is... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 John 2:3-5

1 John 2:3-5And hereby we know that we do know Him, if we keep His commandments The guileless spirit realising through obedience the knowledge of God as the means of being and abiding in GodThis is a more literal explanation of the Divine fellowship, considered as a fellowship of light, than has been given before.The light which is the atmosphere of the fellowship, or the medium of vision and sympathy through which it is realised, is the light of knowledge, the light of the knowledge of God.... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 John 2:5

5 But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him. Ver. 5. In him verily is the love of God perfected ] St John was a mere compound of sweetest love. As iron put into the fire, seemeth to be nothing but fire, so he (the beloved disciple) was turned into a lump of love. Hence he so presseth love, perfect love, to God and his people. And Jerome tells us, that living to a very great age at Ephesus, he would get up into the pulpit; and... read more

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