1 John 2:6

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - 1 John 2:6

DISCOURSE: 2435CHRIST AN EXAMPLE TO HIS FOLLOWERS1 John 2:6. He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.AMONG the various excellencies which distinguish Christianity from all other religions, one of very considerable importance is, that the Author of it condescended to exemplify in his own person every thing which it required of its most faithful adherents. Different philosophers established rules for their followers: but no one ever professed himself a... read more

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - 1 John 2:6

In Him: Like Him A Sermon Delivered on Thursday Evening, May 17th, 1883, by C. H. SPURGEON, At the Newington "He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked." 1 John 2:6 . He that saith he abideth in him: " that is exactly what every Christian does say. He cannot be a Christian unless this be true of him, and be cannot fully enjoy his religion unless he assuredly knows that he is in Christ, and can boldly say as much. We must be in Christ, and abidingly in... read more

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 2:6

1 John 2:6He that saith he abideth in Him ought himself also so to walk, even as He walked The Christlike walk of one with guileless spirit abiding in GodTo “walk as Christ” walked is essential to our “abiding in God”; not merely “being in God,” as it is put in the previous verse, but being in Him permanently.It is therefore the test of our truth when we “say that we abide in God”; it is the very means by which we abide in Him.I. It is sometimes said of Christ simply that He walked, without... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 John 2:6

6 He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked. Ver. 6. To walk even as he walked ] This is the same with that Colossians 2:6 , to walk in Christ; and with that,1 Peter 2:21; 1 Peter 2:21 , to follow his steps. See Trapp on " 1Pe 2:21 " read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 1 John 2:6

that saith: 1 John 2:4, 1 John 1:6 he: 1 John 2:28, 1 John 3:6, John 15:4-Joshua : to walk: 1 John 1:7, Psalms 85:13, Matthew 11:29, John 13:15, 1 Corinthians 11:1, Ephesians 5:2, 1 Peter 2:21 Reciprocal: Psalms 15:2 - He Ezekiel 37:24 - they shall Matthew 3:15 - for Romans 6:4 - even Romans 13:13 - us Ephesians 2:10 - walk Philippians 2:5 - General Colossians 2:6 - walk 1 Thessalonians 2:12 - walk Titus 2:12 - live 1 John 3:3 - even 1 John 3:16 - and we 1 John 5:20 - and we 2 John 1:4 -... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 1 John 2:6

He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.He that saith he abideth in him — which implies a durable state; a constant, lasting knowledge of, and communion with, him.Ought himself — Otherwise they are vain words.So to walk, even as he walked — In the world. As he, are words that frequently occur in this epistle. Believers having their hearts full of him, easily supply his name. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 John 2:3-14

2. Yet for the claimant of the divine purity the test is abstinence from all sinning, 1 John 2:3-14. It might at first be supposed that a ready advocate and propitiation for the believer’s sins might furnish easy license for sin. And separating that fact from its proper conditions, one may abuse it for antinomianism. St. Paul met the same objection, that we may abound in sin that the grace of propitiation may abound, in the same way as John does here. Romans 6:1, where see notes. Our... read more

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