1 John 3:21-22

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

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - 1 John 3:22-24

22-24 When believers had confidence towards God, through the Spirit of adoption, and by faith in the great High Priest, they might ask what they would of their reconciled Father. They would receive it, if good for them. And as good-will to men was proclaimed from heaven, so good-will to men, particularly to the brethren, must be in the hearts of those who go to God and heaven. He who thus follows Christ, dwells in Him as his ark, refuge, and rest, and in the Father through him. This union... 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 3:19-24

The reassurance of the Spirit: v. 19. And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before Him. v. 20. For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart and knoweth all things. v. 21. Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God. v. 22. And whatsoever we ask we receive of Him, because we keep His commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in His sight. v. 23. And this is His commandment, That we should believe... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - 1 John 3:19-24

5. The Glorious Consequences of our Adoption by God1 John 3:19-2419And42 hereby we know43 that we are of the truth44, and shall assure45 our hearts before 20him. For46 if our heart condemn us47, God48 is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. 21Beloved, if our heart condemn us not49, then have50 we confidence toward God. 22And whatsoever we ask51, we receive of52 him, because we keep53 his commandments, and do those54 things that are pleasing in his sight. 23And this is his... 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

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