1 John 3:2-3

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

The Glory, Privileges, and Obligations of Sonship. The beauty of the sonship of God: v. 1. Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us that we should be called the sons of God. Therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew Him. not. v. 2. Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be; but we know that, when He shall appear, we shall be like Him; for we shall see Him as He is. v. 3. And every man that hath this hope in Him... read more

Johann Peter Lange

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

2. The glory of the Sonship1 John 3:1-31Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed63 upon us64, that we should be called the sons65 of God66; therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. 2Beloved, now are we the sons of God67, and it doth not yet appear68 what we shall be: but69 we know that when he shall appear70, we shall be like him; for71 we shall see him as he Isaiah 3:0 And every man that hath this hope in him72 purifieth himself, even as he is pure73.EXEGETICAL... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - 1 John 3:2

1 John THE UNREVEALED FUTURE OF THE SONS OF GOD 1Jn_3:2 . I have hesitated, as you may well believe, whether I should take these words for a text. They seem so far to surpass anything that can be said concerning them, and they cover such immense fields of dim thought, that one may well be afraid lest one should spoil them by even attempting to dilate on them. And yet they are so closely connected with the words of the previous verse, which formed the subject of my last sermon, that I felt... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - 1 John 3:3

1 John THE PURIFYING INFLUENCE OF HOPE 1Jn_3:3 . That is a very remarkable ‘and’ with which this verse begins. The Apostle has just been touching the very heights of devout contemplation, soaring away up into dim regions where it is very hard to follow,--’We shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.’ And now, without a pause, and linking his thoughts together by a simple ‘and,’ he passes from the unimaginable splendours of the Beatific Vision to the plainest practical talk.... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - 1 John 3:1-12

the Marks of God’s Children 1 John 3:1-12 This chapter opens with one of the astounding announcements of Scripture. Why God should have made us His children is incomprehensible, except to show forth the riches of His grace. See Ephesians 2:7 . That such we are is certain, but how marvelous! Yet even greater wonders await us, for we are to be like Jesus our Lord. He is the type to which we are being conformed, and on the other side we shall awake in His likeness. He is pure ; such is the... 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

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - 1 John 3:1-2

WHAT WE ARE AND WHAT WE SHALL BE‘Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us … for we shall see Him as He is.’ 1 John 3:1-Exodus : Three important questions—Whence? Where? Whither? Whence came I? Where am I? Whither is the current of life speeding me? And yet there is another more important, that which St. John answers: What? The reason for this estimate is plain. Character compels circumstances; it is what we are, far more than where we are, which has to do at any time with... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - 1 John 3:2

THE MANIFESTATION OF THE SONS OF GOD‘It doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when He shall appear, we shall be like Him; for we shall see Him as He is.’ 1 John 3:2 Believers stand to God in an endearing and enduring relationship. Great and glorious are the privileges which believers now enjoy as God’s children, but greater and more glorious privileges are in store for them beyond death and the grave—privileges and honours of which in their present state they can form only a... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - 1 John 3:3

THE HOPE OF THE ADVENT‘And every man that hath this hope in Him purifieth himself, even as He is pure.’ 1 John 3:3‘The Epistles of John,’ it has been said, ‘with their ideal teaching, find the future in the present.’ In them, as in the fourth Gospel, stress is laid upon the essential continuity of the life hereafter with the present spiritual life of the Christian. None the less, as the same writer has pointed out, the final consummation is never lost sight of. ‘The use of the term Parousia,... read more

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