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John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 John 4:19

19 We love him, because he first loved us. Ver. 19. Because he first loved us ] See Trapp on " 1Jn 4:10 " Mary answers not Rabboni till Christ first said unto her, Mary. Our love is but the reflex of his. And as the reflected beams of the sun are weaker than the direct, so are our affections weaker than God’s. That is a memorable saying of a modern writer, As a great brightness of the air at midnight argueth the shining of the moon, and that presumeth an illumination of the sun, because... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 1 John 4:19

1 John 4:10, Luke 7:47, John 3:16, John 15:16, 2 Corinthians 5:14, 2 Corinthians 5:15, Galatians 5:22, Ephesians 2:3-Deuteronomy :, Titus 3:3-Deuteronomy : Reciprocal: Exodus 20:6 - love me Deuteronomy 7:8 - because Deuteronomy 10:12 - love Deuteronomy 33:3 - he loved Judges 5:31 - them that 1 Kings 3:3 - loved Psalms 18:1 - I will Psalms 26:3 - For Psalms 97:10 - Ye that Psalms 116:1 - love Proverbs 8:17 - I love Jeremiah 31:3 - I have Matthew 22:40 - General John 1:43 - and findeth John... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 1 John 4:19

We love him, because he first loved us.We love him, because he first loved us — This is the sum of all religion, the genuine model of Christianity. None can say more: why should any one say less, or less intelligibly? read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 John 4:7-21

2. The one confirmatory test love. The threefold love between God, the believer, and the brethren, 1 John 4:7-21. The one test is love; centered in God, 8; and manifested to us in Christ, 9-11; into which love we come by union through faith with Christ and God, 12-16; which love may be perfected in us, 17-19; and this divine love is love to our fellow-man, 20, 21. Our apostle does not argue and reason out this statement; he affirms it, aphoristically and positively, by successive... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 John 4:19

19. He first loved us And thus our firm and fearless love has a firm and assuring base, his antecedent love. God as love is source of all divine love in man. That preceding love demands our responsive love, and becomes its assurance. read more

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