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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 John 3:4

Sin is the transgression of the law - The spirit of the law as well as of the Gospel is, that "we should love God with all our powers, and our neighbor as ourselves." All disobedience is contrary to love; therefore sin is the transgression of the law, whether the act refers immediately to God or to our neighbor. read more

John Calvin

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

Verse 2 2Now are we the sons of God He comes now to what every one knows and feels himself; for though the ungodly may not entice us to give up our hope, yet our present condition is very short of the glow of God’s children; for as to our body we are dust and a shadow, and death is always before our eyes; we are also subject to thousand miseries, and the soul is exposed to innumerable evils; so that we find always a hell within us. The more necessary it is that all our thoughts should be... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 John 3:3

Verse 3 3And every man that hath this hope He now draws this inference, that the desire for holiness should not grow cold in us, because our happiness has not as yet appeared, for that hope is sufficient; and we know that what is hoped for is as yet hid. The meaning then is, that though we have not Christ now present before our eyes, yet if we hope in him, it cannot be but that this hope will excite and stimulate us to follow purity, for it leads us straight to Christ, whom we know to be a... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 John 3:4

Verse 4 4Whosoever committeth, or doeth, sin. The Apostle has already shown how ungrateful we must be to God, if we make but little account of the honor of adoption, by which he of his own goodwill anticipates us, and if we do not, at least, render him mutual love. He, at the same time, introduced this admonition, that our love ought not to be diminished, because the promised happiness is deferred. But now, as men are wont to indulge themselves more than they ought, in evils, he reproves this... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 John 3:1-2

"What manner of love!" Connecting link: The apostle has just spoken about being "born of God." This suggests the thought that, if born of God, then are we children! A relation so near and dear, a privilege so great, inspires him with a rapturous joy. He lingers exultingly on the thought, and calls on his fellow-believers to contemplate it as an amazing proof of the love of God. Whence our topic— So great love an object for adoring contemplation. There are some texts which... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 John 3:1-3

The Divine birth is the outcome of the Divine love. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 John 3:1-12

Righteousness and sin in relation to children of God. I. RIGHTEOUSNESS INSEPARABLE FROM BEING CHILDREN OF GOD . 1 . -Present inner nature. 2 . Future glory. 3 . Action in view of the future. "And every one that hath this hope set on him purifieth himself, even as he [that One] is pure." The future glory is a matter of hope to us, arising out of our present consciousness of sonship, our present experience of assimilation to God. It is a hope that rests for... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 John 3:1-24

(1) The evidence of sonship. Righteousness. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 John 3:2

Beloved, now are we children of God, and it is not yet made manifest (or, it never yet was manifested ) what we shall be. The emphatic νῦν is in opposition to οὔπω : our present state is known; our future remains still unrevealed. Again ( 1 John 2:27 , 1 John 2:29 ), we are in doubt about the construction. What is the nominative to "shall be manifested" φανερωθῇ , "he" or "it"? The context is strongly in favour of "it," i.e., "if it shall be manifested what we shall... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 John 3:2-3

The present and the future of the good. "Beloved, now are we children of God," etc. Here is— I. A GLORIOUS FACT OF PRESENT EXPERIENCE . "Beloved, now are we children of God." 1 . As sharing in his life . £ 2 . As morally resembling him 3 . As possessing the filial spirit . II. A GRACIOUS MYSTERY AS TO OUR FUTURE CONDITION . "And it is not yet made manifest what we shall be." Ebrard: "While we are already God's children, we are... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 John 3:4

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

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 John 3:3

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 John 3:4

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 John 3:1-2

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 John 3:1-3

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 John 3:1-12

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 John 3:1-24

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 John 3:2

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 John 3:2-3

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