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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 4:3

And every spirit that confesseth not ,.... The proper deity and sonship of Christ, his true and real humanity, and his Messiahship; or any of his offices, doctrines, and ordinances; or his satisfaction and righteousness; or that peace, pardon, justification, life, and salvation, are by him; all which are meant by what follows, that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh : this clause is left out in the Ethiopic version, and that without hurting the sense, since it is easily supplied from the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 4:4

Ye are of God, little children ,.... This, with what follows, is said for the comfort of the saints, and to deliver them from the fears of being drawn aside by the delusions of the false prophets, and antichrists; since they belonged to God, were his elect, and therefore could not be finally and totally seduced; they were the children of God by adopting grace, and could not become the servants of men; they were born of God, and so were kept by the power of God unto salvation, as all that are... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 4:5

They are of the world ,.... That is, the false prophets and teachers that were gone into the world, and had the spirit of antichrist in them; these were as they were when they came into the world, under the pollution, guilt, and dominion of sin, in a state of unregeneracy, carnality, and darkness; they properly belonged unto it, and walked after the course of it, and were under the influence of the god of it, who led them into error; and were sensual, and indulged themselves in worldly... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 4:6

We are of God ,.... Not only as the chosen of God, the children of God, regenerated ones, and believers, but as ministers of the Gospel; they were chosen, and called, and sent of God to preach the Gospel, and were qualified for it, by gifts received from him, and had their doctrine from him, as well as their commission and mission: they were not of the world, and therefore did not speak of the world, nor things suited to worldly men; but being of God, they spoke the words of God, which were... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 4:7

Beloved, let its love one another ,.... The apostle having finished what he proposed to say concerning the trying of spirits, returns to his former exhortation to brotherly love, and which comes with fresh force and strength; for since worldly men follow, hear, embrace, and cleave to the false teachers; such as are of God, and on the side of truth, should love one another, and their faithful ministers, and stand fast in one spirit by the truths of the Gospel, in opposition to every error: ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 4:8

He that loveth not, knoweth not God ,.... If a man loves not the children of God, those that are born of him, he does not know, so as to love God, the Father of them; for to pretend love to God, the begetter of them, whom he sees not, and not love those who are begotten by him, and are visible objects of respect, is a contradiction, and cannot be reconciled: see 1 John 4:20 . This clause is left out in the Ethiopic version, and is transposed in the Syriac version, which reads the text... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 4:9

In this was manifested the love of God towards us ,.... The love of God here spoken of, and instanced in, is not his general love to all his creatures, which is shown in the make of them, and in the support of them in their beings, and in his providential care of them, and kindness to them; but his special love towards his elect, and which was before it was manifested; it was secretly in his heart from everlasting, and did not begin to be at the mission of Christ into the world, but was then... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 4:10

Herein is love ,.... The love of God, free love, love that cannot be matched: herein it is manifested, as before; this is a clear evidence of it, an undoubted proof, and puts it out of all question: not that we loved God : the love of God is antecedent to the love of his people; it was when theirs was not; when they were without love to him, yea, enemies in their minds, by wicked works, and even enmity itself, and therefore was not procured by theirs; but on the contrary, their love to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 4:11

Beloved, if God so loved us ,.... As to send his Son to be a propitiatory sacrifice for our sins, and to obtain eternal life for us through his sufferings and death: the apostle uses the same language his Lord and master did, John 3:16 ; we ought also to love one another ; for those who are the objects of God's love ought to be the objects of ours; and if God has loved our fellow Christians and brethren to such a degree, as to send his Son to die for them, we ought to love them too;... read more

Adam Clarke

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

Beloved, believe not every spirit - Do not be forward to believe every teacher to be a man sent of God. As in those early times every teacher professed to be inspired by the Spirit of God, because all the prophets had come thus accredited, the term spirit was used to express the man who pretended to be and teach under the Spirit's influence. See 1 Corinthians 12:1-12 ; 1 Timothy 4:1 . Try the Spirits - Δοκιμαζετε τα πνευματα· Put these teachers to the proof. Try them by that... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 4:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 4:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 4:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 4:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 4:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 4:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 4:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 4:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 4:11

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

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