1 João 3:1 NVT

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

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 John 3:1

Behold, what manner of love - What love, in “kind” and in “degree.” In kind the most tender and the most ennobling, in adopting us into His family, and in permitting us to address Him as our Father; in “degree” the most exalted, since there is no higher love that can be shown than in adopting a poor and friendless orphan, and giving him a parent and a home. Even God could bestow upon us no more valuable token of affection than that we should be adopted into His family, and permitted to regard... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 John 3:1

1 John 3:1. The apostle, in the last verse of the preceding chapter, having declared that every one who worketh righteousness is born of God, begins the chapter with an exclamation expressive of his high admiration of the love of God in calling them his children, although they are not acknowledged to be such by the men of the world, because carnal men have no just notion of the character of God. Behold what manner The word ποταπην , thus rendered, signifies both how great, and what... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 John 3:1-10

3:1-5:5 THE LIFE OF LOVERight behaviour for God’s children (3:1-10)John cannot find words to express his feelings when he considers the great love God has shown in making sinful people his children. They now think and act according to the nature of their heavenly Father, with the result that unbelievers, who think and act according to the world’s standards, cannot understand them (3:1). God’s children know little about the nature of life in the world to come, but they know at least that in some... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 John 3:1

Behold . App-133 . Plural. love . App-135 . Father . App-98 . bestowed upon = given to. that = in order that. Greek. hina . sons = children. App-108 . God . App-98 . All the texts add, "and we are (so)". therefore = on account of ( App-104 . 1 John 3:2 ) this. world . App-129 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 John 3:1

This entire chapter, including also the last verse of 1 John 2, is a discussion dealing principally with the children of God. We cannot find agreement with those who make this section a treatise on the "love of God," although, of course, that subject is prominently mentioned. Aside from the opening verse, love is not mentioned until 1 John 3:11, and there it is not the love of God, but God's command that we should love one another. Orr's outline is a practical... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 John 3:1

1 John 3:1. Behold, what manner of love, &c.— The word behold, is made use of to excite new degrees of attention; and indeed is generally used in the scripture as a kind of hand, to point out what is peculiarly worthy our attention. The word ποταπος, rendered what manner, properly signifies quantity; when it denotes quality, it is some eminent sort or high degree of the kind. In either sense it will suit this place; but the latter seems preferable. The persons who in the last verse are said... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 John 3:1

1. Behold—calling attention, as to some wonderful exhibition, little as the world sees to admire. This verse is connected with the previous :-, thus: All our doing of righteousness is a mere sign that God, of His matchless love, has adopted us as children; it does not save us, but is a proof that we are saved of His grace. what manner of—of what surpassing excellence, how gracious on His part, how precious to us. love . . . bestowed—He does not say that God hath given us some gift, but love... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 John 3:1

The Holy Spirit’s production of righteous behavior in abiding Christians is evidence of God’s great love for us. John used love language more frequently in 1 John (46 times) and in his Gospel (44 times) than any other New Testament writer. Paul used it third most frequently in Ephesians (20 times). [Note: See Yarbrough, pp. 174-75 for a graph and a table of the occurrences in all the New Testament books.] Scripture calls us God’s children (Gr. tekna) because that is what He has made us. The... read more