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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 3:9

Whosoever is born of God ,.... In a figurative and spiritual sense; who are regenerated, or born from above; who are quickened by the grace of God, and have Christ formed in them; who are made partakers of the divine nature, and new creatures in Christ; which spiritual birth is not owing to men, to the power and will of men, but to the grace of God; and is sometimes ascribed to the Father, who of his own will and abundant mercy begets souls again to a lively hope, and saves them by the... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 3:10

In this the children of God are manifest ,.... By regenerating grace, and not sinning, in the sense before explained, in consequence of it: adoption is an act of God's grace and sovereign will; it is secret in his own heart, and is secured in divine predestination, and in the covenant of grace, and is antecedent to regeneration: regeneration and faith do not make men the children of God, but manifest them to be so; adoption makes them the children of God, and entitles them to the... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 3:11

For this is the message ,.... Sent from God by Christ, or what he in his ministry declared, and is the commandment which was so frequently urged by him, John 13:34 ; that ye have heard from the beginning ; of the preaching of the Gospel to them, and of their conversion; see 1 John 2:7 ; that we should love one another ; to which the command of Christ, the reason with which it is enforced, and the early notice of it, should engage. read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 3:12

Not as Cain ,.... That is, let us not be like him, or do as he did, hate the brethren. The apostle illustrates brotherly love by its contrary, in the instance of Cain, who was the first instance and example of hatred of the brethren, and of fratricide, and a very detestable one, by which he would dissuade from so vile and abominable a practice: who was of that wicked one ; Satan, a child of his, an imitator of him, one that appeared to be under his influence, and to belong unto him. So... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 3:13

Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you. By "the world" is meant the inhabitants of the world, the wicked part of them; these hate the saints, though without a cause, any just cause, and for no other reason, but because they are chosen and called out of the world, and do not live the wicked life they do: and this hatred of theirs is not at all to be wondered at; so it was from the beginning, and has been in all ages since; immediately upon the fall there was enmity between the seed of... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 3:14

We know that we have passed from death to life ,.... From a death in sin, a moral or spiritual death; which lies in a separation from God, Father, Son, and Spirit; in an alienation from the life of God; in a loss of the image of God, of righteousness, holiness, and knowledge, in which man was created; in a privation of all true sense of sin, and in a servitude to it, which is unto death, and is no other than death: and from a legal death, or death in a legal sense, under the sentence of... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 3:15

Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer ,.... A soul murderer, as the Ethiopic version renders it; not only of himself, for every sinner, by sinning, wrongs and destroys his own soul; but of his brother whom he hates: he is a murderer of him in his heart, even as he that lusts after a woman hath committed adultery with her in his heart, out of which arise murders, as well as adulteries; it is not only taking away life, but also causeless anger, malice, and hatred, that is a breach of the... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 3:16

Hereby perceive we the love of God ,.... The phrase "of God" is not in the Oriental versions, nor in the Greek copies, but is in the Complutensian edition, and in the Vulgate Latin version, and is favoured by the Syriac version, which reads, "by this we know his love to us"; and so the Ethiopic version, "by this we know his love". That is, the love of the Lord Jesus Christ, who is truly and properly God, the great God, the mighty God, the true God, and God over all, blessed for ever. His... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 3:17

But whoso hath this world's good ,.... The possessions of this world, worldly substance, the temporal good things of it; for there are some things in it, which are honestly, pleasantly, and profitably good, when used lawfully, and not abused, otherwise they are to the owner's hurt: or "the living of this world"; that which the men of the world give up themselves to, are bent upon, and pursue after; or on which men live, and by which life is maintained, and preserved, and made comfortable in... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 3:18

My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue ,.... Which though it holds good of love to God, and to Jesus Christ, yet here is to be understood of love to the brethren, as the context shows; and so the Syriac version reads, "let us not love one another in word", &c.; that is, without the heart, or with a double heart; speaking one thing with the lip, and designing another thing in the heart; speaking peaceably with the mouth, and with the heart laying wait; or we should... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 3:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 3:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 3:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 3:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 3:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 3:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 3:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 3:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 3:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 3:18

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