1 John 2:1-17 NIV

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 John 2:9-11

2:9-11 He who says that he is in the light, and who at the same time hates his brother, is still in the darkness. He who loves his brother abides in the light, and there is nothing in him which makes him stumble. He who hates his brother is in the darkness and he is walking in darkness, and he does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes. The first thing which strikes us about this passage is the way in which John sees personal relationships in terms of black... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 John 2:9-11

John has something further to say. As he sees it, our attitude to our brother man has an effect not only on him but also on ourselves. (i) If we love our brother, we are walking in the light and there is nothing in us which causes us to stumble. The Greek could mean that, if we love our brother, there is nothing in us which causes others to stumble and, of course, that would be perfectly true. But it is much more likely that John is saying that, if we love our brother, there is nothing in us... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 John 2:12-14

2:12-14 I am writing to you, little children, Because your sins are forgiven you through his name. I am writing to you, fathers, Because you have come to know him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, Because you have overcome the Evil One. I have written to you, little ones, Because you have come to know the Father. I have written to you, fathers, Because you have come to know him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, Because you are strong, And... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 John 2:12-14

The second problem which confronts us is more difficult, and also more important. John uses three titles of the people to whom he is writing. He calls them little children; in 1 John 2:12 the Greek is teknia ( Greek #5040 ) and in 1 John 2:13 paidia ( Greek #3816 ); teknia ( Greek #5040 ) indicates a child young in age and paidia ( Greek #3816 ) a child young in experience, and, therefore, in need of training and discipline. He calls them fathers. He calls them young men.... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 John 2:12-14

This passage finely sets out God's gifts to all men in Jesus Christ. (i) There is the gift of forgiveness through Jesus Christ. This was the essential message of the gospel and of the early preachers. They were sent out to preach repentance and remission of sins ( Luke 24:47 ). It was Paul's message at Antioch in Pisidia that to men there was proclaimed through Jesus Christ forgiveness of sins ( Acts 13:38 ). To be forgiven is to be at peace with God and that is precisely the gift that... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 John 2:15-17

2:15-17 Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For everything that is in the world--the flesh's desire, the eye's desire, life's empty pride--does not come from the Father but comes from the world. And the world is passing away, and so is its desire; but he who does God's will abides for ever. It was characteristic of ancient thought to see the world in terms of two conflicting principles. We see this very vividly... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 John 2:15-17

John has two things to say about the man who loves the world and compromises with it. First, he sets out three sins which are typical of the world. (i) There is the flesh's desire. This means far more than what we mean by sins o the flesh. To us that expression has to do exclusively with sexual sin. But in the New Testament the flesh is that part of our nature which. when it is without the grace of Jesus Christ, offers a bridgehead to sin. It includes the sins of the flesh but also all... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 2:1

My little children ,.... The apostle may address the saints under this character, on account of their regeneration by the Spirit and grace of God, in which they were as newborn babes; and on account of his being the instrument of their conversion, and so was their spiritual father, and therefore calls them his own children; and he might the rather use such a way of speaking, because of his advanced age, being now in his old age, and John the elder in age as well as in office; as well as to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 2:2

And he is the propitiation for our sins ,.... For the sins of us who now believe, and are Jews: and not for ours only ; but for the sins of Old Testament saints, and of those who shall hereafter believe in Christ, and of the Gentiles also, signified in the next clause: but also for the sins of the whole world ; the Syriac version renders it, "not for us only, but also for the whole world"; that is, not for the Jews only, for John was a Jew, and so were those he wrote unto, but for... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 2:3

And hereby we do know that we know him ,.... Either the Father, with whom Christ is an advocate; not as the God of nature, and by the light of it, nor as the lawgiver and Judge of the whole earth, and by the law of Moses; but as the God of all grace, as a God pardoning iniquity, transgression, and sin, as the Father of Christ, and as in him by the Gospel; and this not in a mere notional and speculative way, but with love and affection; not with fear and trembling, as devils know him, nor in... read more

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 John 2:9-11

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 John 2:9-11

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 John 2:12-14

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 John 2:12-14

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 John 2:12-14

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 John 2:15-17

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 John 2:15-17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 2:1

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 2:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 2:3

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