1 João 3:19-22 NVIPT

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 John 3:19

In this; or, hereby ἐν τούτῳ , here clearly refers to what precedes; and the thought is similar to that in 1 John 3:14 . By sincere and active love we shall come to know γνωσόμεθα that we are children of the truth. "The truth" here is almost equivalent to "God;" and we seem to have here an echo of Christ's words to Pilate, "Everyone that is of the truth heareth my voice". The construction in what follows contains several doubtful points: In all three cases the first... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 John 3:19-22

The privileges of Christian loyalty. Connecting link: The ἔν τούτῳ with which our present paragraph begins is the connecting link between the material of this homily and that of the last. It connects the privileges here specified with the duties there enjoined. No verses of the Epistles of John lead us more into the very heart-work of religion than do these; nor are there any the construction of which is so complex, and the exact meaning thereof less easy to ascertain. We have... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 John 3:19-22

The judicial function of conscience. "And hereby we know that we are of the truth," etc. Our text suggests the following observations. I. THAT CONSCIENCE EXERCISES A. JUDICIAL FUNCTION IN MAN . By "our heart" in the text St. John means, as Alford says, "the heart as the seat of the conscience, giving rise there to peace or to terror, according as it is at rest or in disquietude.… The heart here is the inward judge of the man." Many are the definitions of "conscience."... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 John 3:20

Our heart means our conscience, not the affections, which would be σπάγχνα ( 1 John 3:17 ). If we are conscious of sincere and habitual love, this will calm us when conscience reproaches us. St. John never uses the more technical term συνείδησις , which occurs in the Acts and 1 Peter, and is very frequent in St. Paul. God is greater than our heart. It is asked whether this means that he is more merciful or more rigorous. Neither the one nor the other. It means that, although our... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 John 3:21

Beloved ( 1 John 2:7 ; 1 John 3:2 ), there is a still more blessed possibility. If the consciousness of genuine love will sustain us before God when our heart reproaches us, much more may we have confidence towards him ( 1 John 2:28 ) when it does not reproach us. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 John 3:22

And (as a guarantee that this confidence is not baseless or misdirected) whatsoever we ask, we receive from him. Note the present tense: λαμβάνομεν , not ληψόμεθα . Whatever the child of God asks as such, he ipso facto obtains ( John 15:7 ). This is the ideal condition of things; for the child of God cannot ask what displeases his Father. And we are his children "because we keep his commandments." The ὅτι must not be connected too closely with λαμβάνομεν , as if our... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 John 3:19

And hereby - Greek, “by this;” that is, by the fact that we have true love to others, and that we manifest it by a readiness to make sacrifices to do them good.We know that we are of the truth - That we are not deceived in what we profess to be; that is, that we are true Christians. To be of the truth stands opposed to cherishing false and delusive hopes.And shall assure our hearts before him - Before God, or before the Saviour. In the margin, as in the Greek, the word rendered “shall assure,”... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 John 3:20

For if our heart condemn us - We cannot hope for peace from any expectation that our own hearts will never accuse us, or that we ourselves can approve of all that we have done. The reference here is not so much to our past lives, as to our present conduct and deportment. The object is to induce Christians so to live that their hearts will not condemn them for any secret sins, while the outward deportment may be unsullied. The general sentiment is, that if they should so live that their own... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 John 3:21

Beloved, if our heart condemn us not - If we so live as to have an approving conscience - that is, if we indulge in no secret sin; if we discharge faithfully every known duty; if we submit without complaining to all the allotments of Divine Providence.Then have we confidence toward God - Compare the 1 John 3:19; 1 John 2:28 notes; Acts 24:16 note. The apostle evidently does not mean that we have confidence toward God on the ground of what we do, as if it were meritorious, or as if it... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 John 3:22

And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him - If we are truly his children, and ask in a proper manner. See the notes at Matthew 7:7. Compare Mark 11:24; Luke 11:9; Luke 18:1 ff; John 14:13; Joh 15:7; 1 John 5:14. The declaration here made must be understood with these limitations:(1)That we ask in a proper manner, James 4:3; and,(2)That the thing asked shall be such as will be consistent for God to give; that is, such as he shall see to be best for us, 1 John 5:14. See the notes at this latter... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 John 3:19

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 John 3:19-22

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 John 3:19-22

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 John 3:20

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 John 3:21

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 John 3:22

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 John 3:19

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 John 3:20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 John 3:21

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 John 3:22

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