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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 2:7

Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you ,.... Some understand this of faith, which this apostle calls a commandment, 1 John 3:23 ; but it rather intends the commandment of love, especially to the brethren, of which the apostle says the same things as here in his second epistle, 1 John 2:5 ; and this sense agrees both with what goes before and follows after, and is a considerable branch of the commandments of Christ to be kept, and of walking as he walked; and the word "brethren",... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 2:8

Again, a new commandment I write unto you ,.... Which is the same with the former, considered in different respects. The command of brotherly love is a new one; that is, it is an excellent one, as a new name is an excellent name, and a new song is an excellent one; it is renewed by Christ under the Gospel dispensation; it is newly explained by him, and purged from the false glosses of the Scribes and Pharisees; see Matthew 5:43 ; and enforced by him with a new argument, and by a new... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 2:9

He that saith he is in the light ,.... Is in Christ the light, or has the true knowledge of the light of the Gospel, or is illuminated by the Spirit of God; for persons may profess to be enlightened ones, and not be so: wherefore the apostle does not say, he that is in the light, but he that says he is, and hateth his brother ; who is so either by creation, as all men are brethren, having one Father, that has made them, and brought them up; or by regeneration, being born of God the... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 2:10

He that loveth his brother ,.... As such, and because he is his brother in Christ, and that cordially and sincerely, without hypocrisy and dissimulation, and by love serves him, both in things temporal and spiritual, and so observes the new, and yet old commandment, abideth in the light : it is a plain case, that such a man is in the light of grace, and continues in it; for though it is not his love to the brethren which is the cause of his light, of his being and continuing in it, for... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 2:11

But he that hateth his brother is in darkness ,.... As is before expressed in 1 John 2:9 , to which is added, and walketh in darkness ; he goes on in it, and takes delight in it, as dangerous and uncomfortable as it is: and knoweth not whither he goeth ; he cannot discern between good and evil; he puts darkness for light, and light for darkness; he sees not what is before him, nor what stumblingblocks lie in the way; he is not aware of the snares, pits, and traps he is in danger of... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 2:12

I write unto you, little children ,.... By whom the apostle means in common all the saints he writes to, whom he afterwards distributes into fathers, young men, and little children; for the same word is used here as in 1 John 2:1 ; and a different one from that which is rendered little children in 1 John 2:13 ; and besides, the following blessing of pardon of sin is common to all the children of God of different ages: now what the apostle says he writes unto them, intends not the epistle... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 2:13

I write unto you, fathers ,.... Not merely in age, though they might be men in years who are here intended, or only with respect to their long standing in the church, which might be the case; though persons may be in years, and of a long standing in the church, and yet be children in knowledge and experience: but here it designs such, who, in comparison of others, were perfect, and were spiritual, and judged all things; had a well informed and established judgment in divine things, and were,... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 2:14

I have written unto you, fathers ,.... This, with the reason annexed to it, is repeated, to raise the attention of the aged servants of Christ, and to quicken them to a discharge of their duty, who are apt to abate in their zeal, to grow lukewarm and indifferent, to cleave to the world, and to the things of it, which they are cautioned against in 1 John 2:15 . The whole of this, with the reason, because ye have known him that is from the beginning , is left out in the Vulgate Latin... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 2:15

Love not the world ,.... The habitable earth, the world in which men live; this is not to be loved by saints, as if it was their habitation, where they are always to be, and so loath to remove from it, seeing they are but sojourners, and pilgrims, and strangers here; this is not their rest, nor dwellingplace, their continuing city, or proper country, that is heaven. Nor should they love the men of the world, who are as they came into it, are of it, and mind the things of it, and lie in... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 2:16

For all that is in the world ,.... This is the sum of the evil things in the world; or these following are the objects of sin in the world, or about which wicked men are conversant; even such as are carnal or grateful to the flesh, visible to the eye, and belong to this vain life, or serve to fill with pride and vanity; or these are the main things, which men that love the world most highly value and esteem: the lust of the flesh ; by which is meant, not lust in general, or... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 2:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 2:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 2:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 2:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 2:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 2:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 2:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 2:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 2:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 2:16

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