1 John 4:13 NLT,NIV,ESV

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 1 John 4:7-14

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES1 John 4:7.—The previous verses are in some sense an “aside.” The apostle now resumes his proper theme. His main truth is this—Love is the mark of the children of God, who is love. Love to God is a delusion if it does not find expression in love toward one another as brethren. And love of the brethren is a sure test of our having the Spirit of God, for the spirit of antichrist is a self-seeking and self-serving spirit. “Just as it severs the Divine from the human in... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 1 John 4:1-21

Shall we turn now in our Bibles to I John chapter 4. As we go back to verse 1Jo 4:24 of chapter 3, the later portion, "Hereby we know that He abides in us by the Spirit which He has given us." I know that God abides in life. How do I know? Because He has given me the Holy Spirit.Paul said, "The Holy Spirit is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession" ( Ephesians 1:14 ). We have been sealed, he said, with this Holy Spirit of promise; the seal was God's mark... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 1 John 4:1-21

1 John 4:1-3 . Believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God. Whether those teachers believe that Christ is come in the flesh, which to the present hour the unbelieving jews deny. Try them by the faith of all the holy apostles and confessors, whether they confess that Christ is the Son of the living God. Whether he be the glory that shone in the ancient church, and dwelt on the mercyseat. The Eternal Son, the Word, the Wisdom of God, crucified for sinners. False... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 John 4:13

1 John 4:13Hereby know we that we dwell in Him and He in us, because He hath given us of His Spirit The evidences of true religion in manThe exercises of the mind, influenced by the Holy Spirit, are the evidences of true religion in man.The state of the mind is known only by its exercises; and spiritual exercises indicate the operations of the Spirit of Christ.I. Self-abasement is a certain evidence of true religion. It is a gracious exercise, the effect of a saving work of the Spirit in the... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 John 4:13

13 Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit. Ver. 13. He hath given us of his Spirit ] That is, of the fruits of his Spirit, his holy motions and graces. For through the two golden pipes the two olive branches empty out of themselves the golden oils of all precious graces, into the candlestick, the Church. read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 1 John 4:13

1 John 4:15, 1 John 4:16, 1 John 3:24, John 14:20-Ezekiel :, Romans 8:9-Esther :, 1 Corinthians 2:12, 1 Corinthians 3:16, 1 Corinthians 3:17, 1 Corinthians 6:19, Galatians 5:22-Lamentations :, Ephesians 2:20-Song of Solomon : Reciprocal: John 3:21 - that his John 14:17 - but John 16:14 - glorify John 17:26 - and I Romans 8:16 - Spirit Romans 16:7 - were 1 Corinthians 1:9 - the fellowship Ephesians 2:22 - an Colossians 2:2 - being 1 John 2:3 - hereby 1 John 2:5 - hereby 1 John 2:20 - ye have 1... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 John 4:7-21

2. The one confirmatory test love. The threefold love between God, the believer, and the brethren, 1 John 4:7-21. The one test is love; centered in God, 8; and manifested to us in Christ, 9-11; into which love we come by union through faith with Christ and God, 12-16; which love may be perfected in us, 17-19; and this divine love is love to our fellow-man, 20, 21. Our apostle does not argue and reason out this statement; he affirms it, aphoristically and positively, by successive... read more