1 John 3:6-9 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 John 3:4-10

The apostle, having alleged the believer's obligation to purity from his hope of heaven, and of communion with Christ in glory at the day of his appearance, now proceeds to fill his own mouth and the believer's mind with multiplied arguments against sin, and all communion with the impure unfruitful works of darkness. And so he reasons and argues, I. From the nature of sin and the intrinsic evil of it. It is a contrariety to the divine law: Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also (or even)... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 John 3:3-8

3:3-8 Anyone who rests this hope on him purifies himself as he is pure. Anyone who commits sin commits lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness. And you know that he appeared that he might take away our sins and there is no sin in him. Anyone who abides in him does not sin. Anyone who sins has not seen him, and does not know him. Little children, let no one deceive you. He who does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous. He who does sin is of the devil, because the devil is a sinner... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 John 3:9

3:9 Anyone who has been born of God does not commit sin, because his seed abides in him; and he cannot be a consistent and deliberate sinner, because he has been born of God. This verse bristles with difficulties, and yet it is obviously of the first importance to find out what it means. First, what does John mean by the phrase: "Because his seed abides in him"? There are three possibilities. (i) Frequently the Bible uses the word seed to mean a man's family and descendants. Abraham... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 John 3:9

Second, this verse presents us with the problem of relating it with certain other things which John has already said about sin. Let us set the verse down, as it is in the Revised Standard Version: No one born of God commits sin; for God's nature abides in him, and he cannot sin because he is born of God. Taken at its face value this means that it is impossible for the man who is born of God to sin. Now John has already said, "if we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 3:6

Whosoever abideth in him ,.... As the branch in the vine, deriving all light, life, grace, holiness, wisdom, strength, joy, peace, and comfort from Christ; or dwells in him by faith, enjoys communion with him as a fruit of union to him; and stands fast in him, being rooted and grounded in him, and abides by him, his truths and ordinances, takes up his rest, and places his security in him, and perseveres through him: sinneth not ; not that he has no sin in him, or lives without sin, but... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 3:7

Little children, let no man deceive you ,.... Neither by these doctrines, nor by wicked practices, drawing into the belief of the one, or into the performance of the other; suggesting, as the Gnostics did, that knowledge without practice was enough, and that it was no matter how a man lived, provided his notions of the Gospel were right: he that doeth righteousness, is righteous ; not that any man is made righteous by the works of the law, or by his obedience to the law of works, for... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 3:8

He that committeth sin is of the devil ,.... Not everyone that sins, or commits acts of sin, then every man is of the devil, because no man lives without the commission of sin; but he who makes sin his constant business, and the employment of his life, whose life is a continued series of sinning, he is of the devil; not as to origin and substance, or by proper generation, as some have literally understood the words; but by imitation, being like him, and so of him their father, doing his... read more

John Gill

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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 John 3:6

Whosoever abideth in him - By faith, love, and obedience. Sinneth not - Because his heart is purified by faith, and he is a worker together with God, and consequently does not receive the grace of God in vain. See on 1 John 3:3 ; (note). Hath not seen him - It is no unusual thing with this apostle, both in his gospel and in his epistles, to put occasionally the past for the present, and the present for the past tense. It is very likely that here he puts, after the manner of the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 John 3:7

Let no man deceive you - Either by asserting that "you cannot be saved from sin in this life," or "that sin will do you no harm and cannot alter your state, if you are adopted into the family of God; for sin cannot annul this adoption." Hear God, ye deceivers! He that doeth righteousness is righteous, according to his state, nature, and the extent of his moral powers. Even as he is righteous - Allowing for the disparity that must necessarily exist between that which is bounded, and that... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 John 3:4-10

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 John 3:3-8

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 John 3:9

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 John 3:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 3:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 3:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 3:8

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 John 3:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 John 3:7

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