1 John 5:20 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 John 5:18-21

Here we have, I. A recapitulation of the privileges and advantages of sound Christian believers. 1. They are secured against sin, against the fulness of its dominion or the fulness of its guilt: We know that whosoever is born of God (and the believer in Christ is born of God, 1 John 5:1) sinneth not (1 John 5:18), sinneth not with that fulness of heart and spirit that the unregenerate do (as was said 1 John 3:6, 9), and consequently not with that fulness of guilt that attends the sins of... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 John 5:18-20

5:18-20 We know that he who has received his birth from God does not sin, but he whose birth was from God keeps him, and the Evil One does not touch him. We know that it is from God that we draw our being, and the whole world lies in the power of the Evil One. We know that the Son of God has come, and that he has given us discernment to come to know the Real One; and we are in the Real One, even through his Son Jesus Christ. This is the real God and this is eternal life. ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 5:20

And we know that the Son of God is come ,.... That the second Person in the Godhead, who is equal to the Father, and of the same nature with him, is come from the Father, from heaven into this world, not by local motion, but by assumption of nature; that he is come in the flesh, or is become incarnate, in order to work out salvation for his people, by his obedience, sufferings, and death; and this John and others knew, for they had personal knowledge of him, and converse with him; they saw... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 John 5:20

We know that the Son of God is come - In the flesh, and has made his soul an offering for sin; and hath given us an understanding - a more eminent degree of light than we ever enjoyed before; for as he lay in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him unto us; and he hath besides given us a spiritual understanding, that we may know him who is true, even the True God, and get eternal life from him through his Son, In whom we are by faith, as the branches in the vine, deriving all our... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 John 5:20

Verse 20 20And we know that the Son of God is come As the children of God are assailed on every side, he, as we have said, encourages and exhorts them to persevere in resisting their enemies, and for this reason, because they fight under the banner of God, and certainly know that they are ruled by his Spirit; but he now reminds them where this knowledge is especially to be found. He then says that God has been so made known to us, that now there is no reason for doubting. The Apostle does not... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 John 5:13-21

4. CONCLUSION OF EPISTLE ; without, however, any marked break between this section and the last On the contrary, the prominent thought of eternal life through faith in the Son of God is continued for final development. This topic is the main idea alike of the Gospel ( John 20:31 ) and of the Epistle, with this difference—in the Gospel the purpose is that we may have eternal life; in the Epistle, that we may know that we have eternal life. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 John 5:18-20

The sublimest knowledge. "We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not," etc. There are certain things of which St. John writes without even the faintest tone of hesitation or doubt, with the calmest and firmest assurance, and with the accent of deep conviction. And the things of which he writes with so much certainty are of the greatest and most important. So in the paragraph before us he utters his triple "we know" concerning some of the most vital and weighty questions. Let us... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 John 5:18-21

With three solemn asseverations and one equally solemn charge the Epistle is brought to a close. "Can we be certain of any principles in ethics? St. John declares that we can. He says that he has not been making probable guesses about the grounds of human actions, the relations of man to God, the nature of God himself. These are firings that he knows. Nay, he is not content with claiming this knowledge himself. He uses the plural pronoun; he declares that his disciples, his little children, ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 John 5:18-21

The three certainties of the Epistle. I. THE CERTAINTY OF THE POWER OF THE DIVINE BIRTH . "We know that whosoever is begotten of God sinneth not; but he that was begotten of God keepeth him, and the evil one toucheth him not." This is doctrine which has already been laid down. In 1 John 3:6 sinlessness is connected with human action; here it is connected with Divine action. There is sin, as in the context has been admitted, within the Christian circle; but it is... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 John 5:20

And we know. The "and" δέ is here rightly given—it sums up the whole with a final asseveration. Whatever the world and its philosophy chooses to assert, Christians know that the Son of God has come in the flesh, and has endowed them with mental faculties capable of attaining to a knowledge of the true God. The Christian's certainty is not fanaticism or superstition; he is "ready always to give answer to every man that asketh a reason concerning the hope that is in him" ( 1 Peter 3:15 ... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 John 5:18-21

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 John 5:18-20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 5:20

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 John 5:20

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 John 5:20

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 John 5:13-21

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 John 5:18-20

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 John 5:18-21

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 John 5:18-21

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 John 5:20

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