William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 John 5:1-2
5:1-2 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has experienced the birth which comes from God; and everyone who loves the father loves the child. This is how we know that we must be loving the children of God, whenever we love God and keep his commandments. As John wrote this passage, there were two things in the background of his mind. (i) There was the great fact which was the basis of all his thinking, the fact that love of God and love of man are inseparable parts of the same... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 John 5:1-5
I. The apostle having, in the conclusion of the last chapter, as was there observed, urged Christian love upon those two accounts, as suitable to Christian profession and as suitable to the divine command, here adds a third: Such love is suitable, and indeed demanded, by their eminent relation; our Christian brethren or fellow-believers are nearly related to God; they are his children: Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, 1 John 5:1. Here the Christian brother is, 1.... read more