1 John 4:19

Verse 19

We love him because he first loved us - This is the foundation of our love to God.

We love him because we find he has loved us.

We love him from a sense of obligation and gratitude.

We love him from the influence of his own love; from his love shed abroad in our hearts, our love to him proceeds. It is the seed whence our love springs.

The verse might be rendered, Let us therefore love him, because he first loved us: thus the Syriac and Vulgate.

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible

Adam Clarke (1760 or 1762 - 1832) was a British Methodist theologian and Biblical scholar. He is chiefly remembered for writing a commentary on the Bible which took him 40 years to complete and which was a primary Methodist theological resource for two centuries.... Show more

Contained in 6 volumes, consisting of nearly 1,000 pages each, it was considered the most comprehensive commentary on the Bible ever prepared by one man. Adam Clarke's monumental commentary on the Bible has been a standard reference work for over a century and has been widely used by men of all evangelical denominations. Its thorough and authoritative scholarship has been recognized by Arminians and Calvinists alike, and has won for the author the accolade, "Prince of Commentators." ... Show more

Verse 19

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible

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