1 John 5:14

Verse 14

14. This is included in the confidence embraced in the above believe and know. This confidence is a firm feeling of the heart embodying itself in free expression. The indwelling life puts forth a confident utterance.

According to his will The utterance expresses both our will and God’s.

Heareth us As we are not dumb, arising from our life, so he is not deaf, like the idols of 1 John 5:21, or like the “unknown absolute” of the pantheist. The common life of God and us constitutes a medium of blessed intercommunication. Our lips are vocal and his ear is sensitive.

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible

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Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel Whedon was born in 1808 in Onondaga, N.Y. Dr. Whedon was well qualified as a commentator. He was professor of Ancient Languages in Wesleyan University, studied law and had some years of pastoral experience. He was editor of the Methodist Quarterly Review for more than twenty years. Besides many articles for religious papers he was also the author of the well-known and important work, Freedom of the Will. Dr. Whedon was noted for his incisive, vigorous style, both as preacher and writer. He died at Atlantic Highlands, N.J., June 8, 1885.Whedon was a pivotal figure in the struggle between Calvinism and Arminianism in the nineteenth-centry America. As a result of his efforts, some historians have concluded that he was responsible for a new doctrine of man that was more dependent upon philosophical principles than scripture.... Show more

Dr. Daniel D. Whedon was a central figure in the struggle between Calvinism and Arminianism. He devoted 25 years to writing the New Testament commentaries. Other authors wrote the Old Testament commentaries with Whedon serving as the editor. Study the bible online.... Show more

Verse 14

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible

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