Commentary on First JohnSovereign Grace Publishers,, 2002 - 268 pages |
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... verses , first of the Father ( 1 : 9 ) and now of the Son ( 2 : 1 ) . I take it therefore as pointing , not to the legal righteousness which Christ has but to the righteous- ness of His character , and of His manner of advocacy with the ...
... verses , first of the Father ( 1 : 9 ) and now of the Son ( 2 : 1 ) . I take it therefore as pointing , not to the legal righteousness which Christ has but to the righteous- ness of His character , and of His manner of advocacy with the ...
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... verse that follows ( 6 ) , " He that says he abides in him , ought himself also so to walk , even as He walked ... verse is not the same as the person indicated in the beginning of that verse , and in those that precede it . But the ...
... verse that follows ( 6 ) , " He that says he abides in him , ought himself also so to walk , even as He walked ... verse is not the same as the person indicated in the beginning of that verse , and in those that precede it . But the ...
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... verse , but being in Him permanently ; continuing or abiding in Him . It is therefore the test of our truth when we " say that we abide in God ; " it is the very means by which we abide in Him . Jesus tells us ( John 16 : 10,11 ) that ...
... verse , but being in Him permanently ; continuing or abiding in Him . It is therefore the test of our truth when we " say that we abide in God ; " it is the very means by which we abide in Him . Jesus tells us ( John 16 : 10,11 ) that ...
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... verse . There is an awkwardness , however , in thus making these two verses describe a com- mandment not yet mentioned . It is an unnatural mode of writing . And it is unlike the apostle's usual simplicity , to be as it were sounding a ...
... verse . There is an awkwardness , however , in thus making these two verses describe a com- mandment not yet mentioned . It is an unnatural mode of writing . And it is unlike the apostle's usual simplicity , to be as it were sounding a ...
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... verses which we have been considering separately , we may see how John , being " a scribe instructed unto the kingdom of heaven , " is " like unto a man that is a householder , which brings forth out of his treasury things new and old ...
... verses which we have been considering separately , we may see how John , being " a scribe instructed unto the kingdom of heaven , " is " like unto a man that is a householder , which brings forth out of his treasury things new and old ...
Contents
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45 | |
The Guileless Spirit Amid Antichristian Defections Established by a Messianic | 73 |
Ground or Reason of this Condition in the Righteous Nature of God | 96 |
1012 | 129 |
Brotherly Love the Fruit and Test of Passing from Death Unto Life | 135 |
22 23 | 146 |
Our Righteousness Attested by Obedience as Implying Our Abiding in God | 152 |
710 | 167 |
1719 | 183 |
45 | 199 |
11 12 | 217 |
1617 | 230 |
20 | 245 |
Common terms and phrases
Abba Father abiding anointing antichrist apostle appear apprehend assurance bearing begotten believe blessed born born of God brother brotherly love character children of God condemn confess conscience consciousness consider darkness is passing day of judgment devil divine dwelling earth eternal everlasting evermore evil faith fear feel fellowship filial flesh give glory Gnostic God the Father God's commandments God's love gospel grace grievous guilt hate hear heard heart heaven Holy Ghost human implies Jesus Christ John keeping His commandments little children living look Lord lust manifested means merely mind mutual indwelling nature obedience object otherwise ourselves overcomes the world peace perfect prayer propitiation pure realized righteous Father seen sense shining sinless sinners sins Son Jesus Christ sonship sort soul speak Spirit sure teaching testifying testimony thought true light truly truth unto death verse walk whole wicked witness word
Popular passages
Page 122 - As Thou hast sent Me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world. And for their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.
Page 8 - All things are delivered to me of my Father : and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father ; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.
Page 14 - This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
Page 59 - Such an improvement of the doctrine of the enmity between the seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent...
Page 231 - If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death : I do not say that he shall pray for it.
Page 8 - Ah, Lord God' behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child." But the Lord said unto me, "Say not, I am a child : for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.
Page 167 - And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.
Page 14 - If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth : but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
Page 59 - And the earth was without form, and void ; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good : and God divided the light from the darkness. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.