1 John 2:1 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: ”

1 John 2:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

My little children - Τεκνια μοῦ Teknia mou. This is such language as an aged apostle would be likely to use when addressing a church, and its use in this Epistle may be regarded as one evide...
1 John 2:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

My (1) little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an (a) advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: (1) It does not follow that we must g...
1 John 2:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 2:1 f. Instead of regarding sin as non-existent or unimportant, men should avoid committing it; though if they sin, they may secure forgiveness because of the sacrifice and intercession of...
1 John 2:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

little children . App-108. Seven times in this epistle. Elsewhere only in John 13:33 . Galatians 1:4 ; Galatians 1:19 . In verses: 1Jn 2:2, 1 John 2:13 ; 1 John 2:18 . different word is used....
1 John 2:1 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1. My little children. It is not only the sum and substance of the preceding doctrine, but the meaning of almost the whole gospel, that we are to depart from sin; and yet, though we are alwa...
1 John 2:1 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 2433 THE ADVOCACY AND ATONEMENT OF CHRIST 1 John 2:1-2 . If any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: and he is the propitiation for our sins: and...
1 John 2:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: My little children - Τεκνια μου· My beloved ch...
1 John 2:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

My little children, &c.— St. John has several times called the Christians to whom he wrote, little children; not that it is to be supposed they were all his converts, though probably many of...
1 John 2:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: - ( 1 John 5:18 .) My little childre...
1 John 2:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Advocacy of Christ and the Obligations of Believers 1. My little children] The diminutive implies the fatherly care which the aged Apostle felt for his disciples. Advocate ] The word thus tra...
1 John 2:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

II. (4) The third idea that arises from the great fact that God is Light has already been suggested ( 1 John 1:7 ), but now takes its distinct place in the series. It is the doctrine of Reconcilia...
1 John 2:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 7 EXTENT OF THE ATONEMENT 1 John 2:1-2 Of the Incarnation of the Word, of the whole previous strain of solemn oracular annunciation, there are two great objects. Rightly understood, it...
1 John 2:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Keeping His Commandment of Love 1 John 2:1-11 It is clearly possible to be kept from known and presumptuous sin. We shall be tempted, for that is an inevitable experience of life in this world;...
1 John 2:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Affirming that the purpose of his writing is that we sin not, the writer declared that even if we sin, provision is made by which it may be put away. The tests whereby we may know our relation to lig...
1 John 2:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS The Apostle is here affectionately addressing the Church. He speaks sweetly of Christ, in his Advocacy, and in his Propitiation. He calls upon little Children, young Men, and Fathers, in sp...
1 John 2:1 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

OUR ADVOCATE ‘If any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.’ 1 John 2:1 In the great Arbitration between God and man, Jesus, being God, lays His hand on Go...
1 John 2:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

My little children ,.... The apostle may address the saints under this character, on account of their regeneration by the Spirit and grace of God, in which they were as newborn babes; and on account...
1 John 2:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: Ver. 1. That ye sin not ] Presuming upon a...
1 John 2:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

My little children So the apostle frequently addresses the whole body of Christians, and so our Lord himself addressed his disciples, John 13:33 . It is a tender and affectionate appellation, deno...
1 John 2:1 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

“My children, these things I write to you in order that ye may not sin; and if anyone sin, we have a patron with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous” (JND). If we have seen some absolute, positive...
1 John 2:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Christ the Propitiation. A. D. 80. 1 My little children, these things write I unto you, that y...
1 John 2:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 JOHN CHAPTER 2 1 John 2:1,2 Christ is our advocate with the Father, and a propitiation for the sins of the whole world. 1 John 2:3-6 Rightly to know God is to keep his commandments, 1 Joh...
1 John 2:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘My little children, these things write I to you that you may not sin. And if any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous, and he is the propitiation for our sins, an...
1 John 2:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

PROVISION FOR THE SINNING OF BELIEVERS CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES FIRMLY does St. John declare that the Christian should not sin, and must not sin. But he clearly recognises that Christians...
1 John 2:1 - Scofield Reference Notes

advocate Advocacy is that work of Jesus Christ for sinning saints which He carries on with the Father whereby, because of the eternal efficacy of His own sacrifice, He restores them to fellows...
1 John 2:1 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 John 2:1 I. Admit the fact that "God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto Himself," and then we can at once understand why when His ministry commenced the heavens were opened and the powers...
1 John 2:1 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 John 2:1 . My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. He is anxious that they should not sin, he knows they do, and that if they say they do not, they lie. Still the Ch...
1 John 2:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 John 2:2 . He is the propitiation for our sin: ιλασμος, a ram, or other victim offered as an atoning sacrifice for sin. On Genesis 15:9 , the rabbins make a distinction between the heifer, the...
1 John 2:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 1 John 2:1 , 1 John 2:2 Moreover, walking in the light involves accepting the propitiation wrought through Jesus Christ the Righteous. The connexion with the preceding is c...
1 John 2:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

My little children, these thing's write I unto you that ye sin not. And it any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the Righteous;
1 John 2:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 15:34 ; 1 Corinthians 4:14 ; 1 Corinthians 4:15 ; 1 John 1:3 ; 1 John 1:4 ; 1 John 1:8-10 ; 1 John 2:12 ; 1 John 2:13 ; 1 John 2:29 ; 1 John 3:18 ; 1 John 3:5 ; 1 John 3:7 ;...
1 John 2:1 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Christ Chapter 1 John 1:2-10 ; 1 John 2:1-2 INTRODUCTORY WORDS There is a striking similarity between the opening verses of the first chapter of the Gospel of John and the first chapter o...
1 John 2:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

My beloved children — So the apostle frequently addresses the whole body of Christians. It is a term of tenderness and endearment, used by our Lord himself to his disciples, John 13:33 . And perha...

1 John 2:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 John 2:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 John 2:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 2:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 John 2:1 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 2:1 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

1 John 2:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 John 2:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 John 2:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 John 2:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 2:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 John 2:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 John 2:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 John 2:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 John 2:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 John 2:1 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

1 John 2:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 John 2:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 John 2:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 John 2:1 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 2:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 John 2:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 John 2:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 2:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 John 2:1 - Scofield Reference Notes

1 John 2:1 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 John 2:1 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 John 2:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 John 2:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 John 2:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 John 2:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 2:1 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

1 John 2:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes