1 John 2:10 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him. ”

1 John 2:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He that loveth his brother abideth in the light - Has true religion, and enjoys it. And there is none occasion of stumbling in him - Margin, “scandal.” Greek, “and there is no stumbling” (or...
1 John 2:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Obedience the Proof of Fellowship. Here John repeats in a positive way the teaching of the previous section. Conduct cannot be, as the false teachers claimed, a matter of indifference, for true kno...
1 John 2:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

loveth. App-135. occasion, &c . Greek. skandalon. See Romans 9:33 .
1 John 2:10 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

John says in 1 John 3:11 , that we falsely boast of love to God, except we love our brethren; and this is most true. But he now takes love to the brethren as a testimony by which we prove that...
1 John 2:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him. He that loveth his brother - That is, his neighbor, his fellow creature, whether Jew or Gentile, so as...
1 John 2:10 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

There is none occasion, &c.— There is no stumbling-block, Σκανδαλον, in him. By this expression it may be implied, that such a man lays no stumbling-block in the way of others; but it more...
1 John 2:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him. He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him...
1 John 2:10 - 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 2:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Here ( 1 John 2:9-11 ) is the chief way in which the old commandment, the new commandment, the word from the beginning, the walk in light would be manifested: brotherly love towards those with whom w...
1 John 2:10 - 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 2:10 - 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 2:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning. (8) Again, a new command...
1 John 2:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

He that loveth his brother ,.... As such, and because he is his brother in Christ, and that cordially and sincerely, without hypocrisy and dissimulation, and by love serves him, both in things tempo...
1 John 2:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him. Ver. 10. None occasion, &c. ] Gr. σκανδαλον, No scandal, i.e. no occasion of spiritual falli...
1 John 2:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He that saith he is in the light In Christ; united to him, and truly enlightened by the gospel and the grace of God; and yet hateth his brother (The very name shows the love due to him;) is in...
1 John 2:10 - 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 2:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Law of Love. A. D. 80. 7 Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old comma...
1 John 2:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

His brother, put indefinitely, must be understood universally, i.e. he that loveth not this or that fellow Christian, upon some personal or private reason, but all, upon one and the same common...
1 John 2:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Old Commandment and the New Commandment ( 1 John 2:7-11 ). Here John stresses the need to stand by what they have originally learned and experienced and by the Light that is already shining am...
1 John 2:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES 1 John 2:8 . New commandment .—St. John seems to refer to his demand of love to the brethren, as the satisfactory sign of heart-obedience, son-like obedience to the...
1 John 2:10 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 John 2:1-4 . 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: and he is the propitiation fo...
1 John 2:10 - 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 2:10 - 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 2:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Abiding in the light:
1 John 2:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 3:14 ; 2 Peter 1:10 ; Hosea 6:3 ; John 8:31 ; Luke 17:1 ; Luke 17:2 ; Matthew 13:21 ; Matthew 18:7 ; Philippians 1:10 ; Romans 14:13 ; Romans 9:32 ; Romans 9:33
1 John 2:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

He that loveth his brother — For Christ's sake. Abideth in the light — Of God. And there is no occasion of stumbling in him — Whereas he that hates his brother is an occasion of stumbling to himsel...

1 John 2:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 John 2:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 2:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 John 2:10 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 2:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 John 2:10 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 John 2:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 John 2:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 2:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 John 2:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 John 2:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 John 2:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 John 2:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 John 2:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 John 2:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 John 2:10 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 2:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 John 2:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 John 2:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 2:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 John 2:10 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 John 2:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 John 2:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 John 2:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 John 2:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 2:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes