1 John 2:13 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father. ”

1 John 2:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I write unto you, fathers - As there were special reasons for writing to children, so there were also for writing to those who were more mature in life. The class here addressed would embrace all...
1 John 2:13 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(10) I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him [that is] from the beginning. (11) I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. (12) I write unto you, little childr...
1 John 2:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 2:12-14 slightly breaks the argument. It is prompted by John's desire to remove any impression which the earnestness of his previous words may have created, that he had misgivings as to th...
1 John 2:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

young men . App-108. overcome . See John 16:33 . wicked . App-128. write . The texts read "wrote". little children. Here and in 1 John 2:18 the word paidion (App-108.) is used.
1 John 2:13 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

13 I write unto you, fathers He comes now to enumerate different ages, that he might shew that what he taught was suitable to every one of them. For a general address sometimes produces less...
1 John 2:13 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 2437 THE DIFFERENT GROWTH AND PRIVILEGES OF GOD’S CHILDREN 1 John 2:12-14 . I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake. I write unto you...
1 John 2:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye...
1 John 2:13 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

I write unto you, fathers,— "Because you have heard of his divine dignity and glory, who was in the beginning, who was with God, and himself God; and you are old in grace, have experienced much of...
1 John 2:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because y...
1 John 2:13 - 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 2:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

THE THINGS THEY MUST NOT LOVE IF THEY WALKED IN THE LIGHT ( 1 John 2:12-17 ). — The solemnity of the thoughts of 1 John 2:9 ; 1 John 2:11 is too much for the warm heart of the Apostle. He cannot b...
1 John 2:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Transient Desires, Abiding Life 1 John 2:12-17 There are gradations in Christian experience-the child, the father, the young man. The note of the child is the glad sense of forgiveness; of the...
1 John 2:13 - 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 2:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake. (13) I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, youn...
1 John 2:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

I write unto you, fathers ,.... Not merely in age, though they might be men in years who are here intended, or only with respect to their long standing in the church, which might be the case; though...
1 John 2:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye...
1 John 2:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Here he distributes the whole body of Christians into three classes, according to their different standings in the faith, and their proficiency in Christian knowledge and holiness; namely, fathers,...
1 John 2:13 - 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 2:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Against the Love of the World. A. D. 80. 12 I write unto you, little children, because your...
1 John 2:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

OLBGrk; Unto fathers, because to such belong much experience, and the knowledge of ancient things, he ascribeth the knowledge of him who is the Ancient of days, from the beginning, and than wh...
1 John 2:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

They Know the Father and the Eternal Word and Must Beware of Loving The World ( 1 John 2:12-17 ). Having exhorted them of the need to remain true to Him and to the Word Who ‘is' from the beginning...
1 John 2:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES 1 John 2:12-17 indicate the things which the disciples must not love, if they would walk in the light, and be sons with the “Only Begotten.” 1 John 2:12 . Sins...
1 John 2:13 - Scofield Reference Notes

little children The little ones of the family. ( See Scofield) - ( 1 John 2:28 ).
1 John 2:13 - 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 2:13 - 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 2:13 - 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 2:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

An appeal to young and old:
1 John 2:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 1:1 ; 1 John 2:1 ; 1 John 2:12 ; 1 John 2:14 ; 1 John 2:3 ; 1 John 2:4 ; 1 John 3:12 ; 1 John 4:4 ; 1 John 5:18 ; 1 John 5:20 ; 1 John 5:4 ; 1 John 5:5 ; 1 Peter 5:8 ; 1 Peter 5:...
1 John 2:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The address to spiritual fathers, young men, and little children is first proposed in this verse, wherein he says, I write to you, fathers: I write to you, young men: I write to you, little childre...

1 John 2:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 John 2:13 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 John 2:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 2:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 John 2:13 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 2:13 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

1 John 2:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 John 2:13 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 John 2:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 John 2:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 2:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 John 2:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 John 2:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 John 2:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 John 2:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 John 2:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 John 2:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 John 2:13 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 2:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 John 2:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 John 2:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 2:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 John 2:13 - Scofield Reference Notes

1 John 2:13 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 John 2:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 John 2:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 John 2:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 John 2:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 2:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes