1 John 2:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

1 John 2:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you - That is, what I am now enjoining is not new. It is the same doctrine which you have always heard. There has been much difference of opinion as to w...
1 John 2:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(6) 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. (6) The apostle exp...
1 John 2:7 - 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 2:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

no . not, as 1 John 2:2 . new . Greek. kainos. See Matthew 9:17 . from the beginning . Greek. ap' (App-104.) arches. See 1 John 1:1 . have . Omit. from, &c . The texts omit.
1 John 2:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

7 Brethren, I write no new commandment This is an explanation of the preceding doctrine, that to love God is to keep his commandments. And not without reason did he largely dwell on this poi...
1 John 2:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. Brethren, I write no new...
1 John 2:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

But an old commandment— Founded in innocent nature before the Fall, recommended by the Mosaic law, and that which you had especially inculcated upon youfrom the beginning of your acquaintance with...
1 John 2:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. Brethren. 'Aleph...
1 John 2:7 - 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 2:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The fourth inference from the doctrine that God is Light analyses more accurately the general expression of 1 John 1:7 , walking in the light. If Christ is, as in 1 John 2:1-2 , the Paraclete and...
1 John 2:7 - 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 2:7 - 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 2:7 - 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 2:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you ,.... Some understand this of faith, which this apostle calls a commandment, 1 John 3:23 ; but it rather intends the commandment of love, especially to...
1 John 2:7 - John Trapp Complete 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. Ver. 7. I write no n...
1 John 2:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I write no new commandment Ministers must avoid all suspicion and affectation of novelty in their doctrine. But an old commandment Concerning holiness of life, and loving one another. Which ye h...
1 John 2:7 - 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 2:7 - 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 2:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

This commandment must be that which he insists on, 1 John 2:9-11 , and which in different respects he calleth both old and new. Not new, he says, in opposition to their Gnostic seducers, to...
1 John 2:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Beloved, no new commandment do I write to you, but an old commandment which you (plural) had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you heard.' Having described them as his ‘litt...
1 John 2:7 - 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 2:7 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 John 2:3-7 Doing and Knowing. I. St. John assumes that the knowledge of God is as possible, is as real, for human beings as any knowledge they can have of each other. Nay, he goes further than...
1 John 2:7 - 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 2:7 - 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 2:7 - 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 2:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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.
1 John 2:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 3:11 ; 2 John 1:5 ; Acts 17:19 ; Deuteronomy 6:5 ; Galatians 5:13 ; Galatians 5:14 ; James 2:8-12 ; Leviticus 19:18 ; Leviticus 19:34 ; Mark 12:29-34 ; Matthew 22:37-40 ; Matthew 5...
1 John 2:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

When I speak of keeping his word, I write not a new commandment — I do not speak of any new one. But the old commandment, which ye had — Even from your forefathers.

1 John 2:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 John 2:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 John 2:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 2:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 John 2:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 2:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 John 2:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 John 2:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 John 2:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 2:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 John 2:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 John 2:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 John 2:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 John 2:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 John 2:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 John 2:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 John 2:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 2:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 John 2:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 John 2:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 2:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 John 2:7 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 John 2:7 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 John 2:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 John 2:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 John 2:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 John 2:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 2:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes