1 John 3:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. ”

1 John 3:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law - The law of God given to man as a rule of life. The object of the apostle here is to excite them to holiness, and to deter them from committin...
1 John 3:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(5) Whosoever (f) committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for (g) sin is the transgression of the law. (5) The rule of this purity can from no where else be taken but from the law of God, the tra...
1 John 3:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

To commit sin is a breach of God's law, a frustration of God's work of redemption, and the manifestation of a principle which betrays kinship with the devil. A man begotten of God will be in moral af...
1 John 3:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Whosoever . Every one who. committeth . doeth, i.e. practiseth. See 1 John 2:29 . sin . App-128. transgresseth, &c . = doeth lawlessness (Greek. anomia. App-128.) also. for . and. t...
1 John 3:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

4 Whosoever committeth, or doeth, sin. The Apostle has already shown how ungrateful we must be to God, if we make but little account of the honor of adoption, by which he of his own goodwil...
1 John 3:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. Sin is the transgression of the law - The spirit of the law as well as of the Gospel is, that "we should...
1 John 3:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Whosoever committeth sin— St. John's design in this verse, was not to explain the meaning of the word sin, but to assure the Christians that sin exposed a man to punishment; and then the connec...
1 John 3:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. Whosoever, х Pas ( G3956 ) ho ( G3588 )] - 'Everyone who,' etc. Committeth sin - in...
1 John 3:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Righteousness of God and the Duties and Privileges of Sonship 1. The sons of God] RV 'children of God,' adding the words, 'and such we are.' The word translated 'children' here is characteri...
1 John 3:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(3) THE CONSEQUENCE OF THE DIVINE BIRTH ON HUMAN CONDUCT ( 1 John 3:4-10 ). — This paragraph is an expansion of the thought of 1 John 2:3 , which was the practical conclusion of the meditation on th...
1 John 3:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Marks of God's Children 1 John 3:1-12 This chapter opens with one of the astounding announcements of Scripture. Why God should have made us His children is incomprehensible, except to sho...
1 John 3:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The letter now passed to a discussion of the fellowship of the saints with God as love. The hope born of love will have as its inevitable result the purification of those possessing it. The apostle s...
1 John 3:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. (5) And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin. (6) Whosoever abideth...
1 John 3:4 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE MANIFESTATION OF THE SONS OF GOD ‘It doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when He shall appear, we shall be like Him; for we shall see Him as He is.’ 1 John 3:2 Believ...
1 John 3:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Whosoever committeth sin ,.... This, in connection with what follows, is true of any sin, great or small, but here designs a course of sinning, a wilful, obstinate, persisting in sin: transgresset...
1 John 3:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. Ver. 4. Sin is the transgression ] As there is the same roundness in a little ball as in a bigger, so...
1 John 3:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The truth asserted in the preceding verse is so important, and the apostle knew so well that carnal men would be prone to flatter themselves that they might be admitted into heaven after they die, wi...
1 John 3:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

This chapter continues the subject introduced in ch.2:28. Verse 29 has shown that righteousness is an absolute requirement. It is indeed a solid, sound basis for the precious bestowal of the love of...
1 John 3:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Mark of God's Children. A. D. 80. 4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law:...
1 John 3:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Which is added, to signify nothing can be more unreasonable, than the expectation of partaking with God in the glory and blessedness of the future state, if we now allow ourselves in a course of sin,...
1 John 3:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

God's People Contrasted with The Lawless World ( 1 John 3:2-6 ). Following on his declaration that God has begotten His true people through Christ so that they are His children (tekna - John only...
1 John 3:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SONSHIP CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES THE last word of the previous chapter brought to mind that the Christian is related to God by a spiritual and Divine birth . A...
1 John 3:4 - Scofield Reference Notes

committeth sin Whosoever practiseth sin practiseth also lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness. sin Sin ( See Scofield) - ( Romans 3:23 ).
1 John 3:4 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

I have read this chapter many times in your hearing, but we cannot read it too often, for it is full of the deepest and most important instruction. God grant that fresh light from above may shine upo...
1 John 3:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 John 3:1 . That we should be called the sons of God! The character of the favoured race is defined in the preseding verses: they keep the commandments of God: 1 John 3:3 . They abide in Christ...
1 John 3:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 1 John 3:1 to 1 John 5:12 3. SECOND MAIN DIVISION . God is Love. 1 John 3:1-62 (1) The evidence of sonship. Righteousness. 1 John 3:1-62 The Divine bi...
1 John 3:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the Law; for sin is the transgression of the Law.
1 John 3:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 10:13 ; 1 John 3:8 ; 1 John 3:9 ; 1 John 5:17 ; 1 Kings 8:47 ; 1 Samuel 15:24 ; 2 Chronicles 24:20 ; 2 Corinthians 12:21 ; Daniel 9:11 ; Isaiah 53:8 ; James 2:9-11 ; James 5:...
1 John 3:4 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Children of God 1 John 3:1-24 INTRODUCTORY WORDS What a wonderful truth is this: "Now are we the sons of God." What! We who were once children of darkness, are now the children of light; we wh...
1 John 3:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Whosoever committeth sin — Thereby transgresseth the holy, just, and good law of God, and so sets his authority at nought; for this is implied in the very nature of sin.

1 John 3:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 John 3:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 John 3:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 3:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 John 3:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 3:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 John 3:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 John 3:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 John 3:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 3:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 John 3:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 John 3:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 John 3:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 John 3:4 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

1 John 3:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 John 3:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 John 3:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 John 3:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 3:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 John 3:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 John 3:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 3:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 John 3:4 - Scofield Reference Notes

1 John 3:4 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 John 3:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 John 3:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 John 3:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 John 3:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 3:4 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

1 John 3:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes