1 John 3:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin. ”

1 John 3:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And ye know that he was manifested - The Lord Jesus, the Son of God. “You know that he became incarnate, or appeared among people, for the very purpose of putting an end to sin,” Matthew 1:21 ....
1 John 3:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(6) And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin. (6) An argument taken from the material cause of our salvation: Christ in himself is most pure, and he came to tak...
1 John 3:5 - 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 3:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

was manifested . Same as "appear", 1 John 3:2 . to . in order that (Greek. hina) He might. take away Greek. airo . Compare John 1:29 ; Colossians 2:14 . our . The texts omit. is no ....
1 John 3:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

5 And ye know that he was manifested, or, hath appeared. He shews by another argument how much sin and faith differ from one another; for it is the office of Christ to take away sins, and...
1 John 3:5 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 2444 CHRIST MANIFESTED TO TAKE AWAY SIN 1 John 3:5 . Ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin . AMONGST the numberless advantages which the light of...
1 John 3:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin. And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins - He came into the world to destroy the power, pardon the guil...
1 John 3:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin. Additional proof of the incompatibility of sin and sonship: the very object of Christ's manifestation in the fle...
1 John 3:5 - 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 3:5 - 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 3:5 - 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 3:5 - 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 3:5 - 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 3:5 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

WHY CHRIST CAME ‘Ye know that He was manifested to take away our sins.’ 1 John 3:5 Here is a subject on which men have often worried and perplexed themselves; they have asked themselves, fro...
1 John 3:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And ye know that he was manifested ,.... This is a truth of the Gospel the saints were well instructed in and acquainted with; that Jesus Christ, the Word and Son of God, who is here meant, who was...
1 John 3:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin. Ver. 5. To take away our sins ] Shall sin live that killed Christ? Shall I drink the blood of these men? said David...
1 John 3:5 - 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 3:5 - 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 3:5 - 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 3:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Implying how great an absurdity it were, to expect salvation and blessedness by our sinless Saviour, and yet indulge ourselves in sin, against his design, not only to expiate our sins, but make us si...
1 John 3:5 - 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 3:5 - 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 3:5 - 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 3:5 - 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 3:5 - 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 3:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

To abide in Him means not to sin:
1 John 3:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 1:2 ; 1 John 1:7 ; 1 John 2:1 ; 1 John 4:9-14 ; 1 Peter 1:20 ; 1 Peter 2:22 ; 1 Peter 2:24 ; 1 Peter 3:18 ; 1 Timothy 1:15 ; 1 Timothy 3:16 ; 2 Corinthians 5:21 ; Ephesians 5:25-27...
1 John 3:5 - 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 3:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

And ye know that he — Christ. Was manifested — That he came into the world for this very purpose. To take away our sins — To destroy them all, root and branch, and leave none remaining. And in him...

1 John 3:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 John 3:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 John 3:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 3:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 John 3:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 3:5 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

1 John 3:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 John 3:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 John 3:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 3:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 John 3:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 John 3:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 John 3:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 John 3:5 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

1 John 3:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 John 3:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 John 3:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 John 3:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 3:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 John 3:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 John 3:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 3:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 John 3:5 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 John 3:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 John 3:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 John 3:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 John 3:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 3:5 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

1 John 3:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes