1 John 3:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him. ”

• 1 John 3:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Whosoever abideth in him - See 1 John 2:6 . The word here employed ( μένων menōn) properly means to remain, to continue, to abide. It is used of persons remaining or dwelling in a place, in...

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• 1 John 3:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever (h) sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him. (h) He is said to sin, that does not give himself to purity, and in him sin reigns: but sin is said...

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• 1 John 3:6 - 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...

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• 1 John 3:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  abideth . Greek. meno. See p. 1511. sinneth . App-128. seen . App-133. neither . Greek. oude .

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• 1 John 3:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  6 Whosoever sinneth hath not seen him. According to his usual manner he added the opposite clause, that we may know that faith in Christ and knowledge of him are vainly pretended, except the...

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• 1 John 3:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him. Whosoever abideth in him - By faith, love, and obedience. Sinneth not - Because his heart is purified by...

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• 1 John 3:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Whosoever abideth in him,— "Hence it plainly follows, that whoever abides in him by vital and influential union and communion with him, like a branchin the vine ( John 15:5 .), does not commit sin:...

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• 1 John 3:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him. Christ's entire separation from sin implies that those in Him must also be separate from it. Ab...

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• 1 John 3:6 - 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...

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• 1 John 3:6 - 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...

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• 1 John 3:6 - 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...

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• 1 John 3:6 - 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...

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• 1 John 3:6 - 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...

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• 1 John 3:6 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

  STEADINESS OF GROWTH ‘Whosoever abideth in Him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen Him, neither known Him.’ 1 John 3:6 Some time or another all of us have met professing, earnest Ch...

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• 1 John 3:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Whosoever abideth in him ,.... As the branch in the vine, deriving all light, life, grace, holiness, wisdom, strength, joy, peace, and comfort from Christ; or dwells in him by faith, enjoys communio...

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• 1 John 3:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him. Ver. 6. Sinneth not ] Sin may rebel, it cannot reign in a saint. He sinneth not sinningly; there is n...

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• 1 John 3:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Whosoever abideth in union and fellowship with him By loving faith; sinneth not Doth not commit known sin, while he so abideth: whosoever sinneth Transgresseth any known law of God; hath not...

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• 1 John 3:6 - 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...

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• 1 John 3:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Mark of God's Children. A. D.  80.       4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law:...

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• 1 John 3:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  By sinneth, he meaneth the same thing as afterwards by committeth sin: see 1 John 3:8,9 . Seeing and knowing intend inward union, acquaintance, and converse; such as abode in him implies: see...

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• 1 John 3:6 - 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...

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• 1 John 3:6 - 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...

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• 1 John 3:6 - 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...

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• 1 John 3:6 - 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...

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• 1 John 3:6 - 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...

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• 1 John 3:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  To abide in Him means not to sin:

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• 1 John 3:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 John 2:28 ; 1 John 2:4 ; 1 John 3:2 ; 1 John 3:9 ; 1 John 4:8 ; 1 John 5:18 ; 2 Corinthians 3:18 ; 2 Corinthians 4:6 ; 3 John 1:11 ; John 15:4-7

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• 1 John 3:6 - 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...

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• 1 John 3:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Whosoever abideth in communion with him, by loving faith, sinneth not — While he so abideth. Whosoever sinneth certainly seeth him not — The loving eye of his soul is not then fixed upon God; neith...

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