1 John 3:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous. ”

1 John 3:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Little children - Notes at 1 John 2:1 . Let no man deceive you - That is, in the matter under consideration; to wit, by persuading you that a man may live in sinful practices, and yet be a t...
1 John 3:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(7) Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous. (7) Another argument of things joined together: He that lives justly, is just, and res...
1 John 3:7 - 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 3:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Little children. App-108. no man . no one. Greek. medeis. deceive . See 1 John 2:26 (seduce). doeth . See 1 John 2:29 . righteousness . App-191. righteous . App-191. Compare 1 John...
1 John 3:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

7. He that doeth righteousness The Apostle shews here that newness of life is testified by good works; nor does that likeness of which he has spoken, that is between Christ and his members,...
1 John 3:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous. Let no man deceive you - Either by asserting that "you cannot be saved from sin in this lif...
1 John 3:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

He that doeth righteousness,— He who practiseth righteousness; and so 1 John 3:8-9 he who practiseth sin. The scriptures frequently represent him as the righteous man, who habitually and co...
1 John 3:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous. The same truth, with the addition that he who sins is, so far as he sins, "of the de...
1 John 3:7 - 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 3:7 - 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 3:7 - 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 3:7 - 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 3:7 - 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 3:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Little children, let no man deceive you ,.... Neither by these doctrines, nor by wicked practices, drawing into the belief of the one, or into the performance of the other; suggesting, as the Gnosti...
1 John 3:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous. Ver. 7. Let no man deceive you ] As if you might pass e coeno in coelum; fly to heav...
1 John 3:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Little , or beloved children, let no man deceive you In this important matter, by vain words, however serious and plausible they may seem to be. For a being, himself immutably holy, can never disp...
1 John 3:7 - 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 3:7 - 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 3:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

This caution implies the zealous endeavour of the seducers of that time, to instil their poisonous doctrine and principles of licentiousness; and his own solicitude, lest these Christians should rece...
1 John 3:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Way That Men Walk Reveals Whose Children They Are ( 1 John 3:8-10 ). ‘Little children, let no man lead you astray. He who practises righteousness (carries righteousness into practise) is right...
1 John 3:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES 1 John 3:7 . Little children .—τεκνία; not infants, but young and immature disciples. Doeth righteousness .—Emphasis lies on “doeth”; habitually does. Doing is opp...
1 John 3:7 - Scofield Reference Notes

righteousness "Righteousness" here, and in the passages having marginal references to this, means the righteous life which is the result of salvation through Christ. The righteous man under la...
1 John 3:7 - 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 3:7 - 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 3:7 - 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 3:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth. righteousness is righteous, even as He is righteous.
1 John 3:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 6:9 ; 1 John 2:1 ; 1 John 2:26 ; 1 John 2:29 ; 1 John 3:3 ; 1 Peter 1:15 ; 1 Peter 1:16 ; 1 Peter 2:24 ; Acts 10:35 ; Ephesians 5:6 ; Ephesians 5:9 ; Ezekiel 18:5-9 ; Galat...
1 John 3:7 - 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 3:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Let no one deceive you — Let none persuade you that any man is righteous but he that uniformly practises righteousness; he alone is righteous, after the example of his Lord.

1 John 3:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 John 3:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 John 3:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 3:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 John 3:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 3:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 John 3:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 John 3:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 John 3:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 3:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 John 3:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 John 3:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 John 3:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 John 3:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 John 3:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 John 3:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 John 3:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 3:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 John 3:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 John 3:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 3:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 John 3:7 - Scofield Reference Notes

1 John 3:7 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 John 3:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 John 3:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 John 3:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 John 3:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 3:7 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

1 John 3:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes