1 John 3:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. ”

1 John 3:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He that committeth sin - Habitually, willfully, characteristically. Is of the devil - This cannot mean that no one who commits any sin, or who is not absolutely perfect, can be a Christian, f...
1 John 3:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(8) He that committeth sin is of the (i) devil; for the devil (k) sinneth from the (l) beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. (8) An...
1 John 3:8 - 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 3:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

from the beginning . See 1 John 1:1 and John 8:44 . Son of God . App-98. destroy . Greek. luo . Compare John 2:19 .
1 John 3:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

8 He that committeth sin, This word, to commit, or to do, refers also to outward works, so that the meaning is, that there is no life of God and of Christ, where men act perversely and w...
1 John 3:8 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 2445 THE END OF CHRISTS INCARNATION 1 John 3:8 . For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil . THE author of this epistle survived al...
1 John 3:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. He that committeth sin...
1 John 3:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

He that committeth sin, &c.— Or, who liveth in sin, says Heylin. The original is a Hebraism, importing a habit of sin. Limborch imagines the phase sinneth from the beginning, to refer to re...
1 John 3:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. He that committ...
1 John 3:8 - 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 3:8 - 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 3:8 - 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 3:8 - 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 3:8 - 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 3:8 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE DESTRUCTION OF EVIL WORKS ‘For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.’ 1 John 3:8 Here St. John tells us of the purpose of the Incarnat...
1 John 3:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

He that committeth sin is of the devil ,.... Not everyone that sins, or commits acts of sin, then every man is of the devil, because no man lives without the commission of sin; but he who makes sin...
1 John 3:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. Ver. 8. He that com...
1 John 3:8 - 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 3:8 - 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 3:8 - 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 3:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

OLBGrk; He that committeth sin: the apostle's notion of committing sin may be interpreted by his own phrase, 3 John 1:11 , o kakopoiwn, a doer of evil; and by that, used in both Testaments,...
1 John 3:8 - 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 3:8 - 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 3:8 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 John 3:8 Why Christ came. I. We are carried here into the very heart of the Gospel; we are told why Christ came, why there is a gospel. Some one may say that the object of the Gospel is to dest...
1 John 3:8 - 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 3:8 - 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 3:8 - 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 3:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Doing righteousness:
1 John 3:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 3:10 ; 1 John 3:5 ; 1 John 5:19 ; 2 Peter 2:4 ; Colossians 2:15 ; Ephesians 2:2 ; Genesis 3:15 ; Hebrews 2:14 ; Isaiah 27:1 ; John 12:31 ; John 16:11 ; John 8:44 ; Jude 1:6 ; Luk...
1 John 3:8 - 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 3:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

He that committeth sin is a child of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning — That is, was the first sinner in the universe, and has continued to sin ever since. The Son of God was man...

1 John 3:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 John 3:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 John 3:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 3:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 John 3:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 3:8 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

1 John 3:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 John 3:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 John 3:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 John 3:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 3:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 John 3:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 John 3:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 John 3:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 John 3:8 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

1 John 3:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 John 3:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 John 3:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 John 3:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 3:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 John 3:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 John 3:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 3:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 John 3:8 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 John 3:8 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 John 3:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 John 3:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 John 3:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 John 3:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 3:8 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

1 John 3:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes