1 John 3:9 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Whosoever is borna of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. ”

1 John 3:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin - This passage must either mean that they who are born of God, that is, who are true Christians, do not sin habitually and characteristically, or that...
1 John 3:9 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his (m) seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. (m) The Holy Spirit is so called by the effect he works, because by his...
1 John 3:9 - 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 3:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

born . begotten. remaineth . The same as "abideth", 1 John 3:6 . cannot . is not (App-105) able to
1 John 3:9 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

He says that they sin not who are born of God. Now, we must consider, whether God wholly regenerates us at once, or whether the remains of the old man continue in us until death. If regenera...
1 John 3:9 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 2446 THE CHRISTIAN’S DELIVERANCE FROM SIN 1 John 3:9 . Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God . MAN...
1 John 3:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. Whosoever is born of God - Γεγεννημενος, Begotten of God, doth not commit si...
1 John 3:9 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Whosoever is born of God, &c.— "Whoever he be that is a partaker of the divine nature by the regenerating Spirit,is no longer a doer or practiser of iniquity; for that divine principle of grace...
1 John 3:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. Whosoever is born of God - `everyone that is begotten of God.' Do...
1 John 3:9 - 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 3:9 - 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 3:9 - 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 3:9 - 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 3:9 - 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 3:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Whosoever is born of God ,.... In a figurative and spiritual sense; who are regenerated, or born from above; who are quickened by the grace of God, and have Christ formed in them; who are made parta...
1 John 3:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. Ver. 9. For his seed ] The new nature, which causeth that sin cannot car...
1 John 3:9 - 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 3:9 - 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 3:9 - 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 3:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

OLBGrk; To be born of God, is, (in the words of a very learned annotator, Dr. Hammond), "to have received some special influence from God, and by the help and power of that, to be raised to a piou...
1 John 3:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Whoever is begotten of God does no sin, because his seed abides in him, and he cannot sin, because he is begotten of God.' For the plain fact is that if a man has been begotten of God, God's seed i...
1 John 3:9 - 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 3:9 - 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 3:9 - 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 3:9 - The Biblical Illustrator

Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God The usurper deposed and the conqueror vanquished I. The important doct...
1 John 3:9 - 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 3:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Doing righteousness:
1 John 3:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 2:29 ; 1 John 4:7 ; 1 John 5:1 ; 1 John 5:18 ; 1 John 5:4 ; 1 Peter 1:23 ; Acts 4:20 ; Galatians 5:17 ; Job 19:28 ; John 1:13 ; Matthew 7:18 ; Romans 6:2 ; Titus 1:2
1 John 3:9 - 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 3:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Whosoever is born of God — By living faith, whereby God is continually breathing spiritual life into his soul, and his soul is continually breathing out love and prayer to God, doth not commit sin....

1 John 3:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 John 3:9 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 John 3:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 3:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 John 3:9 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 3:9 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

1 John 3:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 John 3:9 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 John 3:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 John 3:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 3:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 John 3:9 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 John 3:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 John 3:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 John 3:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 John 3:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 John 3:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 John 3:9 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 3:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 John 3:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 John 3:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 3:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 John 3:9 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 John 3:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 John 3:9 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 John 3:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 John 3:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 John 3:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 3:9 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

1 John 3:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes