1 John 4:10 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. ”

1 John 4:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Herein is love - In this great gift is the highest expression of love, as if it had done all that it can do. Not that we loved God - Not that we were in such a state that we might suppose he...
1 John 4:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

John returns to the theme of 1 John 3:14 ff., be cause if the Church is the home of truth, still more is it the home of love. The evidence for our Divine sonship is that the love manifested by God...
1 John 4:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Herein . In (App-104.) this. propitiation . Greek. hilasmos. Only here and 1 John 2:2 . Compare Romans 3:25 . for . concerning. App-104. sins . App-128.
1 John 4:10 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

10 Herein is love He amplifies God’s love by another reason, that he gave us his own Son at the time when we were enemies, as Paul teaches us, in Romans 5:8 ; but he employs other words, th...
1 John 4:10 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 2455 THE LOVE OF GOD IN GIVING HIS SON FOR US 1 John 4:9-10 . In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only-begotten Son into the world, that we mig...
1 John 4:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Not that we loved God - And that he was thereby induced to give his Son to be a pr...
1 John 4:10 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

But that he loved us,— St. John's meaning is, that God loved us for it. See 1 John 4:19 . Men are generally very ready to love those by whom they are first loved: now, such was the astonishing lov...
1 John 4:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Herein is love - love in the abstract, in its highest ideal, is herein. The...
1 John 4:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Fellowship with God in Love 1. Try the spirits] RV 'Prove the spirits.' The verb is used of testing metals. 2, 3 . See on 2 John 1:7 .
1 John 4:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

THE PERFECT LOVE THE SUREST TEST ( 1 John 4:7-21 ). ( a ) Fraternal love the necessary product of the true knowledge of God, because God is love ( 1 John 4:7-8 ). ( b ) The grand recent histor...
1 John 4:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Token of God's Love 1 John 4:1-11 In those days the intense ferment of men's minds wrought many delusions and heresies which were fraught with temptation to young converts, and the Apostle...
1 John 4:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Two closely related perils threaten our fellowship with God as love, false prophets and the spirit which actuates them. Teaching is to be tested by the indwelling Spirit. All who refuse to confess th...
1 John 4:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and everyone that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. (8) He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. (9) In this was manifested the...
1 John 4:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Herein is love ,.... The love of God, free love, love that cannot be matched: herein it is manifested, as before; this is a clear evidence of it, an undoubted proof, and puts it out of all question:...
1 John 4:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Ver. 10. Not that we loved, &c. ] Deus prior nos amavit, tantus, tantum,...
1 John 4:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Herein is love Worthy of our highest admiration; not that we loved God First; for we were, on the contrary, in a state of enmity to him, in which, if we had remained unsolicited and untouched by...
1 John 4:10 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

But there must be guards as to the operation of the Spirit of God, that is, the child of God must be guarded against all that would imitate the operation of the Spirit. Satan is extremely cunning, an...
1 John 4:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Brotherly Love. A. D. 80. 7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every on...
1 John 4:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

In comparison of this wonderful love of his, in sending his Son to be a sacrifice for sins, our love to him is not worthy the name of love.
1 John 4:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.' This is the final definition and revelation of love. It is not found in any love...
1 John 4:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES 1 John 4:7 .—The previous verses are in some sense an “aside.” The apostle now resumes his proper theme. His main truth is this—Love is the mark of the children of G...
1 John 4:10 - Scofield Reference Notes

propitiation (Greek, "hilasmos"). ( See Scofield) - ( 1 John 2:2 ).
1 John 4:10 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 John 4:7-10 Love is of God; God is Love. I. "Love is of God." This does not mean merely that love comes from God and has its source in God, that He is the Author or Creator of it. All created t...
1 John 4:10 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 John 4:1 . Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. If John had need to say that in the early mor...
1 John 4:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 John 4:1 . Believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God. Whether those teachers believe that Christ is come in the flesh, which to the present hour the unbelieving jews...
1 John 4:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 1 John 4:1 - 1 John 5:12 (2) The source of son-ship. Possession of the Spirit. 1 John 4:1-62 Confession of the Incarnation is the assurance that the Spirit of God,...
1 John 4:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The greatness of God's love:
1 John 4:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 2:2 ; 1 John 3:1 ; 1 John 4:19 ; 1 John 4:8 ; 1 John 4:9 ; 1 Peter 2:24 ; 1 Peter 3:18 ; 2 Corinthians 5:19-21 ; Daniel 9:24 ; Deuteronomy 7:7 ; Deuteronomy 7:8 ; Ephesians 2:4 ;...
1 John 4:10 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Testing the True and the False 1 John 4:1-21 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We have in our opening verses some important admonitions, and also some important instructions. 1. Important admonitions. (1...

1 John 4:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 John 4:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 4:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 John 4:10 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 4:10 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

1 John 4:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 John 4:10 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 John 4:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 John 4:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 4:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 John 4:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 John 4:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 John 4:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 John 4:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 John 4:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 John 4:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 John 4:10 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 4:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 John 4:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 John 4:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 4:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 John 4:10 - Scofield Reference Notes

1 John 4:10 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 John 4:10 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 John 4:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 John 4:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 John 4:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 John 4:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 4:10 - Wells of Living Water Commentary