1 John 4:21 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also. ”

1 John 4:21 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And this commandment have we from him - That is, the command to love a brother is as obligatory as that to love God. If one is obeyed, the other ought to be also; if a man feels that one is bindi...
1 John 4:21 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(17) And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also. (17) A second reason, why God cannot be hated and our neighbour loved, because this same lawmaker commanded...
1 John 4:21 - 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 4:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

from . App-104. Compare 1 John 3:11 ; 3 John 1:13 ; 3 John 1:13 :34. John 15:12 .
1 John 4:21 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

21 And this commandment This is a stronger argument, drawn from the authority and doctrine of Christ; for he not only gave a commandment respecting the love of God, but bade us also to love...
1 John 4:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also. This commandment have we - We should love one another, and love our neighbor as ourselves. The love of God and the...
1 John 4:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also. Besides the argument ( 1 John 4:20 ) from men's common feeling, he adds a stronger from God's express comma...
1 John 4:21 - 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 4:21 - 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 4:21 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Test of Our Love 1 John 4:12-21 If we are willing to be channels through which God's love flows to others, there need be no limit to the fullness of that holy current. In humility, selfless...
1 John 4:21 - 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 4:21 - 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 4:21 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

GOD’S LOVE FOR THE INDIVIDUAL SOUL ‘And this commandment have we from Him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.’ 1 John 4:21 It does not need, in order to call’s God’s attention, th...
1 John 4:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And this commandment have we from him ,.... Either "from God", as the Alexandrian copy and the Vulgate Latin version read; and that to love the brethren is a commandment of God, is clear from 1 Joh...
1 John 4:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also. Ver. 21. And this commandment we have from him ] Lo, here a singular evidence of God's great love to us, that...
1 John 4:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

If any man say, I love God And even say it with the utmost confidence; and hateth his brother Which he will do more or less, if he do not love him; he is a liar He affirms what is false, althou...
1 John 4:21 - 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 4:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Divine Love. A. D. 80. 17 Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in...
1 John 4:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Both ought to be conjoined, being required both by the same authority.
1 John 4:21 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And this commandment have we from him, that he who loves God love his brother also.' So God has made it a command. God commands us to love such brothers. So it is not only logically and spiritually...
1 John 4:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES 1 John 4:15 . Son of God .—St. John was jealous of the double truth of the person of Jesus—His Divinity and His humanity. 1 John 4:17 . Made perfect .—Or reaches...
1 John 4:21 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 John 4:1 . Beloved, believe not every spirit, A simpleton believes every word that he hears, but «the wise man's eyes are in his head,» so he examines what he sees and hears, and does not blin...
1 John 4:21 - 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 4:21 - 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 4:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Perfection in brotherly love:
1 John 4:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 3:11 ; 1 John 3:14 ; 1 John 3:18 ; 1 John 3:23 ; 1 John 4:11 ; 1 Peter 3:8 ; 1 Peter 4:8 ; 1 Thessalonians 4:9 ; Galatians 5:14 ; Galatians 5:6 ; John 13:34 ; John 13:35 ; John 15...
1 John 4:21 - 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 4:21 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

And this commandment have we from him — Both God and Christ. That he who loveth God love his brother — Every one, whatever his opinions or mode of worship be, purely because he is the child, and be...

1 John 4:21 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 John 4:21 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 John 4:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 4:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 John 4:21 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 4:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 John 4:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 John 4:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 4:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 John 4:21 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 John 4:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 John 4:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 John 4:21 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

1 John 4:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 John 4:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 John 4:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 John 4:21 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 4:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 John 4:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 John 4:21 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 4:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 John 4:21 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 John 4:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 John 4:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 John 4:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 John 4:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 4:21 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

1 John 4:21 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes