1 John 4:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is borna of God, and knoweth God. ”

1 John 4:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Beloved, let us love one another - This verse introduces a new topic, the consideration of which occupies the remainder of the chapter. See the Analysis. The subject is one on which John dwells m...
1 John 4:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(6) Beloved, let us love one another: (7) for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. (6) He returns to the commending of brotherly love and charity. (7) The first...
1 John 4:7 - 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 4:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

love. App-135. love . App-135. born . begotten.
1 John 4:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

7 Beloved He returns to that exhortation which he enforces almost throughout the Epistle. We have, indeed, said, that it is filled with the doctrine of faith and exhortation to love. On thes...
1 John 4:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. Beloved, let us love one another - And ever be ready to promote each other's welfare,...
1 John 4:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Beloved, let us love one another:— St. Jerome tells us, that when this blessed evangelist had continued at Ephesus to extreme old age, and was with difficulty carried to the church between the arms...
1 John 4:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. Resumption of the main theme ( 1 John 2:29 ). Love, the sum of righteousness, i...
1 John 4:7 - 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 4:7 - 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 4:7 - 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 4:7 - 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 4:7 - 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 4:7 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

‘LOVE IS OF GOD’ ‘Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God.’ 1 John 4:7 (R.V.) This section of the Epistle, 1 John...
1 John 4:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Beloved, let its love one another ,.... The apostle having finished what he proposed to say concerning the trying of spirits, returns to his former exhortation to brotherly love, and which comes wit...
1 John 4:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. Ver. 7. Beloved, let us love one another ] This beloved disciple breathes nothing...
1 John 4:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Let us love one another From the doctrine he has just been defending, he draws this exhortation: as if he had said, Think it not enough speculatively to admit the Christian doctrine, but let it be...
1 John 4:7 - 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 4:7 - 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 4:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Beloved, let us love one another: in opposition to the malice and cruelty of these enemies to true and pure Christianity, he exhorteth to mutual love, not limited to themselves, as undoubtedly he d...
1 John 4:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

God Is Essentially Light and Love, Holy Love, And Therefore Those who Are His and Know Him and Abide in Him Will Reveal That Love To All Who Are His ( 1 John 4:7 to 1 John 5:3 ). ‘Beloved, let u...
1 John 4:7 - 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 4:7 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 John 4:7 The Source of Love. I. Essentially and eternally, all love is of God, and all God is love. To reveal this to man, that stream of paradise was parted, and became into three heads. There...
1 John 4:7 - 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 4:7 - 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 4:7 - 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 4:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Beloved, let us love one another; for love is of God, and every one that loveth is born of God and knoweth God.
1 John 4:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 2:10 ; 1 John 2:29 ; 1 John 3:10-23 ; 1 John 3:14 ; 1 John 4:12 ; 1 John 4:20 ; 1 John 4:21 ; 1 John 4:8 ; 1 John 5:1 ; 1 Peter 1:22 ; 1 Thessalonians 4:10 ; 1 Thessalonians 4:9 ;...
1 John 4:7 - 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 4:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Let us love one another — From the doctrine he has just been defending he draws this exhortation. It is by the Spirit that the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts. Every one that truly loveth...

1 John 4:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 John 4:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 John 4:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 4:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 John 4:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 4:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 John 4:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 John 4:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 John 4:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 4:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 John 4:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 John 4:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 John 4:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 John 4:7 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

1 John 4:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 John 4:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 John 4:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 John 4:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 4:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 John 4:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 John 4:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 4:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 John 4:7 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 John 4:7 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 John 4:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 John 4:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 John 4:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 John 4:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 4:7 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

1 John 4:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes