“ And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness. ”
And we know that we are of God - We who are Christians. The apostle supposed that true Christians might have so clear evidence on that subject as to leave no doubt on their own minds that they we...
(18) [And] we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness. (18) Every man must particularly apply to himself the general promises, that we may certainly persuade ourselves, that...
Conclusion. A reminder of the writer's purpose, an assertion of the value and also the limitations of intercessory prayer, and a summary of the teaching of the epistle. 1 John 5:13 . that. life...
wickedness . the wicked one, as 1 John 5:18 . He is the prince of this world ( John 14:30 , &c), and the god of this age ( 2 Corinthians 4:4 ).
19 We are of God He deduces an exhortation from his previous doctrine; for what he had declared in common as to the children of God, he now applies to those he was writing to; and this he di...
And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness. We know that we are of God - Have the fullest proof of the truth of Christianity, and of our own reconciliation to God throu...
And we know that we are of God, &c.— "And we are well satisfied that we are so born of God, as to be partakers of a divine nature, which is a powerful and abiding principle of all holiness; and...
And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness. World lieth in wickedness, х en ( G1722 ) too ( G3588 ) poneeroo ( G4190 )] - rather, 'lieth in the wick...
The Love, Obedience, and Assurance of Believers 1. The reason for brotherly love. 2 . This is the converse of 1 John 4:19-21 . Love to God and love to the brethren being inseparable, each is th...
(3) SOME PRACTICAL POINTS RECAPITULATED ( 1 John 5:18-21 ). ( a ) God’s sons do not sin ( 1 John 5:18 ). St. John refers back to “that ye may know” in 1 John 5:13 , and sums up three points fro...
Chapter 4 THE IMAGE OF ST. JOHN'S SOUL IN HIS EPISTLE 1 John 5:18-20 Much has been said in the last few years of a series of subtle and delicate experiments in sound. Means have been devised o...
Ask According to His Will 1 John 5:13-21 We know that we have eternal life. The rope is in our hand bearing us onward, but its ends are hidden from view in the past and in the future. We also k...
The final subject is our fellowship with God in life. This is fundamental, and is shown to be so. The relationship between the life of God and the love of God is self-evident, and that is equally tru...
And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he heareth us: (15) And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitio...
[And] we know that we are of God ,.... The sons of God, and regenerated by him; this is known by the Spirit of God, which witnesses to the spirits of the saints that they are the children of God; an...
And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness. Ver. 19. Lieth in wickedness ] As a lubber in a lake, as a carcase in its slime. In fermento tota iacet uxor, My wife...
We know , &c. As if he had said, Yet this gives no encouragement to sin. On the contrary, it is an indisputable truth, that whosoever is born of God That is, regenerated and made a new creatur...
“Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and everyone that loveth Him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of Him.” The faith that Jesus is the Christ is here seen to corr...
Privileges of Believers. A. D. 80. 18 We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but...
And this he doth not exclusively assume to himself, but expresses his charitable confidence of them to whom he writes, that it was their privilege, in common with him, to be thus of God, or born o...
Conclusion ( 1 John 5:14-21 ). John concludes his letter with four major points. 1) The certainty that Christians can have of victory through prayer. In the face of all that confronts them they...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES 1 John 5:13-21 may be treated as a summary and conclusion. They divide into three parts: 1. Faith in the Son of God, eternal life, and love of the brethren showin...
1 John 5:1 . Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: These are very simple words, but they contain a great depth of meaning. The teaching conveyed by this Epistle is very pro...
1 John 5:1 . Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ, is born of God. The faith which embraces him as the Lord of glory, has a regenerating influence on the heart. The immediate fruit is love...
We know that we are of God All true believers are of God, and so separated from the world lying in wickedness I. How true believers are of God. 1. By creation; and so all things are of God...
EXPOSITION 1 John 5:1-62 Faith is the source of love. 1 John 5:1 The verse is a sorites. To believe in the Incarnation involves birth from God. To be born of God involves loving God....
The obligations of divine sonship:
1 John 3:14 ; 1 John 3:24 ; 1 John 4:4 ; 1 John 4:4-6 ; 1 John 4:5 ; 1 John 5:10 ; 1 John 5:13 ; 1 John 5:18 ; 1 John 5:20 ; 2 Corinthians 1:12 ; 2 Corinthians 4:4 ; 2 Corinthians 5:1 ;...
Salvation Made Sure 1 John 5:1-21 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Taking stock is a very important thing with the business man. Laying a good foundation is a very important task with the builder, Feeling t...
We know that we are children of God — By the witness and the fruit of his Spirit, 1 John 3:24 . But the whole world — All who have not his Spirit, not only is "touched" by him, but by idolatry, fr...