1 John 5:9 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son. ”

1 John 5:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

If we receive the witness of men - As we are accustomed to do, and as we must do in courts of justice, and in the ordinary daily transactions of life. We are constantly acting on the belief that...
1 John 5:9 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(10) If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for (k) this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son. (10) He shows by an argument of comparison, of what great...
1 John 5:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Reference to the faith held by the Church concerning Christ leads John to specify in symbolic terms what that faith was and the witness by which it was sustained. The truth belongs to the sphere of r...
1 John 5:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

If. App-118. witness . Greek. marturia. See p. 1511. men . App-123. testified . Same as "bear witness", 1 John 5:6 . of . concerning. App-104.
1 John 5:9 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

9 If we receive the witness, or testimony, of men He proves, reasoning from the less to the greater, how ungrateful men are when they reject Christ, who has been approved, as he has rela...
1 John 5:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son. If we receive the witness of men - Which all are obliged to do, and...
1 John 5:9 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

If we receive the witness of men, &c.— "Now if, according to what is written in the law of God, we readily admit of, and depend upon, the testimony of two or three credible witnesses among men...
1 John 5:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son. If ... We do accept (and rightly) the witness of veracious...
1 John 5:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
1 John 5:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

V. (8.) FAITH THE TEST OF LOVE ( 1 John 5:1-12 ). ( a ) Its power ( 1 John 5:1-5 ). ( b ) The evidence on which it rests ( 1 John 5:6-10 ). ( c ) What it contains ( 1 John 5:11-12 )....
1 John 5:9 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 16 THE GOSPEL AS A GOSPEL OF WITNESS; THE THREE WITNESSES 1 John 5:6-10 IT has been said that Apostles and apostolic men were as far as possible removed from common sense, and have no...
1 John 5:9 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Victorious Life 1 John 5:1-12 The “begotten” children of God are constantly referred to in this Epistle. The word indicates the communication, in regeneration, of the divine nature, of whic...
1 John 5:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
1 John 5:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And there are three that bear witness in earth, the spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one. (9) If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this i...
1 John 5:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

If we receive the witness of men ,.... The witness of a sufficient number of credible men, of men of good character and report, is always admitted in any case, and in any court of judicature; it was...
1 John 5:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son. Ver. 9. If we receive, &c. ] If two or three witnesses esta...
1 John 5:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

If we receive the testimony of men As we do continually, and must do, in a thousand instances, if we would not give over all business, and even refuse taking necessary nourishment. The testimony of...
1 John 5:9 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

“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...
1 John 5:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Witnesses in Heaven and on Earth. A. D. 80. 6 This is he that came by water and blood,...
1 John 5:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

A testimony above exception, being wholly Divine, as he himself argued, 1 Thessalonians 5:36,37 1 Thessalonians 8:13,14,17,18 .
1 John 5:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Through The Coming of Jesus God's Son, Which Was Well Testified To, We Can Know That We Have Eternal Life ( 1 John 5:6-13 ). ‘This is he who came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ, not with th...
1 John 5:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES 1 John 5:9 . Receive .—λαμβάνομεν; admit as valid. The testimony of two human witnesses is admitted; here is the threefold testimony of God—the voice at baptism, th...
1 John 5:9 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 John 5:6-11 The Witness of Christ. "Witness!" The word in its emphatic recurrence is typical of the situation out of which the Epistle springs. The special perils and anxieties with which the C...
1 John 5:9 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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 5:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
1 John 5:9 - The Biblical Illustrator

This is the witness of God, which He hath testified of His Son Faith, and the witness upon which it is founded Faith stands, under the covenant of grace, in a leading position amongst the work...
1 John 5:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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....
1 John 5:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater; for this is the witness of God which He hath testified of His Son.
1 John 5:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 5:10 ; Acts 17:31 ; Acts 5:32 ; Hebrews 2:4 ; Hebrews 6:18 ; John 10:38 ; John 3:32 ; John 3:33 ; John 5:31-36 ; John 5:39 ; John 8:17-19 ; Matthew 17:5 ; Matthew 3:16 ; Matthew...
1 John 5:9 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

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...
1 John 5:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

If we receive the testimony of men — As we do continually, and must do in a thousand instances. The testimony of God is greater — Of higher authority, and much more worthy to be received; namely, t...

1 John 5:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 John 5:9 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 John 5:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 5:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 John 5:9 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 5:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 John 5:9 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 John 5:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 John 5:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 5:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 John 5:9 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 John 5:9 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 John 5:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 John 5:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 John 5:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 John 5:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 John 5:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 John 5:9 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 5:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 John 5:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 John 5:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 5:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 John 5:9 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 John 5:9 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 John 5:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 John 5:9 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 John 5:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 John 5:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 John 5:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 5:9 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

1 John 5:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes