1 John 2:13

little children

The little ones of the family.

( See Scofield) - (1 John 2:28).

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I write unto you, fathers - As there were special reasons for writing to children, so there were also for writing to those who were more mature i...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(10) I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him [that is] from the beginning. (11) I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome th...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 2:12-14 slightly breaks the argument. It is prompted by John's desire to remove any impression which the earnestness of his previous words...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

13 I write unto you, fathers He comes now to enumerate different ages, that he might shew that what he taught was suitable to every one of t...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 2437 THE DIFFERENT GROWTH AND PRIVILEGES OF GOD’S CHILDREN 1 John 2:12-14 . I write unto you, little children, because your sins are...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

I write unto you, fathers,— "Because you have heard of his divine dignity and glory, who was in the beginning, who was with God, and himself God; a...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Affirming that the purpose of his writing is that we sin not, the writer declared that even if we sin, provision is made by which it may be put away....
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake. (13) I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

I write unto you, fathers ,.... Not merely in age, though they might be men in years who are here intended, or only with respect to their long stand...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked o...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Here he distributes the whole body of Christians into three classes, according to their different standings in the faith, and their proficiency in Ch...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

“My children, these things I write to you in order that ye may not sin; and if anyone sin, we have a patron with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteo...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Against the Love of the World. A. D. 80. 1...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

They Know the Father and the Eternal Word and Must Beware of Loving The World ( 1 John 2:12-17 ). Having exhorted them of the need to remain true...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

An appeal to young and old:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The address to spiritual fathers, young men, and little children is first proposed in this verse, wherein he says, I write to you, fathers: I write...

¹³ I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father.

Related Commentaries of 1 John 2:13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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