1 John 4:7

Beloved, let us love one another; for love is of God, and every one that loveth is born of God and knoweth God.

Related Commentaries of 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 A...
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 comme...
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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

love. App-135. love . App-135. born . begotten.
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...
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 - A...
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...
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...
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 .
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...
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 w...
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 t...
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 Go...
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...
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...
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...
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 speculative...
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 opera...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Brotherly Love. A. D. 80. 7 Beloved, let us...
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 lo...
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...
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 t...
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 parad...
Sermon Bible Commentary

1 John 4:7-10 Love is of God; God is Love. I. "Love is of God." This does not mean merely that love comes from God and has its source in God, tha...
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 worl...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 John 4:1 . Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirit whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world...
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 worl...
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...
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 fles...
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 Inc...
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...
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 import...
Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Love of God Chapter 1 John 4:7-21 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We have always thought of the thirteenth chapter of I Corinthians as the Love Chapter...
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...

⁷ Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is borna of God, and knoweth God.

Related Commentaries of 1 John 4:7

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

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

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit 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

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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