1 John 3:6

1 John 2:28; 1 John 2:4; 1 John 3:2; 1 John 3:9; 1 John 4:8; 1 John 5:18; 2 Corinthians 3:18; 2 Corinthians 4:6; 3 John 1:11; John 15:4-7

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Whosoever abideth in him - See 1 John 2:6 . The word here employed ( μένων menōn) properly means to remain, to continue, to abide. It is us...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever (h) sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him. (h) He is said to sin, that does not give himself...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

To commit sin is a breach of God's law, a frustration of God's work of redemption, and the manifestation of a principle which betrays kinship with th...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

abideth . Greek. meno. See p. 1511. sinneth . App-128. seen . App-133. neither . Greek. oude .
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

6 Whosoever sinneth hath not seen him. According to his usual manner he added the opposite clause, that we may know that faith in Christ and...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him. Whosoever abideth in him - By faith, love, and obedienc...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Whosoever abideth in him,— "Hence it plainly follows, that whoever abides in him by vital and influential union and communion with him, like a bran...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him. Christ's entire separation from sin implies that...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Righteousness of God and the Duties and Privileges of Sonship 1. The sons of God] RV 'children of God,' adding the words, 'and such we are.'...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Sinneth not ] That the possibility of sinlessness in present experience is not taught here is clear from 1 John 1:8 ; 1 John 1:9 . St. John's thou...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(3) THE CONSEQUENCE OF THE DIVINE BIRTH ON HUMAN CONDUCT ( 1 John 3:4-10 ). — This paragraph is an expansion of the thought of 1 John 2:3 , which wa...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Marks of God's Children 1 John 3:1-12 This chapter opens with one of the astounding announcements of Scripture. Why God should have made u...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The letter now passed to a discussion of the fellowship of the saints with God as love. The hope born of love will have as its inevitable result the...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. (5) And ye know that he was manifested to take away our...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

STEADINESS OF GROWTH ‘Whosoever abideth in Him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen Him, neither known Him.’ 1 John 3:6 Some time or...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Whosoever abideth in him ,.... As the branch in the vine, deriving all light, life, grace, holiness, wisdom, strength, joy, peace, and comfort from...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him. Ver. 6. Sinneth not ] Sin may rebel, it cannot reig...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Whosoever abideth in union and fellowship with him By loving faith; sinneth not Doth not commit known sin, while he so abideth: whosoever sinn...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

This chapter continues the subject introduced in ch.2:28. Verse 29 has shown that righteousness is an absolute requirement. It is indeed a solid, sou...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Mark of God's Children. A. D. 80. 4 Wh...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

By sinneth, he meaneth the same thing as afterwards by committeth sin: see 1 John 3:8,9 . Seeing and knowing intend inward union, acquaintance...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

God's People Contrasted with The Lawless World ( 1 John 3:2-6 ). Following on his declaration that God has begotten His true people through Christ...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Every one who practises sin practises also lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness, and you know that he was manifested to take away sins; and in him is...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SONSHIP CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES THE last word of the previous chapter brought to mind that the Christian is r...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

I have read this chapter many times in your hearing, but we cannot read it too often, for it is full of the deepest and most important instruction. G...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 John 3:1 . Behold, For there is no greater wonder out of heaven than this: «Behold,» 1 John 3:1 . What manner of love the Father hath besto...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 John 3:1 . Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: Behold it, wonder at it, and...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 John 3:1 . That we should be called the sons of God! The character of the favoured race is defined in the preseding verses: they keep the comman...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 1 John 3:1 to 1 John 5:12 3. SECOND MAIN DIVISION . God is Love. 1 John 3:1-62 (1) The evidence of sonship....
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

To abide in Him means not to sin:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Whosoever abideth in Him sinneth not; whosoever sinneth hath not seen Him, neither known Him. Here the apostle shows that deliberate, malicious si...
Wells of Living Water Commentary

Children of God 1 John 3:1-24 INTRODUCTORY WORDS What a wonderful truth is this: "Now are we the sons of God." What! We who were once children...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Whosoever abideth in communion with him, by loving faith, sinneth not — While he so abideth. Whosoever sinneth certainly seeth him not — The loving...

⁶ Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.

Related Commentaries of 1 John 3:6

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

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

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

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

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

1 John 3:6