1 John 4:10

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Herein is love - In this great gift is the highest expression of love, as if it had done all that it can do. Not that we loved God - Not that...
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

Herein . In (App-104.) this. propitiation . Greek. hilasmos. Only here and 1 John 2:2 . Compare Romans 3:25 . for . concerning. App-104. s...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

10 Herein is love He amplifies God’s love by another reason, that he gave us his own Son at the time when we were enemies, as Paul teaches u...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 2455 THE LOVE OF GOD IN GIVING HIS SON FOR US 1 John 4:9-10 . In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Not that we loved God - And that...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

But that he loved us,— St. John's meaning is, that God loved us for it. See 1 John 4:19 . Men are generally very ready to love those by whom they...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Herein is love - love in t...
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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Herein is love ,.... The love of God, free love, love that cannot be matched: herein it is manifested, as before; this is a clear evidence of it, an...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Ver. 10. Not that we loved,...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Herein is love Worthy of our highest admiration; not that we loved God First; for we were, on the contrary, in a state of enmity to him, in which...
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

In comparison of this wonderful love of his, in sending his Son to be a sacrifice for sins, our love to him is not worthy the name of love.
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.' This is the final definition a...
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...
Scofield Reference Notes

propitiation (Greek, "hilasmos"). ( See Scofield) - ( 1 John 2:2 ).
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...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 John 4:9 . In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live throu...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The greatness of God's love:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. This paragraph is one of the most...
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...

¹⁰ Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

Related Commentaries of 1 John 4:10

Albert Barnes' Notes on the 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

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

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

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

Wells of Living Water Commentary

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