1 John 4:21

Related Commentaries of 1 John 4:21

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And this commandment have we from him - That is, the command to love a brother is as obligatory as that to love God. If one is obeyed, the other...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(17) And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also. (17) A second reason, why God cannot be hated and our neig...
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

from . App-104. Compare 1 John 3:11 ; 3 John 1:13 ; 3 John 1:13 :34. John 15:12 .
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

21 And this commandment This is a stronger argument, drawn from the authority and doctrine of Christ; for he not only gave a commandment res...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also. This commandment have we - We should love one another, and love...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also. Besides the argument ( 1 John 4:20 ) from men's common fe...
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 Test of Our Love 1 John 4:12-21 If we are willing to be channels through which God's love flows to others, there need be no limit to the fu...
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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

REFLECTIONS What a relief is it to the child of God, amidst all the antichrists, and false prophets and teachers, which the latter day dispensation...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

GOD’S LOVE FOR THE INDIVIDUAL SOUL ‘And this commandment have we from Him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.’ 1 John 4:21 It doe...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And this commandment have we from him ,.... Either "from God", as the Alexandrian copy and the Vulgate Latin version read; and that to love the bret...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also. Ver. 21. And this commandment we have from him ] Lo, here a...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

If any man say, I love God And even say it with the utmost confidence; and hateth his brother Which he will do more or less, if he do not love hi...
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

The Divine Love. A. D. 80. 17 Herein is ou...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Both ought to be conjoined, being required both by the same authority.
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And this commandment have we from him, that he who loves God love his brother also.' So God has made it a command. God commands us to love such bro...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES 1 John 4:15 . Son of God .—St. John was jealous of the double truth of the person of Jesus—His Divinity and His hu...
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

Perfection in brotherly love:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And this commandment have we from Him, That he who loveth God love his brother also. Love is the theme of practically the entire letter, but it st...
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

And this commandment have we from him — Both God and Christ. That he who loveth God love his brother — Every one, whatever his opinions or mode of...

²¹ And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.

Related Commentaries of 1 John 4:21

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

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

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

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

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

1 John 4:21