Reason why our "brother" ( 1 John 4:21 ) is entitled to such love, namely, because he is "born (begotten) of God": so that if we want to show our love to God, we must show it to God's visible representative. John Baptist came only baptizing with water, and therefore was not the Messiah. for them--resuming the proviso put forth in the beginning of the verse. Salem Media Group. 9. Not one of our past prayers offered in faith, according to His will, is lost. Not only advanced believers, but every one who is born again, "sinneth not." Then let us thankfully receive the record of Scripture. This then is the message — That is, one part of it; which we have heard of him — The Son of God; that God is light — The light of truth, wisdom, holiness, glory. 5 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him. Always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that our labour is not in vain in the Lord. 5 Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes () that Jesus is the Son of God? By--Greek, "In." And his commandments are not burdensome. A scholium quoted in Matthæi, shows that the words did not arise from fraud; for in the words, in all Greek manuscripts "there are three that bear record," as the Scholiast notices, the word "three" is masculine, because the three things (the Spirit, the water, and the blood) are SYMBOLS OF THE TRINITY. The witness of the Spirit in the believer himself to his own sonship is not here expressed, but follows as a consequence of believing the witness of God to Jesus' divine Sonship. . These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our website is being used or how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us customize our website and application for you in order to enhance your experience. Thus the Epistle closes as it began ( 1 John 1:1 1 John 1:2 ). that wicked one toucheth him not--so as to hurt him. ©2018 David Guzik – No distribution beyond personal use without permission. It is on earth that the context evidently requires the witness of the three, the Spirit, the water, and the blood, to be borne: mystically setting forth the divine triune witnesses, the Father, the Spirit, and the Son. Therefore, the chief sin is that by which faith and love are destroyed. In so far as he realizes his regeneration-life, the prince of this world hath nothing in him to fasten his deadly temptations on, as in Christ's own case. 14. the confidence--boldness ( 1 John 4:17 ) in prayer, which results from knowing that we have eternal life ( 1 John 5:13 , 1 John 3:19 1 John 3:22 ). 1 John - Chapter 5 (ESV) Font Size + -Overcoming the World. 15. hear--Greek, "that He heareth us." By proceeding, you consent to our cookie usage. 2 # ch. and there is a sin not unto death--in the case of which, therefore, believers may intercede. John baptized Jesus in water. 7. three--Two or three witnesses were required by law to constitute adequate testimony. 1:1. By the baptism then received by Christ, and by His redeeming blood-shedding, and by that which the Spirit of God, whose witness is infallible, has effected, and still effects, by Him, the Spirit, the water, and the blood, unite, as the threefold witness, to verify His divine Messiahship [NEANDER]. Corresponding to this is the baptism of water and the Spirit which He has instituted as a standing seal and mean of initiatory incorporation with Him. Study the bible online using commentary on 1 John 5 and more! These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our website and to use some of its features. Martha, from ignorance, once uses "ask" in His case ( John 11:22 ). see--on any particular occasion; Greek aorist. Compare John 17:15 especially with this verse. For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. 17. we know--John means here, not the outward criteria of genuine brotherly love, but the inward spiritual criteria of it, consciousness of love to God manifested in a hearty keeping of His commandments. In the former clause "has" bears the emphasis; in the second, life. his brother--a fellow Christian. Otherwise you will be prompted again when opening a new browser window or new a tab. 1 John 5:1-21 . remaining on Him . I saw and bare record that this is the Son of God"; and 1 John 5:8 , below, "there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood." It was therefore first written as a marginal comment to complete the sense of the text, and then, as early at least as the eighth century, was introduced into the text of the Latin Vulgate. And this is the victory that has overcome the world— our faith. 1 John 5. Overcoming the World. we have the petitions that we desired of him--We have, as present possessions, everything whatsoever we desired (asked) from Him. This is the highest kind of faith; because the object hath the highest credibility, because grounded upon the testimony of God, which is infallible" [PEARSON, Exposition of the Creed]. For there are three that bear record in heaven That is, that Jesus is the Son of God. . At one time the former is more immediately known, at another time the latter, according as the mind is more engaged in human relations or in what concerns the divine honor" [ESTIUS]. Then let us thankfully receive the record of Scripture. Jesus came first to undergo Himself the double baptism of water and blood, and then to baptize us with the Spirit-cleansing, of which water is the sacramental seal, and with His atoning blood, the efficacy of which, once for all shed, is perpetual in the Church; and therefore is the Messiah. Vigilius, at the end of the fifth century, is the first who quotes the disputed words as in the text; but no Greek manuscript earlier than the fifteenth is extant with them. 13. 5 After this there was a o feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. The sin unto death must be one tending "towards" (so the Greek), and so resulting in, death. him that is true--God, as opposed to every kind of idol or false god ( 1 John 5:21 ). But when it is deliberate rejection of grace, and the man puts from him life thereby, how can others procure for him life?" Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 5:13-17 Upon all this evidence, it is but right that we believe on the name of the Son of God. 3 For o this is the love of God, that we p … Note that blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience on our websites and the services we are able to offer. that we may know--Some oldest manuscripts read, "(so) that we know." If you do not want that we track your visit to our site you can disable tracking in your browser here: We also use different external services like Google Webfonts, Google Maps, and external Video providers. Jesus, on the cross, pleaded only for those who KNEW NOT what they were doing in crucifying Him, not for those wilfully resisting grace and knowledge. And q his commandments are not burdensome. What makes them to the regenerate "not grievous," is faith which "overcometh the world" ( 1 John 5:4 ):in proportion as faith is strong, the grievousness of God's commandments to the rebellious flesh is overcome. The Spirit attested these truths at Jesus' baptism by descending on Him, and throughout His ministry by enabling Him to speak and do what man never before or since has spoken or, done; and "it is the Spirit that beareth witness" of Christ, now permanently in the Church: both in the inspired New Testament Scriptures, and in the hearts of believers, and in the spiritual reception of baptism and the Lord's Supper. "So faith is the first and last point with St. John also. . Commentary on 1 John 5:13-17 (Read 1 John 5:13-17) Upon all this evidence, it is but right that we believe on the name of the Son of God. "Every unrighteousness (even that of believers, compare 1 John 1:9 , 3:4 . TRUTHS REPEATED AT THE CLOSE: FAREWELL WARNING. He refers to three well-known things on which he probably had insisted much in his preaching - the water, and the blood, and the Spirit. Believers have eternal life in the covenant of the gospel. We use cookies to let us know when you visit our websites, how you interact with us, to enrich your user experience, and to customize your relationship with our website. for--This principle applies in the present case, FOR which--in the oldest manuscripts, "because He hath given testimony concerning His Son." English Version, in the latter clause, will mean, "that ye may continue to believe," &c. (compare 1 John 5:12 ). 5 Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes () that Jesus is the Son of God? Death and life stand in correlative opposition ( 1 John 5:11-13 ). To "know that we have eternal life" is the sure way to "joy in God.". As our love to the brethren is the sign and test of our love to God, so (John here says) our love to God (tested by our "keeping his commandments") is, conversely, the ground and only true basis of love to our brother. he that came by water and blood--"by water," when His ministry was inaugurated by baptism in the Jordan, and He received the Father's testimony to His Messiahship and divine Sonship. 5 k Everyone who believes that l Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and m everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him. Please be aware that this might heavily reduce the functionality and appearance of our site. We need 2 cookies to store this setting. whosoever--Greek, "every one who." This is the true God--"This Jesus Christ (the last-named Person) is the true God" (identifying Him thus with the Father in His attribute, "the only true God," John 17:3 , primarily attributed to the Father). 2 He was in the beginning with God. Compare Matthew 12:31 Matthew 12:32 as to the wilful rejection of Christ, and resistance to the Holy Ghost's plain testimony to Him as the divine Messiah. 1 John 1:5-7. All wrongdoing is sin, but there is sin that does not lead to death. Click to enable/disable _ga - Google Analytics Cookie. 1 John 5:14 Parallel Verses [⇓ See commentary ⇓] 1 John 5:14, NIV: "This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us." Faith is the mean whereby the regenerate HAVE Christ as a present possession, and in having Him have life in its germ and reality now, and shall have life in its fully developed manifestation hereafter. 2:22 Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and # John 8:42 everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him. keepeth himself--The Vulgate translates, "The having been begotten of God keepeth HIM" (so one of the oldest manuscripts reads): so ALFORD. The Father is indeed eternal life as its source, but the Son also is that eternal life manifested, as the very passage ( 1 John 1:2 ) which ALFORD quotes, proves against him. The scope and sum of this whole paragraph appears from the conclusion of it, 1 John 5:13: "These things have I written to you who believe, that ye may know that ye who believe have eternal life. For he wishes mutual love to be so cultivated among us, as that God should always be placed first [CALVIN]. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. "Shall give life," I say, to, that is, obtain life "for (in the case of) them that sin not unto death." Believers have eternal life in the covenant of the gospel. 6 This is he who came () by water and blood—Jesus Christ; not by the water only but by the water and the blood. "The" implies that the water and the blood were sacred and well-known symbols. and eternal life--predicated of the Son of God; ALFORD wrongly says, He was the life, but not eternal life. . It is the Spirit who teaches us inwardly, and Himself in us asks according to the will of God. ( 1 John 3:9 .) But if anyone does sin, y we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. Like Hannah, we can rejoice over them as granted even before the event; and can recognize the event when it comes to pass, as not from chance, but obtained by our past prayers. For it is by believing: that we are made one with Jesus the Son of God, so that we partake of His victory over the world, and have dwelling in us One greater than he who is in the world ( 1 John 4:4 ). The Healing at the Pool on the Sabbath. believeth not the record--Greek, "believeth not IN the record, or witness." This life is not only natural, consisting of the union of the soul and the body (as that of the reprobate in eternal pain, which ought to be termed death eternal, not life), but also spiritual, the union of the soul to God, and supremely blessed for ever (for life is another term for happiness) [PEARSON, Exposition of the Creed]. Still, I think with BENGEL, not merely the act, but also the state of apostasy accompanying the act, is included--a "state of soul in which faith, love, and hope, in short, the new life, is extinguished. according to his will--which is the believer's will, and which is therefore no restraint to his prayers. life is in his Son--essentially ( John 1:4 , 11:25 , 14:6 ); bodily ( Colossians 2:9 ); operatively ( 2 Timothy 1:10 ) [LANGE in ALFORD]. This Jesus. As "by" implies the mean through, or with, which He came: so "in," the element in which He came. 2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments. life--Greek, "THE life." Greek "ask" implies the humble petition of an inferior; so that our Lord never uses it, but always uses (Greek) "request." . 10. hath the witness--of God, by His Spirit ( 1 John 5:8 ). (1) Being born of God is the source of love. Accordingly, we have in this chapter a miracle and a sermon. "These two past facts in the Lord's life are this abiding testimony to us, by virtue of the permanent application to us of their cleansing and atoning power." . In so far as God's will is not our will, we are not abiding in faith, and our prayers are not accepted. of--concerning. 3. this is--the love of God consists in this. This naturally prepares the way for warning against false gods ( 1 John 5:21 ). 1 a In the beginning was b the Word, and c the Word was with God, and d the Word was God. it is the Spirit, &c.--The Holy Spirit is an additional witness (compare 1 John 5:7 ), besides the water and the blood, to Jesus' Sonship and Messiahship.

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