1Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: …
Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.
If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently: …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-5)I. The apostle having, in the conclusion of the last chapter, as was there observed, urged Christian love upon those two accounts, as suitable to Christian profession and as suitable to the divine command, here adds a third: Such love is suitable, and indeed demanded, by their eminent relation; our Christian brethren or fellow-believers are nearly related to God; they are his children: Whosoever b…
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