9But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.
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For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error. …
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now. …
What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? …
Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 5-11)In these words the apostle comes to the chief thing intended in this epistle—to excite and engage them to advance in grace and holiness, they having already obtained precious faith, and been made partakers of the divine nature. This is a very good beginning, but it is not to be rested in, as if we were already perfect. The apostle had prayed that grace and peace might be multiplied to them, and no…
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