1 John 3:23 KJV,ASV

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 1 John 3:23

Thus briefly is comprehended the whole of our duty towards God in Christ, and one another, in a like summary as that, Ecclesiastes 12:13. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 1 John 3:18-24

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES1 John 3:18. In word.—Profession, mere boasting. True love finds expression in service. “St. John hints that there is some danger of this conventionality amongst his friends, and earnestly exhorts them to genuineness.”1 John 3:20. Heart condemn.—There are always sensitive souls, who are much too ready to think evil of themselves, and distress themselves with their evil-thinking. Better never attempt to appraise our own spiritual life and progress; leave it with God,... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - 1 John 3:23

DISCOURSE: 2451FAITH IN CHRIST ENJOINED1 John 3:23. This is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ.SOME Christians, from a mistaken zeal for the Gospel, are ready to associate the idea of legality with the very mention of the term “commandment;” forgetting that the commandments, if obeyed from love, are of the very essence of the Gospel; obedience to them being its necessary fruit, its appropriate end, its highest glory. St. John had as ardent a love to the... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 1 John 3:1-24

Chapter 3Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed on us, that we should be called the sons of God ( 1 John 3:1 ):I love that verse. Behold, what manner of love God has bestowed upon you, that you should be called the son of God. What glorious love, that God should adopt me as His son, that God should claim me as His son. That God should call me His son. What manner of love God has for me that He would call me His son.therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know him.... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 1 John 3:1-24

1 John 3:1-2 . That we should be called the sons of God! The character of the favoured race is defined in the preseding verses: they keep the commandments of God: 1 John 3:3. They abide in Christ by works of righteousness. They conquer the world, and know Him who is from the beginning. They have an unction from the Holy One to know and love the truth. No man can have this highest title of the sons of God, but he who has a correspondent character. And therefore he adds, we know that we shall... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 John 3:22-24

1 John 3:22-24And whatsoever we ask, we receive of Him, because we keep His commandments The conditions of power in prayerI.The essentials of power is prayer. We must make a few distinctions at the outset. I take it there is a great difference between the prayer of a soul that is seeking mercy and the prayer of a man who is saved. I would say to every person present, whatever his character, if you sincerely seek mercy of God through Jesus Christ you shall have it. Qualifications for the... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 John 3:23

23 And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment. Ver. 23. And this is his commandment ] This is the sum and substance of the gospel, that we believe and love; and the more we believe God’s love to us, the more love shall we bear one to another; for our love is but a reflex of his. And love one another, as he gave us commandment ] Lo, love is a commandment; we should therefore not only submit, but... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 1 John 3:23

his commandment: Deuteronomy 18:15-Psalms :, Psalms 2:12, Mark 9:7, John 6:29, John 14:1, John 17:3, Acts 16:31, 1 Timothy 1:15 love: 1 John 3:11, 1 John 2:8-2 Samuel :, 1 John 4:21, Matthew 22:39, John 13:34, John 15:12, Ephesians 5:2, 1 Thessalonians 4:9, 1 Peter 1:22, 1 Peter 4:8 Reciprocal: Leviticus 19:37 - General Deuteronomy 30:15 - General Matthew 12:50 - do Mark 3:35 - do Luke 8:21 - which Luke 10:37 - Go John 1:12 - even John 12:50 - his John 16:14 - for Romans 1:3 - his Son... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 1 John 3:23

And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.And this is his commandment — All his commandments in one word.That we should believe and love — in the manner and degree which he hath taught. This is the greatest and most important command that ever issued from the throne of glory. If this be neglected, no other can be kept: if this be observed, all others are easy. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 John 3:23

23. And this Is the true test of all emotionalism. A true believe and a true love, verified by actual performance, negative and positive, of the commandment; that is, of all duty. read more