1 John 4

Chapter 4 Summary

In this chapter the apostle exhorts to try spirits (1 John 4:1), gives a note to try by (1 John 4:2, 3), shows who are of the world and who of God (1 John 4:4-6), urges Christian love by divers considerations (1 John 4:7-16), describes our love to God, and the effect of it, 1 John 4:17-21.

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary

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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary

Matthew Henry (18 October 1662 – 22 June 1714) was a Nonconformist minister and author, born in Wales but spending much of his life in England.... Show more

Matthew Henry's well-known six-volume Exposition of the Old and New Testaments (1708–10) or Complete Commentary, provides an exhaustive verse by verse study of the Bible. covering the whole of the Old Testament, and the Gospels and Acts in the New Testament. After the author's death, the work was finished (Romans through Revelation) by thirteen other nonconformist ministers, partly based upon notes taken by Henry's hearers, and edited by George Burder and John Hughes in 1811. Henry's commentaries are primarily exegetical, dealing with the scripture text as presented, with his prime intention being explanation, for practical and devotional purposes. While not being a work of textual research, for which Henry recommended Matthew Poole's Synopsis Criticorum, Henry's Exposition gives the result of a critical account of the original as of his time, with practical application. It was considered sensible and stylish, a commentary for devotional purposes.... Show more

Chapter 4 Summary

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary

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