1 John 4:20-21 ASV

F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary - 1 John 4:1-99

1John 4 AMONGST THE WILES of the devil imitation takes a foremost place. In the Old Testament, for instance, we find that when God wrought powerfully through Moses in the presence of Pharaoh, the Egyptian magicians imitated what was done as far as they could, in order to nullify the impressions made on the mind of the king. Again we find that when the sanctuary had been established in Jerusalem with its ordinances of divine service, Jeroboam easily diverted the ten tribes from it by the simple... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - 1 John 4:16-21

Perfection in brotherly love: v. 16. God is Love; and he that dwelleth in. love dwelleth in God, and God in him. v. 17. Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the Day of Judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world. v. 18. There is no fear in love, but perfect love casteth out fear; because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love. v. 19. We love Him because He first loved us. v. 20. If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother,... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - 1 John 4:7-21

7. Brotherly Love and Divine Love as Related to Each Other on the Ground of Christ’s Advent1 John 4:7-217Beloved, let us love one another: for8 love is of God; and every one that loveth9 is born of God, and knoweth God. 8He that loveth not, knoweth10 not God;11 for God is love. 9In this was manifested the love of God toward12” us, because13 that God sent his 10only begotten Son14 into the world, that we might live through him. Herein15 Isaiah 16:0 love, not that we loved God, but that he17... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - 1 John 4:12-21

the Test of Our Love 1 John 4:12-21 If we are willing to be channels through which God’s love flows to others, there need be no limit to the fullness of that holy current. In humility, selflessness, and gentleness, it will become perfected. The vessel placed beneath the waterfall is filled to overflowing. Through our Savior we know the Father who sent Him, 1 John 4:14 . See John 14:9-10 . We first venture on God’s love by faith; afterward we know it. Dare to affirm that God is love. Love is... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - 1 John 4:1-21

Two closely related perils threaten our fellowship with God as love, false prophets and the spirit which actuates them. Teaching is to be tested by the indwelling Spirit. All who refuse to confess that Jesus is Lord do so because they are of the world. At the root of every heresy concerning Jesus there has been worldliness in some form. To degrade the Person of Christ is to shake the foundations of faith. There can be no character which is according to God when the creed concerning Christ is a... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - 1 John 4:1-21

Testing the True and the False 1 John 4:1-21 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We have in our opening verses some important admonitions, and also some important instructions. 1. Important admonitions. (1) "Believe not every spirit." Some people seem always ready to take up with anything that comes along. They forget that there are two spirits that work among the children of men. As our verse says, "Many false prophets are gone out into the world." These false prophets and teachers, in as far as they can,... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - 1 John 4:7-21

The Love of God Chapter 1 John 4:7-21 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We have always thought of the thirteenth chapter of I Corinthians as the Love Chapter. However, we have in the Word of God another chapter which is filled with the love of God. That is the fourth chapter of First John. This latter chapter predominates in God's love toward us, but it also stresses our love one for another. 1. The love of God toward the whole world. John 3:16 tells us that God so loved the world. This is not a love of... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - 1 John 4:20

LOVE TO MEN‘He that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God Whom he hath not seen?’ 1 John 4:20 We cannot love Him Whom we do not realise, and to realise the great invisible Influence in which we live and move and have our being, to realise the Person Who is watching over and directing us and directing all this complicated scheme of things, is harder and harder to do. And the world comes close around us and absorbs us. If that is our difficulty we may take the verse... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - 1 John 4:21

GOD’S LOVE FOR THE INDIVIDUAL SOUL‘And this commandment have we from Him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.’ 1 John 4:21 It does not need, in order to call’s God’s attention, that a whole nation or an entire Church should turn from sin and set itself to serve Almighty God. There is joy in heaven for one sinner that repenteth. I. Let us think of this individual love of God for a man’s soul.—It is revealed most plainly to us by our Blessed Lord Himself in His work and in His... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 John 4:1-21

The Centrality of Christian Love (1 John 3:11 to 1 John 4:21 ). The reference to loving one’s brother, deliberately added almost as an appendage in 1 John 3:10 in order to introduce the next section, now leads on to that section where love is pre-eminent. Previously any emphasis has been on God’s love for His own (1 John 2:5; 1 John 2:15; 1 John 3:1) although love of fellow-Christians has not been totally ignored (1 John 2:8-11), but from now on the thought becomes central. The emphasis has... read more

F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary - 1 John 4:1-99

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - 1 John 4:16-21

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - 1 John 4:7-21

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - 1 John 4:12-21

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - 1 John 4:1-21

Wells of Living Water Commentary - 1 John 4:1-21

Wells of Living Water Commentary - 1 John 4:7-21

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - 1 John 4:20

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - 1 John 4:21

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 John 4:1-21

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