Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version
Book of 1 John
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Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:7 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:7 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:7 JFB -> Commentary on 4:7 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:7 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:7 PNT -> Commentary on 4:7 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:7 TSK -> Commentary on 4:7 TSK -> Entry for 4:7 WEN -> Notes on 4:7 NTB -> Commandments; Fellowship; Love; Regeneration; Righteous; Righteousness TTT -> Love to Man; New Birth, The EBD -> Sanctification SBD -> John, The First Epistle General of TV -> Devotional using 4:7 TV -> Devotional using 4:7 TV -> Devotional using 4:7 4:7 - [In Context] Dear friends, we should love each other, because love comes from God. The person who loves has become God's child. And so the person who loves knows God.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:8 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:8 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:8 JFB -> Commentary on 4:8 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:8 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:8 PNT -> Commentary on 4:8 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:8 TSK -> Commentary on 4:8 TSK -> Entry for 4:8 WEN -> Notes on 4:8 NTB -> Blindness; Commandments; Fellowship; God; God (continued); Righteousness TTT -> God; Ignorance of God; Love of God, The EBD -> Goodness of God SPG -> Devotional using 4:8 TV -> Devotional using 4:8 TV -> Devotional using 4:8 TV -> Devotional using 4:8 4:8 - [In Context] The person that does not love does not know God, because God is love.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:9 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:9 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:9 JFB -> Commentary on 4:9 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:9 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:9 PNT -> Commentary on 4:9 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:9 SRN -> Study Notes on 4:9 TSK -> Commentary on 4:9 TSK -> Entry for 4:9 WEN -> Notes on 4:9 NTB -> God (continued); Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Righteousness; Salvation; Wicked (People) TTT -> Atonement, The; Christ is God; Life, Spiritual; Love of God, The; Salvation EBD -> Atonement TV -> Devotional using 4:9 TV -> Devotional using 4:9 TV -> Devotional using 4:9 TV -> Devotional using 4:9 TV -> Devotional using 4:9 4:9 - [In Context] This is how God showed his love to us: God sent his only Son into the world to give us life through him.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:10 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:10 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:10 JFB -> Commentary on 4:10 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:10 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:10 PNT -> Commentary on 4:10 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:10 SRN -> Study Notes on 4:10 TSK -> Commentary on 4:10 TSK -> Entry for 4:10 WEN -> Notes on 4:10 NTB -> Atonement; Condescension Of God; God (continued); Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Propitiation; Righteousness; Salvation; Wicked (People) TTT -> Atonement, The; Love of God, The; Redemption; Salvation EBD -> Propitiation SBD -> John, The First Epistle General of TV -> Devotional using 4:10 TV -> Devotional using 4:10 TV -> Devotional using 4:10 TV -> Devotional using 4:10 TV -> Devotional using 4:10 TV -> Devotional using 4:10 TV -> Devotional using 4:10 TV -> Devotional using 4:10 4:10 - [In Context] True love is God's love for us, not our love for God. God sent his Son to be the way that God takes away our sins.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:11 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:11 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:11 JFB -> Commentary on 4:11 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:11 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:11 PNT -> Commentary on 4:11 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:11 TSK -> Commentary on 4:11 TSK -> Entry for 4:11 WEN -> Notes on 4:11 NTB -> Commandments; Fellowship; Love; Righteousness TTT -> Love to Man TV -> Devotional using 4:11 TV -> Devotional using 4:11 TV -> Devotional using 4:11 TV -> Devotional using 4:11 4:11 - [In Context] That is how much God loved us, dear friends! So we also must love each other.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:12 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:12 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:12 JFB -> Commentary on 4:12 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:12 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:12 PNT -> Commentary on 4:12 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:12 SRN -> Study Notes on 4:12 TSK -> Commentary on 4:12 TSK -> Entry for 4:12 WEN -> Notes on 4:12 NTB -> Commandments; Fellowship; God (continued); Love; Perfection; Righteousness TTT -> Love of God, The EBD -> Dwell TV -> Devotional using 4:12 TV -> Devotional using 4:12 TV -> Devotional using 4:12 TV -> Devotional using 4:12 4:12 - [In Context] No person has ever seen God. But if we love each other, then God lives in us. If we love each other, then God's love has reached its goal--it is made perfect in us.

Abbreviations Legend: BCC - Burton Coffman; DSN - Darby's Synopsis; GEB - Gill's Exposition; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; MHC-CON - Matthew Henry Concise; PNT - People's New Testament; RWP - Robertson's Word Pictures; SRN - Scofield Reference Notes; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary; SBD - Smith's Bible Dictionary; TV - Today's Verse; SPG - Spurgeon's Morning & Evening; Copyright Statement - Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version © 2001 by World Bible Translation Center, Inc. and used by permission.