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.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:13 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:13 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:13 JFB -> Commentary on 4:13 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:13 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:13 PNT -> Commentary on 4:13 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:13 TSK -> Commentary on 4:13 TSK -> Entry for 4:13 WEN -> Notes on 4:13 NTB -> Assurance; Fellowship; God (continued); Holy Spirit; Righteous; Righteousness TTT -> Assurance; Gift of the Holy Spirit, The; Indwelling of the Holy Spirit, The; Union With Christ; Witness of The Holy Spirit SPG -> Devotional using 4:13 TV -> Devotional using 4:13 TV -> Devotional using 4:13 TV -> Devotional using 4:13 4:13 - [In Context] We know that we live in God and God lives in us. We know this because God gave us his Spirit. F17
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:14 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:14 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:14 JFB -> Commentary on 4:14 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:14 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:14 PNT -> Commentary on 4:14 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:14 SRN -> Study Notes on 4:14 TSK -> Commentary on 4:14 TSK -> Entry for 4:14 WEN -> Notes on 4:14 NTB -> God; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Righteousness SBD -> John, The First Epistle General of SPG -> Devotional using 4:14 4:14 - [In Context] We have seen that the Father sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. That is what we tell people now.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:15 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:15 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:15 JFB -> Commentary on 4:15 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:15 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:15 PNT -> Commentary on 4:15 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:15 TSK -> Commentary on 4:15 TSK -> Entry for 4:15 WEN -> Notes on 4:15 NTB -> Commandments; Confession; God (continued); Righteousness TTT -> Confessing Christ TV -> Devotional using 4:15 TV -> Devotional using 4:15 TV -> Devotional using 4:15 4:15 - [In Context] If a person says, "I believe that Jesus is the Son of God," then God lives in that person. And that person lives in God.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:16 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:16 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:16 JFB -> Commentary on 4:16 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:16 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:16 PNT -> Commentary on 4:16 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:16 TSK -> Commentary on 4:16 TSK -> Entry for 4:16 WEN -> Notes on 4:16 NTB -> Commandments; Faith; Fear Of God; God; God (continued); Love; Righteousness TTT -> God; Love of God, The EBD -> Assurance TV -> Devotional using 4:16 TV -> Devotional using 4:16 TV -> Devotional using 4:16 TV -> Devotional using 4:16 TV -> Devotional using 4:16 TV -> Devotional using 4:16 4:16 - [In Context] And so we know the love that God has for us. And we trust that love. God is love. The person who lives in love lives in God. And God lives in that person.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:17 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:17 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:17 JFB -> Commentary on 4:17 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:17 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:17 PNT -> Commentary on 4:17 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:17 TSK -> Commentary on 4:17 TSK -> Entry for 4:17 WEN -> Notes on 4:17 NTB -> Boldness; Fear Of God; God; Jesus, The Christ; Judgment; Love; Righteousness TTT -> Boldness, Holy; Judgment, The; Love to God; Second Coming of Christ, The TV -> Devotional using 4:17 TV -> Devotional using 4:17 TV -> Devotional using 4:17 4:17 - [In Context] If God's love is made perfect in us, then we can be without fear on the day when God judges us. We will be without fear, because in this world we are like him (Christ or God).
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:18 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:18 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:18 JFB -> Commentary on 4:18 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:18 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:18 PNT -> Commentary on 4:18 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:18 SRN -> Study Notes on 4:18 TSK -> Commentary on 4:18 TSK -> Entry for 4:18 WEN -> Notes on 4:18 NTB -> Assurance; Fear Of God; God; Love; Righteousness TTT -> Assurance; Love to God TV -> Devotional using 4:18 TV -> Devotional using 4:18 TV -> Devotional using 4:18 TV -> Devotional using 4:18 TV -> Devotional using 4:18 TV -> Devotional using 4:18 TV -> Devotional using 4:18 TV -> Devotional using 4:18 TV -> Devotional using 4:18 TV -> Devotional using 4:18 4:18 - [In Context] Where {God's} love is, there is no fear. Why? Because God's perfect love takes away fear. It is {God's} punishment that makes a person fear. So {God's} love is not made perfect in the person who has fear.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:19 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:19 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:19 JFB -> Commentary on 4:19 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:19 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:19 PNT -> Commentary on 4:19 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:19 TSK -> Commentary on 4:19 TSK -> Entry for 4:19 WEN -> Notes on 4:19 NTB -> Condescension Of God; God (continued); Love; Righteousness TTT -> Love of God, The; Love to God SPG -> Devotional using 4:19 TV -> Devotional using 4:19 TV -> Devotional using 4:19 TV -> Devotional using 4:19 TV -> Devotional using 4:19 TV -> Devotional using 4:19 TV -> Devotional using 4:19 TV -> Devotional using 4:19 TV -> Devotional using 4:19 4:19 - [In Context] We love because God first loved us.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:20 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:20 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:20 JFB -> Commentary on 4:20 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:20 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:20 PNT -> Commentary on 4:20 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:20 TSK -> Commentary on 4:20 TSK -> Entry for 4:20 WEN -> Notes on 4:20 NTB -> Hatred; Hypocrisy; Love; Malice; Righteousness TTT -> Hatred; Love to God; Love to Man TV -> Devotional using 4:20 TV -> Devotional using 4:20 TV -> Devotional using 4:20 TV -> Devotional using 4:20 TV -> Devotional using 4:20 TV -> Devotional using 4:20 4:20 - [In Context] If a person says, "I love God," but that person hates his brother or sister {in Christ}, then that person is a liar. That person can see his brother, but he hates him. So that person cannot love God, because he has never seen God!
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:21 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:21 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:21 JFB -> Commentary on 4:21 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:21 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:21 PNT -> Commentary on 4:21 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:21 TSK -> Commentary on 4:21 TSK -> Entry for 4:21 WEN -> Notes on 4:21 NTB -> Commandments; Love; Righteousness TTT -> Love to Man TV -> Devotional using 4:21 TV -> Devotional using 4:21 TV -> Devotional using 4:21 TV -> Devotional using 4:21 TV -> Devotional using 4:21 TV -> Devotional using 4:21 TV -> Devotional using 4:21 TV -> Devotional using 4:21 4:21 - [In Context] And he (God) gave us this command: The person who loves God must also love his brothers and sisters {in Christ}.
FOOTNOTES: F17: Spirit, Holy Spirit   Also called the Spirit of God, the Spirit of Christ, and the Comforter. Joined with God and Christ, he does God's work among people in the world.

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.