Holy Bible, The New Living Translation
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, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is born of God and 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] But anyone who does not love does not know God – for 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] God showed how much he loved us by sending his only Son into the world so that we might have eternal 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] This is real love. It is not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take 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] Dear friends, since God loved us that much, we surely ought to 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 one has ever seen God. But if we love each other, God lives in us, and his love has been brought to full expression through 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] And God has given us his Spirit as proof that we live in him and he 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, The New Living Translation copyright © 1996 by Tyndale Charitable Trust. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved. For more information about the NLT, please click here.