1 João 3

Hilary of Arles · Comentário Patrístico (catena)

1 João 3:3

We shall see him as he is because we shall be like him. This is our hope for the future, our love in the present and our faith in both the past and the present. — INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 1 JOHN

1 João 3:4

John says that sin and iniquity are the same thing, though there were heretics who denied this. According to some of them, iniquity was a crime deliberately committed, but sin was a fact of nature and therefore not a crime. — INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 1 JOHN

1 João 3:5

There is no sin in Christ because he was not conceived in sin as we are. — INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 1 JOHN

1 João 3:6

Sinners have not seen Christ with the eye of faith, nor have they known him by putting that faith into practice in the right way. — INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 1 JOHN

1 João 3:7

Let no one deceive you by saying that there is nothing wrong with sin. The devil has sinned all along because there is no truth in him. He is the ultimate deceiver. — INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 1 JOHN

1 João 3:18

Actions speak louder than words. — INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 1 JOHN