1 João 3
Matthew Henry · Citado em PreceptAustin
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Henry - He came therefore to take away our sins, to take away the guilt of them by the sacrifice of himself, to take away the commission of them by implanting a new nature in us (for we are sanctified by virtue of his death), and to dissuade and save from it by His own example, and (or for ) in Him was no sin; or, He takes sin away, that He may conform us to Himself, and in Him is no sin. Those that expect communion with Christ above should study communion with Him here in the utmost purity. And the Christian world should know and consider the great end of the Son of God's coming hither: it was to take away our sin: And you know (and this knowledge should be deep and effectual) that he was manifested to take away our sins. John Gill on to take away our sins - as the antitype of the scapegoat (Lev 16:1-34+), making reconciliation and satisfaction for them, through the sacrifice of Himself; which was doing what the blood of bulls and goats, or any legal sacrifices or moral performances, could never do (Heb 10:4+): and this he did by taking the sins of His people upon Himself (Isa 53:4-6), by carrying them up to the cross, and there bearing them, with all the punishment due unto them, in His body; by removing them quite away (cp Lev 16:21-22+), and utterly destroying them, finishing and making an end of them: and by causing them to pass away from them, from off their consciences, through the application of his blood by his Spirit: OUR SINLESS SAVIOR In Him there is (present tense - continually) (ou = absolutely) no sin (hamartia) (literally = “sin in Him not exists”) - Note that "is" is in the present tense which emphasizes that sinlessness is characteristic of Jesus’ eternal nature -- sinless in His preexistence, in His life in the flesh, and in His eternal position as Son. In other words Jesus is essentially and forever without sin. This is an emphatic declaration of the sinlessness of the sin Remover! In Jn 7:18 Jesus referring to Himself said "there is no unrighteousness in Him." Jesus claimed that He always pleased God (Jn 8:29+), which is a testimony to his sinlessness, because that would be the only way He could always please God. Jesus knew no sin (2Cor 5:21+), committed no sin (1Pe 2:22+), was holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners (Heb 7:26+), and was without sin (Heb 4:15+). Peter adds that the blood of the Lamb was unblemished and spotless (1Pe 1:19+). There is another practical application of this truth that there was no sin in Jesus. How so? Recall that in 1Jn 2:6+ those who professed to abide in Jesus must "walk in the same manner as He walked." He walked sinless, but while we cannot ever attain that goal, in our walk and growth in holiness, we should imitate Jesus and sin less (and less). (See Walking Like Jesus Walked!) Hiebert adds that "As such (sinless) He is the perfect Pattern of what the child of God should be." Not that Christians will be sinless in this life, but that they should sin less than before they were born again." (1 John 2:29-3:12) Daniel Akin - John maintains that Christ is the Righteous One (1Jn 2:29), the Pure One (1Jn 3:3), and the Sinless One (1Jn 3:5). He is our atonement and advocate (1Jn 2:1–2), and he is the supreme example and pattern of what his children should be and can be by abiding in him 1, 2, 3 John - Page 142 Related Resource: Jesus' sinless state qualified Him to be our Kinsman Redeemer (see discussion). Steven
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Henry - "Practical renunciation of sin is the great evidence of spiritual union with, continuance in, and saving knowledge of the Lord Christ." Marvin Vincent (an renowned Greek scholar) - "John does not teach that believers do not sin, but is speaking of a character, a habit; throughout the Epistle he deals with the ideal reality of life in God, in which the love of God and sin exclude each other as light and darkness." I like the way old John
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Henry - The great serpent himself reigns as the god of this world (2Co 4:4, 1Jn 5:19). Wonder not then that the serpentine world hates and hisses at you who belong to that seed of the woman that is to bruise the serpent's head'. Does the world hate you? I don't mean everybody in the world, but is there a general principle, because of the life that you live and the stand that you take as one of Christ's children, it hates you - that's a sign that you've got God's life in you! But a sure sign that you haven't is that you're going the whole way of the world, and they think you're it's best friend (cp James 4:4+, 1 Jn 2:15-17+). The world feels its bad works tacitly reproved by your good works. -- Jamieson David Smith - It is natural that the world (cf 1 Jn 2:15+, 1 Jn 3:1+) should hate those whose lives contradict its maxims and condemn its practices. Nevertheless our business is not to be hated by the world, but to commend Jesus to it and win it. We must not impute to the world’s hostility to goodness the consequences of our own unamiability or tactlessness. (Expositor's Greek Testament) Hatred from the outside world should serve to increase the believers’ love for one another Hawley makes a good point that "Hatred from the outside world should serve to increase the believers’ love for one another…The world hates us because it can see the difference between our godly lives and its own evil… Any professing Christian who is warmly embraced by the world at large should reexamine the reality of his claim to discipleship (1 Jn 2:15-17; 3:1; 4:5-6; 2 Ti 3:10-12; Jas 4:4)." (Emphasis added) (See The Gospel of John, 1-3 John - Page 353) W E Vine - Since the spirit of Cain still characterizes his moral descendants, believers are not to be surprised if the hatred that was exhibited in the murder of Abel is still manifested. Hostility not as a potential or foreseeable threat but rather as a present reality, a reality that is to be expected --Daniel Akin If the world (kosmos) hates (miseo) you (people like Cain) - There is nothing "iffy" about it (first class condition = assumed true) - the world will hate us! In 1 Jn 3:1+ John had explained to his readers that "the world (kosmos) does not know (ginosko) us, because it did not know (ginosko) Him." Now John describes the world's hatred which is a certainty for us as believers for we are aliens and strangers and belong to another world, another King, another Kingdom. The child of God … must be prepared for the enmity of the ‘world.’ For the fact is that those who belong to the world recognize neither God, nor those who belong to him. -- Stephen Smalley In His great prayer in John 17 Jesus said "I have given them (His disciples) Thy word; and the world (kosmos) has hated them, because (term of explanation) they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world." (Jn 17:14+) Note how "Thy word" is juxtaposed to "the world has hated them?" Why does the world hate us? Because we have received and believed God's Word (Jn 17:8+)! Any professing Christian who is warmly embraced by the world at large should reexamine the reality of his or her claim to discipleship. -- Bruce Barton John alludes to this contrast between believers and the world in chapter 4 writing… They (context - 1Jn 4:1-4) are from the world; therefore they speak [as] from the world, and the world listens to them. We are from God; he who knows God listens to us; he who is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error. (1 Jn 4:5-6) And not only do the unregenerate of this world hate us, they do not even know us and John explains why they do not know us! See how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we would be called children of God; and such we are. For this reason the world does not know us, because it did not know Him. (1 Jn 3:1+) F F Bruce - The world, orientated against God, is, as John has indicated already (1 John 2:15-17+), inherently inimical to the cause of God. Manifestations of its hostility, therefore, should not take the children of God by surprise. The warfare between the two sides continues, although the decisive victory has been won; this gives the children of God confidence that they can overcome the world by faith in Him who has already overcome it (1 John 4:4, 5:4-5.; cf. John 16:33)." (Borrow The Gospel and epistles of John page 94) W E Vine observes John has contrasted "God and the Evil One, righteousness and unrighteousness, the children of God and the children of the devil, and now the last contrast is continued in the mention of the hatred of the world to God’s children. Since the spirit of Cain still characterizes his moral descendants, believers are not to be surprised if the hatred that was exhibited in the murder of Abel is still manifested. (Collected Writings) W Hall Harris comments that "The secessionist opponents (Ed: cp 1 Jn 2:19+), who have departed from the community (OF BELIEVERS) to which the author is writing and have “gone out into the world” (1 Jn 4:1), are now showing hatred for their former associates (cf. 1 Jn 3:17) by refusing to assist them materially, a violation of the commandment to love one another." (Ref) William
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Henry asks "What knowledge of Christ can that be, which sees not that He is most worthy of our entire obedience? And a disobedient life shows there is neither religion nor honesty in the professor." John again emphasized the fact that we can have assurance writing that "whoever keeps (present tense - as their general direction) His word, in him the love of God has truly been perfected. By this (By what?) we know (ginosko - from our experience) that we are in Him (to be in Christ is to be in covenant with Him, an immutable covenant that He will never break -- our salvation is eternally secure beloved!) (1 John 2:5) Near the end of this letter John again emphasizes that we can be fully assured that we possess eternal life… 1 John 5:13 These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, in order that (term of purpose) you may know (eido = beyond a shadow of a doubt!) that you have (present tense - continually possess) eternal life. When we are joined to Christ, His friends become our friends Vine on because we love the brethren—this is the great test of divine relationship. To this statement much of the teaching in the preceding part of the Epistle has led up. Briefly the steps are as follows: True believers— (a) walk in the light (1Jn 1:7), (b) keep God’s commandments (1Jn 2:3), (c) walk as Christ walked (1Jn 2:6), (d) show that they are abiding in the light by loving one another (1Jn 2:10), (e) no longer love the world and the things that are therein (1Jn 2:15), (f) practice righteousness (1Jn 2:29), (g) do not go on living in sin (1Jn 3:9), (h) exercise love (1Jn 3:14). (Collected Writings) David
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Henry - The hatred of our brethren is, on the contrary, a sign of our deadly state, of our continuance under the legal sentence of death: He that loves not his brother (his brother in Christ) abides in death, 1 John 3:14. He yet stands under the curse and condemnation of the law. NO MURDERER HAS ETERNAL LIFE And you know (eido/oida - perfect tense - state of knowing which is beyond a shadow of a doubt) that no murderer (anthropoktonos) has (present tense) eternal life abiding in him - You know means you know intuitively that this is true, knowing beyond a shadow of a doubt. “Our love for one another is the flower and fruit that indicates eternal life is at the root” -- Anyabwile Smalley on you all know - John appeals to the common knowledge (literally, “and you know”) which is shared by the members of his community, both as Christian believers (cf. 1Jn 3:5) and as natural human beings. It requires “neither demonstration nor even reflection” to tell that eternal life cannot dwell permanently in one whose policy is to take life (cf. Law, Tests, 242, who refers to Rev 21:8). (Borrow 1, 2, 3 John Word Biblical Commentary page 190) John