{"commentaries":[],"citedBy":{"1":[{"id":"henry.JHN.1.12.2","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 1:12","href":"/jhn/1/#v12-henry","text":"1 John iii. 1","snippet":"Behold what manner of love is this, 1 John iii. 1."},{"id":"ryle.JHN.10.27.1","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 10:27","href":"/jhn/10/#v27-ryle","text":"1 John iii. 1","snippet":"(1 John iii. 1.)"},{"id":"westcott.JHN.8.39.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 8:39","href":"/jhn/8/#v39-westcott","text":"1 John iii. 1, 2, 10","snippet":"For the use of children see i. 12, xi. 52; 1 John iii. 1, 2, 10, v. 2; and for sons, xii. 36 (of light); xvii. 12 (of destruction). ..."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.10.11.2","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 10:11","href":"/jhn/10/#v11-westcott","text":"1 John iii. 1","snippet":"The phrase is peculiar to St John (in the New Testament), vv. 15, 17, xiii. 37, 38, xv. 13 ; 1 John iii. 1 6, and is not found elsewhere."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.14.16.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 14:16","href":"/jhn/14/#v16-westcott","text":"1 John iii. 1, 24","snippet":"Comp. iii. 16; 1 John iii. 1, 24, iv. 13; Matt. x. 20."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.14.19.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 14:19","href":"/jhn/14/#v19-westcott","text":"1 John iii. 1","snippet":"The open sight of God is the fulness of life, 1 John iii. 1 ff. ..."}],"2":[{"id":"westcott.JHN.1.18.2","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 1:18","href":"/jhn/1/#v18-westcott","text":"1 John iii. 2","snippet":"The sight of God is the final transfiguration of man (1 John iii. 2)."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.6.46.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 6:46","href":"/jhn/6/#v46-westcott","text":"1 John iii. 2","snippet":"The voice of God came to men under the old Covenant, but in Christ the believer can now see the Father (xiv. 9) in part, and will hereafter see God as He is (1 John iii. 2)."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.8.38.2","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 8:38","href":"/jhn/8/#v38-westcott","text":"1 John iii. 2","snippet":"Comp. iii. 11; 1 John iii. 6; 3 John IT), and shall see Him more completely (1 John iii. 2."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.8.39.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 8:39","href":"/jhn/8/#v39-westcott","text":"1 John iii. 1, 2, 10","snippet":"For the use of children see i. 12, xi. 52; 1 John iii. 1, 2, 10, v. 2; and for sons, xii. 36 (of light); xvii. 12 (of destruction). ..."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.14.3.2","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 14:3","href":"/jhn/14/#v3-westcott","text":"1 John iii. 2","snippet":"Comp. 1 John iii. 2."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.17.3.3","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 17:3","href":"/jhn/17/#v3-westcott","text":"1 John iii. 2","snippet":"\" Knowledge \" is thus faith perfected ; and in turn it passes at last into sight (1 John iii. 2; comp. 1 Cor. xiii. 9 ff.)."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.17.24.2","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 17:24","href":"/jhn/17/#v24-westcott","text":"1 John iii. 2","snippet":"Comp. 1 John iii. 2 ; 2 Cor. iii. 18."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.21.1.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 21:1","href":"/jhn/21/#v1-westcott","text":"iii. 2","snippet":"… manifestation of the Risen Christ is part of the whole \"manifestation\" through the Incarnation (ch. i. 31 ; 1 John i. 2, in. 5, 8; comp. 1 Tim. iii. 16; 1 Pet. i. 20) which is consummated at the Return (1 John ii. 28, iii. 2 ; comp."}],"3":[{"id":"westcott.JHN.11.55.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 11:55","href":"/jhn/11/#v55-westcott","text":"1 John iii. 3","snippet":"The phrase was transferred to a spiritual use, 1 John iii. 3."}],"4":[{"id":"westcott.JHN.8.34.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 8:34","href":"/jhn/8/#v34-westcott","text":"1 John iii. 4, 8","snippet":"Whosoever (Every one that) committeth sin] \"To commit sin\" ... is not simply to commit single, isolated, acts of sin, but to live a life of sin (1 John iii. 4, 8)."}],"5":[{"id":"westcott.JHN.1.29.4","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 1:29","href":"/jhn/1/#v29-westcott","text":"1 John iii. 5","snippet":"But the usage of the LXX. and the parallel passage 1 John iii. 5, are decisive in favour of the second rendering (Vulg. qui tollit, all. qui aufert) ; and the Evangelist seems to emphasize this meaning by substituting another word for the unambiguous word of the LXX. ...."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.1.29.5","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 1:29","href":"/jhn/1/#v29-westcott","text":"1 John iii. 5","snippet":"The singular (as contrasted with the plural, 1 John iii. 5) is important, so far as it declares the victory of Christ over sin regarded in its unity, as the common corruption of humanity, which is personally realised in the sins of separate men."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.7.39.2","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 7:39","href":"/jhn/7/#v39-westcott","text":"1 John iii. 5, 8","snippet":"By this use of the phrase the Evangelist brings out clearly the absolute divine unity of the work of Christ in His whole \"manifestation \" (1 John iii. 5, 8, i. 2), which he does not (as St Paul) regard in distinct stages as humiliation and exaltation."}],"6":[{"id":"westcott.JHN.8.38.2","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 8:38","href":"/jhn/8/#v38-westcott","text":"1 John iii. 6","snippet":"Comp. iii. 11; 1 John iii. 6; 3 John IT), and shall see Him more completely (1 John iii. 2."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.10.5.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 10:5","href":"/jhn/10/#v5-westcott","text":"1 John iii. 6, 9","snippet":"Compare, for the application of the thoughts, 1 John iii. 6, 9, v. 18 ...."}],"7":[{"id":"westcott.JHN.8.34.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 8:34","href":"/jhn/8/#v34-westcott","text":"iii. 7","snippet":"The exact contrast is doing the Truth (iii. 21; 1 John i. 6) on one side and doing righteousness on the other (1 John ii. 29, iii. 7)."}],"8":[{"id":"ryle.JHN.8.34.1","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 8:34","href":"/jhn/8/#v34-ryle","text":"1 John iii. 8, 9","snippet":"(1 John iii. 8, 9.)"},{"id":"ryle.JHN.8.44.1","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 8:44","href":"/jhn/8/#v44-ryle","text":"1 John iii. 8","snippet":"(See Matt. xiii. 38 and 1 John iii. 8; Matt. xiii. 19 ; Luke xvi. 8; xx. 34; Isai. lvii. 4; Numb. xvii. 10.)"},{"id":"westcott.JHN.6.70.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 6:70","href":"/jhn/6/#v70-westcott","text":"1 John iii. 8, 10","snippet":"a devil] viii. 44, xiii. 2 ; 1 John iii. 8, 10 ; Rev. xii. 9, xx. 2."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.7.39.2","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 7:39","href":"/jhn/7/#v39-westcott","text":"1 John iii. 5, 8","snippet":"By this use of the phrase the Evangelist brings out clearly the absolute divine unity of the work of Christ in His whole \"manifestation \" (1 John iii. 5, 8, i. 2), which he does not (as St Paul) regard in distinct stages as humiliation and exaltation."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.8.34.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 8:34","href":"/jhn/8/#v34-westcott","text":"1 John iii. 4, 8","snippet":"Whosoever (Every one that) committeth sin] \"To commit sin\" ... is not simply to commit single, isolated, acts of sin, but to live a life of sin (1 John iii. 4, 8)."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.8.44.2","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 8:44","href":"/jhn/8/#v44-westcott","text":"1 John iii. 8, 10","snippet":"the devil] xiii. 2; 1 John iii. 8, 10; Rev. xii.g."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.10.35.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 10:35","href":"/jhn/10/#v35-westcott","text":"1 John iii. 8","snippet":"broken] The word ... is peculiar and characteristic of St John : ii. 19, v. 18, note, vii. 23; 1 John iii. 8 (comp."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.18.37.2","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 18:37","href":"/jhn/18/#v37-westcott","text":"1 John iii. 8","snippet":"Acts ix. 21; Rom. xiv. 9; 2 Cor. ii. 9; 1 Pet. iii. 9, iv. 6; 1 John iii. 8."}],"9":[{"id":"henry.JHN.1.13.1","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 1:13","href":"/jhn/1/#v13-henry","text":"1 John iii. 9","snippet":"True believers are born of God, 1 John iii. 9; v. 1."},{"id":"ryle.JHN.8.34.1","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 8:34","href":"/jhn/8/#v34-ryle","text":"1 John iii. 8, 9","snippet":"(1 John iii. 8, 9.)"},{"id":"westcott.JHN.1.13.2","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 1:13","href":"/jhn/1/#v13-westcott","text":"iii. 9","snippet":"Literally, were begotten, as 1 John ii. 29, iii. 9, iv. 7, v. 1, 4, 18."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.10.5.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 10:5","href":"/jhn/10/#v5-westcott","text":"1 John iii. 6, 9","snippet":"Compare, for the application of the thoughts, 1 John iii. 6, 9, v. 18 ...."}],"10":[{"id":"bengel.JHN.13.35.1","author":"Johann Albrecht Bengel","author_dates":"1687-1752","tradition":"Lutheran Pietist","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1752,"ref":"John 13:35","href":"/jhn/13/#v35-bengel","text":"1 John iii. 10","snippet":"… know) A mark whereby Christians may be known, is love: Rom. xiv. 18, at the close of the ver., comparing with it the middle of ver. 15, “He that in these things serveth Christ is approved of men: walkest—charitably ;’ 1 John iii. 10, “In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil : whosoever, etc., is not of God, neither He that loveth not his brother.’ ... of Me, who love even to [the endurance of ] death for the sake of …"},{"id":"westcott.JHN.6.70.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 6:70","href":"/jhn/6/#v70-westcott","text":"1 John iii. 8, 10","snippet":"a devil] viii. 44, xiii. 2 ; 1 John iii. 8, 10 ; Rev. xii. 9, xx. 2."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.8.39.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 8:39","href":"/jhn/8/#v39-westcott","text":"1 John iii. 1, 2, 10","snippet":"For the use of children see i. 12, xi. 52; 1 John iii. 1, 2, 10, v. 2; and for sons, xii. 36 (of light); xvii. 12 (of destruction). ..."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.8.44.2","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 8:44","href":"/jhn/8/#v44-westcott","text":"1 John iii. 8, 10","snippet":"the devil] xiii. 2; 1 John iii. 8, 10; Rev. xii.g."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.13.35.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 13:35","href":"/jhn/13/#v35-westcott","text":"1 John iii. 10","snippet":"Comp. 1 John iii. 10."}],"11":[{"id":"westcott.JHN.4.34.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 4:34","href":"/jhn/4/#v34-westcott","text":"1 John iii. 11","snippet":"Comp. vi. 29, xv. 8, xvii. 3; 1 John iii. 11, v. 3."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.5.24.3","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 5:24","href":"/jhn/5/#v24-westcott","text":"iii. 11","snippet":"Such love flows from an acceptance in faith of Christ's word (1 John ii. 7, iii. 11)."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.6.64.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 6:64","href":"/jhn/6/#v64-westcott","text":"iii. 11","snippet":"From the first moment when the public work of Christ began (1 John ii. 7, 24, iii. 11 ; Luke i. 2)."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.17.3.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 17:3","href":"/jhn/17/#v3-westcott","text":"1 John iii. 11, 23","snippet":"The construction which occurs here (avrq f ... is characteristic of St John, ch. xv. 12; 1 John iii. 11, 23, v. 3; a John 6."}],"12":[{"id":"henry.JHN.6.70-71.1","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 6:70–71","href":"/jhn/6/#v70-henry","text":"1 John iii. 12","snippet":"He was of his father the devil, did his lusts, was in his interests, as Cain, 1 John iii. 12."},{"id":"henry.JHN.8.44.3","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 8:44","href":"/jhn/8/#v44-henry","text":"1 John iii. 12","snippet":"[3.] He was the first wheel in the first murder that ever was committed by Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother, 1 John iii. 12."},{"id":"ryle.JHN.8.44.2","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 8:44","href":"/jhn/8/#v44-ryle","text":"1 John iii. 12","snippet":"(See 1 John iii. 12."},{"id":"ryle.JHN.17.15.2","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 17:15","href":"/jhn/17/#v15-ryle","text":"iii. 12","snippet":"The word is so rendered in Matt. xiii. 19—38 ; 1 John ii. 13, 14 ; iii. 12 ; v. 18."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.8.44.2","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 8:44","href":"/jhn/8/#v44-westcott","text":"1 John iii. 12","snippet":"The reference appears to be to the Fall and not to the death of Abel (1 John iii. 12)."}],"13":[{"id":"henry.JHN.15.19.1","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 15:19","href":"/jhn/15/#v19-henry","text":"1 John iii. 13","snippet":"The world hates the disciples of Christ: The world hateth you (v. 19); and he speaks of it as that which they must expect and count upon, v. 18, as 1 John iii. 13."},{"id":"ryle.JHN.7.7.2","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 7:7","href":"/jhn/7/#v7-ryle","text":"1 John iii. 13","snippet":"(Matt. x. 24; 1 John iii. 13."}],"14":[{"id":"ryle.JHN.3.3.3","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 3:3","href":"/jhn/3/#v3-ryle","text":"1 John iii. 14","snippet":"(1 John iii. 14."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.3.36.2","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 3:36","href":"/jhn/3/#v36-westcott","text":"1 John iii. 14","snippet":"Comp. 1 John iii. 14."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.5.24.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 5:24","href":"/jhn/5/#v24-westcott","text":"1 John iii. 14","snippet":"(Comp. 1 John iii. 14."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.5.24.3","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 5:24","href":"/jhn/5/#v24-westcott","text":"1 John iii. 14","snippet":"out of death into... 1 John iii. 14."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.5.38.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 5:38","href":"/jhn/5/#v38-westcott","text":"1 John iii. 14","snippet":"Luke vii. 47; 1 John iii. 14. he hath sent] he sent."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.8.51.3","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 8:51","href":"/jhn/8/#v51-westcott","text":"1 John iii. 14","snippet":"Comp. xi. 25 f., vi. 50, v. 24 ; 1 John iii. 14."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.12.46.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 12:46","href":"/jhn/12/#v46-westcott","text":"I John iii. 14","snippet":"The exact phrase occurs only here, yet see 1 John ii. 9, 11 (is in the darkness); and viii. 12, xii. 35; 1 John ii. 11 (walk in the darkness), Comp. I John iii. 14, abide in death; and the opposite 1 John ii."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.13.1-4.3","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 13:1–4","href":"/jhn/13/#v1-westcott","text":"1 John iii. 14","snippet":"It marks the transference from one sphere to another: comp. v. 24; 1 John iii. 14."}],"15":[{"id":"westcott.JHN.3.15.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 3:15","href":"/jhn/3/#v15-westcott","text":"1 John iii. 15","snippet":"It occurs vv. 16, 36, v. 24, vi. 40, 47, 54; 1 John iii. 15, v. la f."}],"16":[{"id":"henry.JHN.11.49-50.2","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 11:49–50","href":"/jhn/11/#v49-henry","text":"1 John iii. 16","snippet":"Thus far it holds true, that it is expedient, and more than so, it is truly honourable, for a man to hazard his life in the service of his country (Phil. ii. 17; 1 John iii. 16); but to put an innocent man to death under colour of consulting the public safety is the devil's policy. ..."},{"id":"henry.JHN.15.13.1","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 15:13","href":"/jhn/15/#v13-henry","text":"1 John iii. 16","snippet":"If all that a man has he will give for his life, he that gives this for his friend gives all, and can give no more; this may sometimes be our duty, 1 John iii. 16."},{"id":"henry.JHN.18.8.2","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 18:8","href":"/jhn/18/#v8-henry","text":"1 John iii. 16","snippet":"There is a generous and heroic love, which will enable us to lay down our lives for the brethren, 1 John iii. 16."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.13.14.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 13:14","href":"/jhn/13/#v14-westcott","text":"iii. 16","snippet":"Comp. ch. xix. 7 ; 1 John ii. 6, iii. 16, iv. 11 ; Luke xvii. 10; Rom. xv. 1, &c."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.13.34.3","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 13:34","href":"/jhn/13/#v34-westcott","text":"1 John iii. 16","snippet":"Comp. 1 John iii. 16."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.15.12.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 15:12","href":"/jhn/15/#v12-westcott","text":"1 John iii. 16","snippet":"Comp. 1 John iii. 16."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.15.13.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 15:13","href":"/jhn/15/#v13-westcott","text":"1 John iii. 16","snippet":"Comp. 1 John iii. 16."}],"17":[{"id":"westcott.JHN.5.42.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 5:42","href":"/jhn/5/#v42-westcott","text":"iii. 17","snippet":"Comp. 1 John ii. 5, iii. 17, iv. 7, 9, v. 3; Rom. v. 5 ; 2 Cor. xiii. 14 ; 2 Thess. iii. 5 ; Jude 21. ..."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.6.56.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 6:56","href":"/jhn/6/#v56-westcott","text":"1 John iii. 17, 24","snippet":"So also xiv. 10, 17 ; 1 John iii. 17, 24, iv. 12, 13, 15, 16."}],"18":[],"19":[],"20":[{"id":"henry.JHN.8.26.1","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 8:26","href":"/jhn/8/#v26-henry","text":"1 John iii. 20","snippet":"Note, Whatever discoveries of sin are made to us, he that searches the heart has still more to judge of us, 1 John iii. 20."}],"21":[],"22":[{"id":"westcott.JHN.8.29.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 8:29","href":"/jhn/8/#v29-westcott","text":"1 John iii. 22","snippet":"Comp. 1 John iii. 22; Exod. xv. 26; Isai. xxxviii. 3 ; Wisd. ix. 18."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.11.41.2","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 11:41","href":"/jhn/11/#v41-westcott","text":"1 John iii. 22","snippet":"This passage may help to an understanding of the true nature of prayer in the case of the Lord, as being the conscious realisation of the divine will, and not a petition for that which is contingent (comp. 1 John iii. 22)."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.15.7.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 15:7","href":"/jhn/15/#v7-westcott","text":"1 John iii. 22","snippet":"Comp. 1 John iii. 22."}],"23":[{"id":"henry.JHN.9.35.2","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 9:35","href":"/jhn/9/#v35-henry","text":"1 John iii. 23","snippet":"Note, The great thing which is now required of us (1 John iii. 23), and which will shortly be enquired after concerning us, is our believing on the Son of God, and by this we must stand or fall for ever."},{"id":"henry.JHN.13.34.1","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 13:34","href":"/jhn/13/#v34-henry","text":"1 John iii. 23","snippet":"… commends it as amiable and pleasant, not only counsels it as excellent and profitable, but commands it, and makes it one of the fundamental laws of his kingdom; it goes a-breast with the command of believing in Christ, 1 John iii. 23; 1 Pet. i. 22."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.10.37-38.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 10:37–38","href":"/jhn/10/#v37-westcott","text":"1 John iii. 23","snippet":"Comp. v. 24 (note), 46, vi. 30, viii. 31, 45 f., xiv. 11; 1 John iii. 23, v. 10; Acts xvi. 34, xviii. 8, xxvii. 25; Rom. iv. 3."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.17.3.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 17:3","href":"/jhn/17/#v3-westcott","text":"1 John iii. 11, 23","snippet":"The construction which occurs here (avrq f ... is characteristic of St John, ch. xv. 12; 1 John iii. 11, 23, v. 3; a John 6."}],"24":[{"id":"henry.JHN.6.56.1","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 6:56","href":"/jhn/6/#v56-henry","text":"1 John iii. 24","snippet":"By faith we have a close and intimate union with Christ; he is in us, and we in him, ch. xvii. 21-23; 1 John iii. 24."},{"id":"ryle.JHN.6.56.1","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 6:56","href":"/jhn/6/#v56-ryle","text":"1 John iii. 24","snippet":"(See 1 John iii. 24, and iv. 15, 16."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.6.56.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 6:56","href":"/jhn/6/#v56-westcott","text":"1 John iii. 17, 24","snippet":"So also xiv. 10, 17 ; 1 John iii. 17, 24, iv. 12, 13, 15, 16."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.14.16.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 14:16","href":"/jhn/14/#v16-westcott","text":"1 John iii. 1, 24","snippet":"Comp. iii. 16; 1 John iii. 1, 24, iv. 13; Matt. x. 20."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.17.21.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 17:21","href":"/jhn/17/#v21-westcott","text":"1 John iii. 24","snippet":"Elsewhere the relation is definitely connected with the Son, vi. 56, xv. 4, 5 ; (1 John iii. 24). ..."}]}}