{"commentaries":[],"citedBy":{"1":[{"id":"westcott.JHN.9.25.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 9:25","href":"/jhn/9/#v25-westcott","text":"1 John iv. 1","snippet":"In 1 John iv. 1 and elsewhere the order is different."}],"2":[{"id":"westcott.JHN.1.14.3","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 1:14","href":"/jhn/1/#v14-westcott","text":"1 John iv. 2","snippet":"The phrases which point towards it in St John (1 John iv. 2), in the Epistle to the Hebrews (ii. 14), and in St Paul (Rom. viii. 3 ; Phil. ii. 7 ; 1 Tim. iii. 16) fall short of the majestic fulness of this brief sentence, which affirms once for all the reconciliation of the …"},{"id":"westcott.JHN.3.6.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 3:6","href":"/jhn/3/#v6-westcott","text":"1 John iv. 2","snippet":"Thus, though it does not of itself include the idea of sinfulness (i. 14 ; 1 John iv. 2), it describes human personality on the side which tends to sin, and on which actually we have sinned."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.6.51.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 6:51","href":"/jhn/6/#v51-westcott","text":"iv. 2","snippet":"See also i. 13, iii. 6, vi. 63, viii. 15, xvii. 2 ; 1 John ii. 16, iv. 2 ; 2 John 7 ; Rom. viii. 3 ; 1 Tim. iii. 16 ; Hebr. v. 7."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.15.18.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 15:18","href":"/jhn/15/#v18-westcott","text":"1 John iv. 2","snippet":"Comp. 1 John iv. 2."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.20.31.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 20:31","href":"/jhn/20/#v31-westcott","text":"1 John iv. 2","snippet":"… Evangelist shews step by step that the historic Jesus was the Christ, the Son of God (opposed to mere \" flesh \") ; in the Epistle he re-affirms that the Christ, the Son of God, was true man (opposed to mere \" spirit :\" 1 John iv. 2)."}],"3":[],"4":[{"id":"bengel.JHN.17.15-16.1","author":"Johann Albrecht Bengel","author_dates":"1687-1752","tradition":"Lutheran Pietist","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1752,"ref":"John 17:15–16","href":"/jhn/17/#v15-bengel","text":"1 John iv. 4","snippet":"that Thou shouldest take them out) now; for hereafter, I will or wish it, ver. 24. ... from the evil) This means the Wicked one, ... under (in) whom the world lieth; who “is in the world,” 1 John iv. 4."}],"5":[{"id":"westcott.JHN.3.31.2","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 3:31","href":"/jhn/3/#v31-westcott","text":"1 John iv. 5","snippet":"Contrast 1 John iv. 5 ...."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.3.31-32.2","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 3:31–32","href":"/jhn/3/#v31-westcott","text":"1 John iv. 5","snippet":"But this \"speaking of the earth\" is not of necessity a \"speaking of the world\" (1 John iv. 5)."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.18.36.2","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 18:36","href":"/jhn/18/#v36-westcott","text":"iv. 5","snippet":"Comp.viii. 23, xv. 19, xvii. 14, 16; 1 John ii. 16, iv. 5."}],"6":[{"id":"henry.JHN.8.47.2","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 8:47","href":"/jhn/8/#v47-henry","text":"1 John iv. 6","snippet":"It is in his word that God manifests himself and is present among us; we are therefore reckoned to be well or ill affected to his word; see 2 Cor. iv. 4; 1 John iv. 6."},{"id":"ryle.JHN.6.60.2","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 6:60","href":"/jhn/6/#v60-ryle","text":"1 John iv. 6","snippet":"\" (See John v. 24 ; viii. 43; x. 3, 16, 27; xviii. 37; 1 John iv. 6.)"},{"id":"westcott.JHN.8.47.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 8:47","href":"/jhn/8/#v47-westcott","text":"1 John iv. 6","snippet":"Comp. xviii. 37, vii. 17, xii. 48 f., xiv. 23, note; 1 John iv. 6."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.14.17.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 14:17","href":"/jhn/14/#v17-westcott","text":"1 John iv. 6","snippet":"the Spirit by whom the Truth finds expression and is brought to man's spirit (xv. 26, xvi. 13; 1 John iv. 6 [opposed to \"the spirit of error\"]."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.15.26.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 15:26","href":"/jhn/15/#v26-westcott","text":"1 John iv. 6","snippet":"the Spirit of truth] xiv. 17, xvi. 13; 1 John iv. 6."}],"7":[{"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":"iv. 7","snippet":"Literally, were begotten, as 1 John ii. 29, iii. 9, iv. 7, v. 1, 4, 18."},{"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":"iv. 7, 9","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.10.14-15.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 10:14–15","href":"/jhn/10/#v14-westcott","text":"1 John iv. 7","snippet":"Such mutual knowledge as is described involves sympathy, love, community of nature : 1 John iv. 7 f. ; Gal. iv. 9 ; 1 Cor. viii. 3 ; ch. xvii. 3, 25."},{"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":"I John iv. 7, 8","snippet":"Comp. v. 23, x. 38; 1 John v. 20; ch. xiv. 31 ..., xix. 4; I John iv. 7, 8 ...."}],"8":[{"id":"westcott.JHN.1.14.6","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 1:14","href":"/jhn/1/#v14-westcott","text":"1 John iv. 8, 16","snippet":"Grace corresponds with the idea of the revelation of God as love (1 John iv. 8, 16) by Him who is Life; and Truth with that of the revelation of God as light (1 John i. 5) by Him who is Himself Light."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.4.24.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 4:24","href":"/jhn/4/#v24-westcott","text":"1 John iv. 8","snippet":"The nature and not the personality of God is described, just as in the phrases, God is light (1 John i. 5), or God is love (1 John iv. 8)."},{"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":"I John iv. 7, 8","snippet":"Comp. v. 23, x. 38; 1 John v. 20; ch. xiv. 31 ..., xix. 4; I John iv. 7, 8 ...."}],"9":[{"id":"westcott.JHN.3.16.2","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 3:16","href":"/jhn/3/#v16-westcott","text":"1 John iv. 9","snippet":"Comp. 1 John iv. 9 ; and Matt iii. 17, &c. ...."},{"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":"iv. 7, 9","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.14.6.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 14:6","href":"/jhn/14/#v6-westcott","text":"1 John iv. 9","snippet":"The preposition probably marks the agent (comp. i. 3, 10, 17; 1 John iv. 9); but it is possible that Christ may represent Himself as the \" door \" (x. 1, 9)."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.20.31.3","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 20:31","href":"/jhn/20/#v31-westcott","text":"1 John iv. 9","snippet":"The combined use of the aorist and perfect in 1 John iv. 9 ff. is singularly instructive."}],"10":[{"id":"calvin.JHN.14.21.2","author":"John Calvin","author_dates":"1509-1564","tradition":"Reformed","era":"Reformation","died":1564,"ref":"John 14:21","href":"/jhn/14/#v21-calvin","text":"1 John 4:10","snippet":"Not that we first loved him, but he first loved us, (1 John 4:10."},{"id":"calvin.JHN.16.27.1","author":"John Calvin","author_dates":"1509-1564","tradition":"Reformed","era":"Reformation","died":1564,"ref":"John 16:27","href":"/jhn/16/#v27-calvin","text":"1 John 4:10","snippet":"The promise of God is, I will cause them to love me; and John says, Not that we first loved Him, (1 John 4:10."},{"id":"henry.JHN.3.16.2","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 3:16","href":"/jhn/3/#v16-henry","text":"1 John iv. 10","snippet":"He so loved the world of fallen man as he did not love that of fallen angels; see Rom. v. 8; 1 John iv. 10."},{"id":"ryle.JHN.3.16.2","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 3:16","href":"/jhn/3/#v16-ryle","text":"1 John iv. 10","snippet":"It is the same feeling of \"love\" which appears in Psalm cxlv. 9, — Ezek. xxxiii. 11 —John vi. 32.— Titus iii. 4.— 1 John iv. 10.— 2 Pet. iii. 9. — 1 Tim. ii. 4."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.15.16.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 15:16","href":"/jhn/15/#v16-westcott","text":"1 John iv. 10","snippet":"This manifestation of love, like the divine love itself (1 John iv. 10), was not called out by anything in man."}],"11":[{"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":"iv. 11","snippet":"Comp. ch. xix. 7 ; 1 John ii. 6, iii. 16, iv. 11 ; Luke xvii. 10; Rom. xv. 1, &c."}],"12":[{"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 iv. 12","snippet":"Comp. 1 John iv. 12."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.1.32.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 1:32","href":"/jhn/1/#v32-westcott","text":"1 John iv. 12, 14","snippet":"The perfect is found only 1 John iv. 12, 14."},{"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":"iv. 12, 17","snippet":"The original word is characteristic of St John, and the Epistle to the Hebrews: ch. v. 36, xvii. 4, 23, xix. 28; 1 John ii. 5, iv. 12, 17 f.; Hebr. ii. 10, v. 9, vii. 28, &c."},{"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":"iv. 12, 13, 15, 16","snippet":"So also xiv. 10, 17 ; 1 John iii. 17, 24, iv. 12, 13, 15, 16."}],"13":[{"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 iv. 13","snippet":"It is an inseparable union, like that between the body and digested food, Rom. viii. 35; 1 John iv. 13."},{"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":"iv. 12, 13, 15, 16","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":"iv. 13","snippet":"Comp. iii. 16; 1 John iii. 1, 24, iv. 13; Matt. x. 20."}],"14":[{"id":"ryle.JHN.3.17.2","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 3:17","href":"/jhn/3/#v17-ryle","text":"1 John iv. 14","snippet":"(1 John iv. 14.)"},{"id":"ryle.JHN.10.36.1","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 10:36","href":"/jhn/10/#v36-ryle","text":"1 John iv. 14","snippet":"(See Heb. iii. 1; John iii. 17; and 1 John iv. 14."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.1.14.4","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 1:14","href":"/jhn/1/#v14-westcott","text":"1 John iv. 14","snippet":"Luke ix. 32; 2 Pet. i. 16 ff.; 1 John iv. 14."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.1.32.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 1:32","href":"/jhn/1/#v32-westcott","text":"1 John iv. 12, 14","snippet":"The perfect is found only 1 John iv. 12, 14."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.3.17.2","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 3:17","href":"/jhn/3/#v17-westcott","text":"1 John iv. 14","snippet":"The true title of the Son is \" the Saviour of the world\" (ch. iv. 42 ; 1 John iv. 14."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.4.42.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 4:42","href":"/jhn/4/#v42-westcott","text":"1 John iv. 14","snippet":"Salvator mundi), is found once again in 1 John iv. 14 ; and it is a significant fact that this magnificent conception of the work of Christ was first expressed by a Samaritan, for whom the hope of a Deliverer had not been shaped to suit national ambition."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.20.31.2","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 20:31","href":"/jhn/20/#v31-westcott","text":"1 John iv. 14","snippet":"It occurs without any variation in 1 John iv. 14 .... ..."}],"15":[{"id":"westcott.JHN.3.36.1","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 iv. 15","snippet":"hath everlasting (eternal) life] To believe and confess that Jesus is the Son of God (1 John iv. 15) is the pledge of new and abiding life By that belief our whole relation to the world, to man and to God, is changed; and changed already: This is life eternal..."},{"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":"iv. 12, 13, 15, 16","snippet":"So also xiv. 10, 17 ; 1 John iii. 17, 24, iv. 12, 13, 15, 16."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.14.23.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 14:23","href":"/jhn/14/#v23-westcott","text":"1 John iv. 15","snippet":"Comp. 1 John iv. 15, ii. 34."}],"16":[{"id":"westcott.JHN.1.14.6","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 1:14","href":"/jhn/1/#v14-westcott","text":"1 John iv. 8, 16","snippet":"Grace corresponds with the idea of the revelation of God as love (1 John iv. 8, 16) by Him who is Life; and Truth with that of the revelation of God as light (1 John i. 5) by Him who is Himself Light."},{"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":"iv. 12, 13, 15, 16","snippet":"So also xiv. 10, 17 ; 1 John iii. 17, 24, iv. 12, 13, 15, 16."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.6.69.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 6:69","href":"/jhn/6/#v69-westcott","text":"1 John iv. 16","snippet":"In 1 John iv. 16 the words stand in the inverted order, but it will be noticed from the construction there that the words have believed qualify and explain, so to speak, have come to know (know), but do not go closely with the love …"},{"id":"westcott.JHN.11.27.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 11:27","href":"/jhn/11/#v27-westcott","text":"1 John iv. 16","snippet":"I have believed] Cf. iii. 18, vi. 69, xvi. 27, xx. 29; 1 John iv. 16, v. 10."}],"17":[{"id":"henry.JHN.13.15.1","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 13:15","href":"/jhn/13/#v15-henry","text":"1 John iv. 17","snippet":"We must do as he hath done; for therefore he gave us a copy, that we should write after it, that we might be as he was in this world (1 John iv. 17), and walk as he walked, 1 John ii. 6."},{"id":"bengel.JHN.15.9-11.1","author":"Johann Albrecht Bengel","author_dates":"1687-1752","tradition":"Lutheran Pietist","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1752,"ref":"John 15:9–11","href":"/jhn/15/#v9-bengel","text":"1 John iv. 17","snippet":"I have kept) even up to the moment of My departure from the world: 1 John iv. 17, “ Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world."},{"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":"iv. 12, 17","snippet":"The original word is characteristic of St John, and the Epistle to the Hebrews: ch. v. 36, xvii. 4, 23, xix. 28; 1 John ii. 5, iv. 12, 17 f.; Hebr. ii. 10, v. 9, vii. 28, &c."},{"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":"iv. 17","snippet":"Comp. 1 John ii. 28, iv. 17."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.6.57.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 6:57","href":"/jhn/6/#v57-westcott","text":"iv. 17","snippet":"The same combination occurs xiii. 15 ; 1 John ii. 6, iv. 17."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.9.39.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 9:39","href":"/jhn/9/#v39-westcott","text":"1 John iv. 17","snippet":"The phrase occurs viii. 23, xi. 9, xii. 45, 31, xiii. 1, xvi. 11, xviii. 36; 1 John iv. 17."},{"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 iv. 17","snippet":"The phrase occurs viii. 23, ix. 39, (xi. 9), xii. 25, 31, xvi. 11, xviii. 36; 1 John iv. 17 (and in St Paul)."},{"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 iv. 17","snippet":"Comp. iv. 34, v. 8, xvii. 3 ; 1 John iv. 17 ; 3 John 4."}],"18":[],"19":[{"id":"henry.JHN.10.14-15.2","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 10:14–15","href":"/jhn/10/#v14-henry","text":"1 John iv. 19","snippet":"Christ's knowing his sheep is put before their knowing him, for he knew and loved us first (1 John iv. 19), and it is not so much our knowing him as our being known of him that is our happiness, Gal. iv. 9."}],"20":[{"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 iv. 20","snippet":"Comp. iii. 34, vi. 46 (the Father); and though man naturally is unable to attain to the sight of God (v. 37; 1 John iv. 20), yet in Christ the believer does see Him now (xiv. 7, 9."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.8.55.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 8:55","href":"/jhn/8/#v55-westcott","text":"iv. 20","snippet":"Compare 1 John ii. 4, 22, iv. 20, v. 10."}],"21":[]}}