Commentaries on 1 John

1 John 5.13–21

13 I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life. There is one requisite for the miracle of God to transform the not-yet believer into the believer, and it is this belief in the name of the Son of God. It is acknowledging what the…

1 John 5.12

v 12 Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.

This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into…

1 John 5.11

v 11 And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

What is the testimony about the Son that the believer must build his life upon, lest he make God out to be a liar? In what single and sufficiently comprehensive Truth may the believer find…

1 John 5.10

v 10 Whoever believes in the Son of God accepts this testimony. Whoever does not believe God has made him out to be a liar, because they have not believed the testimony God has given about his Son.

One should accept testimony not by the nature of the content itself, but based on…

1 John 5.9

v 9 We accept human testimony, but God’s testimony is greater because it is the testimony of God, which he has given about his Son.

God’s testimony to man which he has given about his Son at times may reflect more and speak greater volumes about the Name and nature of God than of…

1 John 5.7–8

v 7–8 For there are three that testify: the Spirit, the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement.

Testimony is a critical aspect in the execution of righteousness, authority or claims to power, and all forms of wisdom. While in the abstract and absolute terms these…

1 John 5.6

v 6 This is the one who came by water and blood — Jesus Christ. He did not come by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.

Repent and believe. When the Apostle John is inspired by the Spirit to relate what he has seen…

1 John 5.3–5

v 3–5 In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands. And his commands are not burdensome, for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. Who is it that overcomes the world? Only the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.

1 John 5.2

v 2 This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and carrying out his commands.

Knowing the love of God to find his wayward creation and regenerate them into his image, adopting them as sons and daughters by his Son Jesus Christ, the believer knows how…