We know (ημεις οιδαμεν). Emphatic expression of ημεις (we) in contrast to the unregenerate world, the Christian consciousness shar…

We know that we have passed from death unto life. From spiritual death (see the notes on Ephesians 2:1) to spiritual life; that is, that w…

BROTHERLY LOVE THE NECESSARY FLOWER OF THE DIVINE LOVE IN THE DIVINE BIRTH (1 John 3:11–18).—In 1 John 2:10, St. Joh…

Do not marvel, my brethren, if the world hates you. We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren.

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John looks back to v.10 and answers the question: How do we know those who have been “born of God”? or, Who are the children of God? “We know that …

We know. He commends love to us by a remarkable eulogy, because it is evidence of a transition from death to life. It therefore follows th…

We know that we have passed from death to life
From a death in sin, a moral or spiritual death; which lies in a separation fro…

We should love the Lord Jesus, value his love, and therefore love all our brothers and sisters in Christ. This love is the special fruit of our fai…