Of God (εκ του θεου). Even human love comes from God, "a reflection of something in the Divine nature itself" (Brooke). John repea…

Beloved, let us love one another. This verse introduces a new topic, the consideration of which occupies the remainder of the chapter. (Se…

THE PERFECT LOVE THE SUREST TEST (1 John 4:7–21).

• Fraternal love the nece ary product of the true knowledge of God,…

Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

The address “dear friends” (lit., “beloved”; cf. 2:7; 4:1) and the imperative force of the verb make clear that the author is speaking primarily to…

Beloved. He returns to that exhortation which he enforces almost throughout the Epistle. We have, indeed, said that it is filled with the …

Beloved, let us love one another
The apostle having finished what he proposed to say concerning the trying of spirit…

The Spirit of God is the Spirit of love. The one who does not love the image of God in His people has no saving knowledge of God. For it is God's n…