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Behold, how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn`t know us, because it didn`t know him.
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An Astonishing Love
John urges believers to "Behold" or marvel at the specific kind of love God has shown. Commentators describe it as an unparalleled act of grace, with one comparing it to a prince adopting a "wandering, ragged, vicious orphan boy." This adoption into God's family is not based on our merit but is a free, astonishing gift flowing from God's own character.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
CHAPTER III
ANALYSIS OF THE CHAPTER.
This chapter embraces the following subjects:
What manner of love (ποταπην αγαπην). Qualitative interrogative as in 2 Peter 3:11; Matthew 8:27. Only here…
19th Century
Anglican
THE DIVINE BIRTH THE OUTCOME OF GOD’S LOVE (1 John 3:1–3).—The thought of the new birth suddenly fires the Apostle’s mind with reverent…
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Baptist
Behold, –
If you never used your eyes to good purpose before, do so now:
What manner of love the Father has bestowed upon…
The phrase “born of him [God]” (2:29) leads the author to marvel at the wonder of God’s redemptive activity. See how great the gift of his love rea…
16th Century
Protestant
Behold, the second argument is from the dignity and excellence of our calling. For it was not common honor, he says, that the heavenly Fat…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Behold what manner of love See, take notice, consider, look by faith, with wonder and astonishment, and observe how …
Little does the world know of the happiness of the real followers of Christ. Little does the world think that these poor, humble, despised ones are…
