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Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God, and knows God.
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Love's Divine Origin
Commentators unanimously affirm that the love John describes is not a mere human emotion but originates directly from God. It is considered a gift of His grace and a fruit of His Spirit. As several scholars note, this love flows from God's very nature, meaning that when believers love one another, they are participating in and reflecting a divine quality.
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1 John
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Beloved, let us love one another. This verse introduces a new topic, the consideration of which occupies the remainder of the chapter. (Se…
Of God (εκ του θεου). Even human love comes from God, "a reflection of something in the Divine nature itself" (Brooke). John repea…
19th Century
Anglican
THE PERFECT LOVE THE SUREST TEST (1 John 4:7–21).
Fraternal love the necessary product of the true knowledge of God…
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Baptist
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loves is born of God, and knows God.
He who has the spirit…
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…
16th Century
Protestant
Beloved. He returns to that exhortation which he enforces almost throughout the Epistle. We have, indeed, said that it is filled with the …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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…
