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whom not having known you love; on whom, though now you don`t see him, yet believing, you rejoice greatly with joy unspeakable and full of glory --
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Love Beyond Sight
Commentators highlight the remarkable nature of Christian faith: loving Jesus Christ without ever having seen him physically. This love, scholars like Albert Barnes and John Calvin explain, is not based on sight but on faith. It springs from understanding Christ's perfect character and his sacrificial love for us. This kind of love, rooted in belief rather than physical presence, is presented as pure and powerful.
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1 Peter
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Whom having not seen, ye love. This epistle was addressed to those who were "strangers scattered abroad" (see 1 Peter 1:1), an…
Whom (ον). Relative referring to Christ just before and accusative case, object of both ιδοντες and αγαπατε (ye love).
19th Century
Anglican
Whom, having not seen.—This is said in contrast to the word “revelation” in the previous verse: “whom you love already, t…
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Baptist
In whom, though now you see him not, yet believing, you rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory: receiving the end of your faith, even t…
Faith is directed toward Jesus Christ and produces love and joy in Christians. Without seeing Jesus (either because they were second-generation bel…
16th Century
Protestant
Whom having not seen, or, Whom though you have not seen. He lays down two things: that they loved Christ whom they had not seen, …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Whom having not seen, you love That is, Jesus Christ, whom they had never seen with their bodily eyes, being Jews, w…
This epistle is addressed to believers in general, who are strangers in every city or country where they live, and are scattered through the nation…
