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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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Albert Barnes
On 1 Peter 1:8
18th Century
Theologian
Whom having not seen, ye love. This epistle was addressed to those who were "strangers scattered abroad" (see 1 Peter 1:1), an…
AT Robertson
On 1 Peter 1:8
Whom (ον). Relative referring to Christ just before and accusative case, object of both ιδοντες and αγαπατε (ye love).
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Peter 1:8
19th Century
Bishop
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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Charles Spurgeon
On 1 Peter 1:8–10
19th Century
Preacher
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…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 1 Peter 1:8
Faith is directed toward Jesus Christ and produces love and joy in Christians. Without seeing Jesus (either because they were second-generation bel…
John Calvin
On 1 Peter 1:8
16th Century
Theologian
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, …
John Gill
On 1 Peter 1:8
17th Century
Pastor
Whom having not seen, you love
That is, Jesus Christ, whom they had never seen with their bodily eyes, being Jews, w…
Matthew Henry
On 1 Peter 1:1–9
17th Century
Minister
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…