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1 John 4:7
Beloved, let its love one another…
The apostle having
finished what he proposed to say concerning the trying of spirits,
returns to his former exhortation to brotherly love, and which comes
with fresh force and strength; for since worldly men follow, hear,
embrace, and cleave to the false teachers; such as are of God, and
on the side of truth, should love one another, and their faithful
ministers, and stand fast in one spirit by the truths of the Gospel,
in opposition to every error:
for love is of God:
to love one another is the command of God, it is
his revealed will, and is well pleasing in his sight; it comes from
him, is a gift of his grace, and a fruit of his Spirit, and which he
teaches regenerate ones to exercise:
and everyone that loveth
God, as the Alexandrian copy reads, or
Christ, and the saints, who seem to be particularly meant:
is born of God;
for love to the brethren is an evidence of
regeneration; (See Gill on 3:14);
and knoweth God;
he knows God in Christ, and therefore loves those
who have the grace of God in them, and the image of Christ upon
them; he knows the mind and will of God, being taught of God to love
the brethren; and he knows the love of God, and has had an
experience of the grace of God, which influences him to love the
saints.
Copyright Statement The New John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible Modernised and adapted for the computer by Larry Pierce of Online Bible. All Rightes Reserved, Larry Pierce, Winterbourne, Ontario. A printed copy of this work can be ordered from: The Baptist Standard Bearer, 1 Iron Oaks Dr, Paris, AR, 72855
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