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98061 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1164.8 (Matthew Henry)

… 4:7. He that loveth not knoweth not God, 1 John 4:8. What attribute of the divine Majesty so clearly shines in all the world as his communicative goodness, which …

98063 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1165.4 (Matthew Henry)

… :3. 7. He knows that the Saviour has gone to heaven, and is there preparing a place for his serious believers, John 14:2. 8. He knows that his Saviour will come again …

98064 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1165.7 (Matthew Henry)

1. We are inwardly and outwardly defiled. (1.) Inwardly, by the power and pollution off sin and in our nature. For our cleansing from this we need spiritual water …

98065 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1165.10 (Matthew Henry)

… 5:7 most appositely occurs, as a proof of the authenticity of the Spirit’s testimony; he must needs be true, or even truth itself, if he be not only a witness in …

98066 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1165.11 (Matthew Henry)

… 5:7. It is alleged that many old Greek manuscripts have it not. We shall not here enter into the controversy. It should seem that the critics are not agreed what …

98067 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1165.12 (Matthew Henry)

… 5:7; it looks too like a tautology and repetition of what was included in 1 John 5:6; This is he that came by water and blood, not by water only, but by water and blood …

98068 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1165.13 (Matthew Henry)

… 5:7. But it should for the same reason be so in all. Take we 1 John 5:6; This is he that came by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the …

98069 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1165.14 (Matthew Henry)

… 5:7. Some copies read hen eisi — are one; others (at least the Complutensian ) eis to hen eisin — are to one, or agree in one; and in 1 John 5:8 (in that part that it is supposed …

98070 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1165.15 (Matthew Henry)

… 5:7 is very agreeable to the style and the theology of our apostle; as, [1.] He delights in the title the Father, whether he indicates thereby God only, or a divine …

98072 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1165.19 (Matthew Henry)

… 12:7 ), concerning which see Dr. Whitby’s excellent discourse in the preface to the second volume of his Commentary on the New Testament. These are witnesses …

98073 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1165.23 (Matthew Henry)

… was. 7. He finds yet such a conflict with himself, with sin, with the flesh, the world, and invisible wicked powers, as is described and provided for in the doctrine …

98074 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1166.1 (Matthew Henry)

… 1:7 ), and to take heed to themselves, 2 John 1:8. Teaches how to treat those who bring not the doctrine of Christ, 2 John 1:10, 1:11. And, referring other things to personal …

98075 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1166.7 (Matthew Henry)

2. What the apostle craves from these divine persons. (1.) Grace —divine favour and good-will, the spring of all good things: it is grace indeed that any spiritual …

98076 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1166.15 (Matthew Henry)

… 1:7 ); he brings some error or other concerning the person of the Lord Jesus; he either confesses not that Jesus Christ is the same person, or that Jesus of Nazareth …

98077 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1167.7 (Matthew Henry)

II. The report the apostle himself gives of him, introduced by an endearing appellation again: Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the …

98078 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1168.7 (Matthew Henry)

II. The occasion the apostle had to write to this purport. As evil manners give rise to good laws, so dangerous errors often give just occasion to the proper …

98079 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1168.13 (Matthew Henry)

… Corinthians 7:1 we read of filthiness of flesh and spirit, each of which, though of different kinds, defiles the whole man.

98080 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1168.15 (Matthew Henry)

… 20:7-20:14. Satan would have represented Moses under disadvantageous colours, which he, good man, had at that time, and upon that occasion, given but too much handle …