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1 John 3:1-7
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Comparative Texts:
- Comparative World Scriptures from United
Communities of Spirit:
- Chapter
XXIII, On the Resurrection of the Flesh, Tertullian
(c. 211)
- Chapter
III, On Monogamy, Tertullian
(c. 215)
- Chapter II,
Chapter XIX, On
Modesty, Tertullian (c. 217)
- III.VI.1, First
Principles (De Principiis), Origen.
(c.225)
- IV.XXIX, Against
Celsus, Origen. (c.246)
- Augustine's Homily 4
on 1 John 2:27 - 3:8.
- "In the first place
mark, what is called "Is." Ye know what it is that is so
called. That which is called "Is," and not only is called but
is so, is unchangeable: It ever remaineth, It cannot be changed, It is
in no part corruptible: It hath neither proficiency, for It is perfect;
nor hath deficiency, for It is eternal. And what is this? "In the
beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was
God.""
- From the Geneva Notes.
- "This dignity is not
fully revealed to us ourselves, much less to strangers, but we are sure
of the accomplishment of it, in as much as we shall be like the Son of
God himself and shall enjoy his sight indeed, such as he is now, but yet
this is deferred until his next coming."
- From
Matthew Henry's
Commentary.
- "Little does the world
know of the happiness of the real followers of Christ. Little does the
world think that these poor, humble, despised ones, are favourites of
God, and will dwell in heaven. Let the followers of Christ be content
with hard fare here, since they are in a land of strangers, where their
Lord was so badly treated before them."
- From Wesley's Notes.
- "For we shall see
him as he is - Manifestly, without a veil. And that sight will
transform us into the same likeness."
- "The
Beatific Vision: 1 John 3:2," Charles H. Spurgeon, 1856.
- "We have I believe, all of us who love his name, a most insatiable wish to
behold his person. The thing for which I would pray above all others, would be for ever to
behold his face, for ever to lay my head upon his breast, for ever to know that I am his,
for ever to dwell with him."
- From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
- "None but the pure can
see the infinitely Pure One. In all these passages the Greek is
the same verb opsomai; not denoting the action of seeing, but the
state of him to whose eye or mind the object is presented; hence the Greek
verb is always in the middle or reflexive voice, to perceive and inwardly
appreciate...Our spiritual bodies will appreciate and recognize
spiritual beings hereafter, as our natural bodies now do natural
objects."
- "Exposition:
1 John 3:1-10," Charles H. Spurgeon.
- "It were well if we always remembered that practical godliness is the soul
of godliness; that it is not talking religion, but walking religion which proves a man to
be sincere; it is not having a religious tongue, but a religious heart; it is not a
religious mouth, but a religious foot."
- From
The People's
New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891
- "To look upon him has
power to change us into his glory."
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| Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
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"First
Thoughts on Year B Epistle Passages in the Lectionary:
Easter 3," William
Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in Australia.
- "The author might say today: no amount
of doing good deeds and no amount of having impressive spiritual
experiences will count for anything if it is not connected to a real
change that is relational."
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1 John 3:1-7, A River Ride with 1 John: Texts of the Easter Season,
Robert M. Brusic, Word
& World Texts in Context, Luther Northwestern Theological Seminary,
1997.
- 1 John 3:1-3, All Saints A,
Comments (commentary) and
Clippings
(technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican
Diocese of Montreal.
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1 john 3:1-7, Easter 3B,
Comments (commentary) and
Clippings
(technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican
Diocese of Montreal.
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"Confidence in Christ: 1 John 3:1-2,"
The Word of Life in the Witness of the Cross, Paul S.
Berge, Word
& World Texts in Context, Luther Northwestern Theological Seminary, 1988.
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"The Family
of God,"
Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible
Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources. Includes detailed
textual notes.
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"At
Table with the Saints," Bruce Modahl, The Christian Century,
1997. At Religion Online.
- "Faith makes a difference in
how we die. We die in hope. Because that is how we die, that is also
how we live."
- A discussion of 1 John 3:1 at the
B-Greek Archive.
-
1 John 3:1 - 'called' by whom?,
1 John 3:6, from
the B-Greek Archive. Sort by "subject" to follow thread.
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