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Commentaries on John 3:36

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John Gill - Exposition

John Gill

He that believeth on the Son,.... Who is a proper object of faith and trust; which, if he was not truly and properly God, he would not be: and this is to be understood not of any sort of faith, a temporary, or an historical one; but of that which is the faith of God's elect, the gift of God, and the operation of his Spirit; by which a man sees the Son, goes unto him, ventures and relies upon him,...

Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary

Matthew Henry

In this chapter we have, I. Christ's discourse with Nicodemus, a Pharisee, concerning the great mysteries of the gospel, in which he here privately instructs him, ver. 1-21. II. John Baptist's discourse with his disciples concerning Christ, upon occasion of his coming into the neighbourhood where John was (ver. 22-36), in which he fairly and faithfully resigns all his honour and interest to him....

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions

Charles H. Spurgeon

The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand. He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him. So John’s last words are thunder; his dying speech has in it the word most terrible to all of you who believe not in Christ, “The wrath of God abideth on him.”

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions

Charles H. Spurgeon

The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand. He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: He has it now; and he can never lose it, or else it would not be everlasting. He has a life that must exist for ever and ever.

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions

Charles H. Spurgeon

And he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; He shall not even know what spiritual life is, he shall not be able to understand it, or to form any idea of it. While he is an unbeliever, he is blind to spiritual things. What a dreadful sentence that is I “He shall not see life;” — Joh_3:36. But the wrath of God abideth on him. God is ever angry with him because he has rejected his own GOD,...