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John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO 1 John 2 In this chapter the apostle comforts the saints under a sense of sin; urges them to an observance of the commandments of God, in imitation of Christ, particularly to the new commandment of brotherly love, and gives his reasons for it; dehorts them from the love of the world, and the things of it; cautions them against false teachers and antichrists, and exhorts them to...
John Gill
My little children,.... The apostle may address the saints under this character, on account of their regeneration by the Spirit and grace of God, in which they were as newborn babes; and on account of his being the instrument of their conversion, and so was their spiritual father, and therefore calls them his own children; and he might the rather use such a way of speaking, because of his...
Matthew Henry
Here the apostle encourages against sins of infirmity (ver. 1, 2), shows the true knowledge and love of God (ver. 3-6), renews the precept of fraternal love (ver. 7-11), addresses the several ages of Christians (ver. 12-14), warns against worldly love (ver. 15-17), against seducers (ver. 18, 19), shows the security of true Christians (ver. 20-27), and advises to abide in Christ, ver. 28, 29....
Charles H. Spurgeon
My little children, these things I write unto you, that ye sin not. This is one of the great objects of all that is written by inspiration, — that we may be kept from sin. O child of God, as thou wouldst fear to drink poison, as thou wouldst flee from a serpent, dread sin! 1Jn_2:1. And if any man sin, — Is it a hopeless case then? Far from it: “If any man sin,” — 1Jn_2:1-3. We have an advocate...
Charles H. Spurgeon
My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. He is anxious that they should not sin, he knows they do, and that if they say they do not, they lie. Still the Christian’s object is sinless perfection, and though he will never have it till he gets to heaven, that is all the better because he will always then be pressing forward, and never reckoning that he has attained....
Charles H. Spurgeon
My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. That you may abstain from it, and abhor it, and not indulge in anything that would lead you towards it. 1Jn_2:1. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: We are to seek to live a perfectly holy life, but inasmuch as we constantly fall short of that ideal, here is our comfort; we still...
Charles H. Spurgeon
My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: and he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for our’s only, but also for the sins of the whole world. And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a...
Charles H. Spurgeon
My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. For this we ought to watch and strive, that we sin not. 1Jn_2:1. And if any man sin- What then? Is it a hopeless case? Oh, no, far from it; it is a sad case, but there is a remedy for it: “ and if any man sin,”- 1Jn_2:1-2. We have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: and he is the propitiation for our sins:...