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Texts -- 1 John 4:18 (NET)
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- 1Jo 4:7--5:3 -- God is Love
Bible Dictionary
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Fear of God
[nave] FEAR OF GOD. Reverence Gen. 35:5; Ex. 18:21; Ex. 20:18-20; Lev. 22:32; Deut. 4:10; Deut. 5:29; Deut. 6:2; Deut. 10:12, 20, 21 Deut. 6:13; 13:4; 14:23. Deut. 28:49, 58; Josh. 4:24; Josh. 24:14; 1 Sam. 2:30; 1 Sam. 12:14, 24...
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God
[nave] GOD. List of Sub-Topics Miscellany; Unclassified Scriptures Relating to; Access to; Compassion of; Creator; Creator of Mankind; Eternity of; Faithfulness of; Fatherhood of; Favor of; Foreknowledge of; Glory of; Goodness of...
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Love
[nave] LOVE. Of Children for Parents See: Children. Of God See: God, Love of. Of Mankind for God Ex. 20:6 Deut. 5:10. Deut. 6:5; Deut. 7:9; Deut. 10:12; Deut. 11:1; Deut. 13:3; Deut. 30:6 vs. 16,20.; Josh. 22:5 Deut. 11:1, 13...
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Righteousness
[nave] RIGHTEOUSNESS By faith, Gen. 15:6; Rom. 4:3, 5, 9, 11, 13, 20, 22, 24. Garment of, Job 29:14; Matt. 22:11-14. Imputed on account of obedience, Deut. 6:25; Job 33:26. Fruits of Deut. 6:25; Josh. 22:31; Psa. 1:3; Psa. 15:1...
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Church
[nave] CHURCH, the collective body of believers. Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics Called in the O.T., The Congregation, Ex. 12:3, 6, 19, 47; 16:1, 2, 9, 10, 22; Lev. 4:13, 15; 10:17; 24:14. Called in the N.T., Church, Matt. 16:18; ...
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Assurance
[nave] ASSURANCE Produced by faith, Eph. 3:12; 2 Tim. 1:12; Heb. 10:22. Made full by hope, Heb. 6:11, 19. Confirmed by love, 1 John 3:14, 19; 4:18. Is the effect of righteousness, Isa. 32:17. Is abundant in the understanding of...
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JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF, PART 1-3
[isbe] JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF, PART 1-3 - || I. GENERAL CHARACTER 1. A True Letter 2. Subject-Matter 3. Characteristics of the Writer 4. Style and Diction II. POLEMICAL AIM 1. Gnosticism 2. Docetism 3. Antinomianism 4. Cerinthus III...
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PAINFULNESS
[isbe] PAINFULNESS - pan'-fool-nes (mochthos): In the summary of his missionary labors in 2 Cor 11:27 the King James Version, Paul uses this word. The Revised Version (British and American) renders it "travail," which probably now ...
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SACRIFICE, IN THE NEW TESTAMENT, 2
[isbe] SACRIFICE, IN THE NEW TESTAMENT, 2 - VI. Rationale of the Efficacy of Christ's Sacrifice. 1. Jesus' Teaching: Jesus emphasizes His voluntary spirit in making the sacrifice. "The Son of man also came .... to give his life a r...
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SANCTIFICATION
[isbe] SANCTIFICATION - sank-ti-fi-ka'-shun: Etymology I. THE FORMAL SENSE 1. In the Old Testament 2. In the New Testament II. THE ETHICAL SENSE 1. Transformation of Formal to Ethical Idea 2. Our Relation to God as Personal: New Te...
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FEAR
[isbe] FEAR - fer (yir'ah, yare'; phobos, phobeo): Terms, etc.: "Fear" is the translation of many words in the Old Testament; the chief are: yir'ah, "fear," "terror," "reverence," "awe," most often "the fear of God," "fear of Yahwe...
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Questions
- The word "fear," as used in the Bible, has two distinct meanings--fear in the sense of dread or fright, and fear in the sense of reverence and sincere obedience. It is not easy to determine which meaning is intended for the t...
- The facts of experience do not bear out the conclusion that conscience and the Holy Spirit are the same. Conscience is a faculty of the soul which approves or Condemns according as one has or has not done what he believes to ...
- A couple of texts in the Gospel of John seem to say the same thing as Colossians 1:27 - John 14:20; 15:4. 2 Corinthians 13:5 would also apply. John 17:23 may indicate both the Father and the Son's indwelling the believer: 1...
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Expository Notes on the Bible (Constable)
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1:28 The fact that Gabriel greeted Mary as he did and did not greet Zechariah the same way shows Mary's favored position. Gabriel's greeting was customary: Hail! or Greetings! (Gr. chaire). Mary was highly "favored"(Gr. kecha...
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It is not surprising to find that James dealt with physical sickness in this epistle. He referred to the fact that departure from the will of God sets the Christian on a course that, unless corrected, will result in his or he...
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I. Introduction: the purpose of the epistle 1:1-4II. Living in the light 1:5-2:29A. God as light 1:5-7B. Conditions for living in the light 1:8-2:291. Renouncing sin 1:8-2:22. Obeying God 2:3-113. Rejecting worldliness 2:12-1...
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"The teaching of 1 John is concerned essentially with the conditions for true Christian discipleship. The two main divisions of the letter set out these conditions and exhort the readers to live in the light (1:5-2:29) as chi...
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"In the second division of this document (3:1-5:13) John concentrates on the developing spiritual life of his followers, rather than sustaining his attack on the heretics, some of whom have already seceded from his church (2:...
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4:17 Our love becomes complete in the sense that we can now have confidence as we anticipate our day of judgment (i.e., the evaluation of our works at Christ's judgment seat; 1 Cor. 3:12-15; 2 Cor. 5:10). The characteristic o...
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Here John set out his fifth and final condition for living as children of God (cf. 2:18-29)."We canbelieve, and therefore we shouldmaintain the faith."162In the previous section (4:7-5:4) John wove together the themes of fait...
Expositions Of Holy Scripture (Maclaren)
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There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.' --1 John 4:18.JOHN has been speaking of boldness, and that naturally suggests its opposite-...
