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Text -- 1 John 5:5 (NET)

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5:5 Now who is the person who has conquered the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
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Robertson: 1Jo 5:5 - -- And who is he that overcometh? ( tis estin de ho nikōṅ ). Not a mere rhetorical question (1Jo 2:22), but an appeal to experience and fact. Note t...

And who is he that overcometh? ( tis estin de ho nikōṅ ).

Not a mere rhetorical question (1Jo 2:22), but an appeal to experience and fact. Note the present active articular participle (nikōn ) like nikāi (present active indicative in 1Jo 5:4), "the one who keeps on conquering the world."See 1Co 15:57 for the same note of victory (nikos ) through Christ. See 1Jo 5:1 for ho pisteuōn (the one who believes) as here.

Robertson: 1Jo 5:5 - -- Jesus is the Son of God ( Iēsous estin ho huios tou theou ). As in 1Jo 5:1 save that here ho huios tou theou in place of Christos and see both ...

Jesus is the Son of God ( Iēsous estin ho huios tou theou ).

As in 1Jo 5:1 save that here ho huios tou theou in place of Christos and see both in 1Jo 2:22. Here there is sharp antithesis between "Jesus"(humanity) and "the Son of God"(deity) united in the one personality.

Vincent: 1Jo 5:5 - -- He that overcometh ( ὁ νικῶν ) The article with the participle denoting what is habitual; one who leads a life of victory over the wo...

He that overcometh ( ὁ νικῶν )

The article with the participle denoting what is habitual; one who leads a life of victory over the world.

Wesley: 1Jo 5:5 - -- That is superior to all worldly care, desire, fear? Every believer, and none else. 1Jo 5:7 (usually so reckoned) is a brief recapitulation of all whic...

That is superior to all worldly care, desire, fear? Every believer, and none else. 1Jo 5:7 (usually so reckoned) is a brief recapitulation of all which has been before advanced concerning the Father, the Son, and the Spirit. It is cited, in conjunction with 1Jo 5:6 and 1Jo 5:8 by Tertullian, Cyprian, and an uninterrupted train of Fathers. And, indeed, what the sun is in the world, what the heart is in a man, what the needle is in the mariner's compass, this verse is in the epistle. By this 1Jo 5:6, and 1Jo 5:8-9 are indissolubly connected; as will be evident, beyond all contradiction, when they are accurately considered.

JFB: 1Jo 5:5 - -- "Who" else "but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God:" "the Christ" (1Jo 5:1)? Confirming, by a triumphant question defying all contradictio...

"Who" else "but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God:" "the Christ" (1Jo 5:1)? Confirming, by a triumphant question defying all contradiction, as an undeniable fact, 1Jo 5:4, that the victory which overcomes the world is faith. For it is by believing: that we are made one with Jesus the Son of God, so that we partake of His victory over the world, and have dwelling in us One greater than he who is in the world (1Jo 4:4). "Survey the whole world, and show me even one of whom it can be affirmed with truth that he overcomes the world, who is not a Christian, and endowed with this faith" [EPISCOPIUS in ALFORD].

Clarke: 1Jo 5:5 - -- He that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God? - That he is the promised Messiah, that he came by a supernatural generation; and, although truly ma...

He that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God? - That he is the promised Messiah, that he came by a supernatural generation; and, although truly man, came not by man, but by the power of the Holy Ghost in the womb of the Virgin Mary. The person who believes this has the privilege of applying to the Lord for the benefits of the incarnation and passion of Jesus Christ, and receives the blessings which the Jews cannot have, because they believe not the Divine mission of Christ.

Calvin: 1Jo 5:5 - -- 5.Who is he that overcometh the world This is a reason for the previous sentence; that is, we conquer by faith, because we derive strength from Chris...

5.Who is he that overcometh the world This is a reason for the previous sentence; that is, we conquer by faith, because we derive strength from Christ; as Paul also says,

“I can do all things through him that strengtheneth me,”
(Phi 4:13.)

He only then can conquer Satan and the world, and not succumb to his own flesh, who, diffident as to himself, recumbs on Christ’s power alone. For by faith he means a real apprehension of Christ, or an effectual laying hold on him, by which we apply his power to ourselves.

TSK: 1Jo 5:5 - -- but : 1Jo 5:1, 1Jo 4:15

but : 1Jo 5:1, 1Jo 4:15

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Barnes: 1Jo 5:5 - -- Who is he ... - Where is there one who can pretend to have obtained a victory over the world, except he who believes in the Saviour? All else a...

Who is he ... - Where is there one who can pretend to have obtained a victory over the world, except he who believes in the Saviour? All else are worldly, and are governed by worldly aims and principles. It is true that a man may gain a victory over one worldly passion; he may subdue some one evil propensity; he may abandon the "happy"circle, may break away from habits of profaneness, may leave the company of the unprincipled and polluted; but still, unless he has faith in the Son of God, the spirit of the world will reign supreme in his soul in some form. The appeal which John so confidently made in his time may be as confidently made now. we may ask, as he did, where is there one who shows that he has obtained a complete victory over the world, except the true Christian? Where is there one whose end and aim is not the present life? Where is there one who shows that all his purposes in regard to this world are made subordinate to the world to come?

There are those now, as there were then, who break away from one form of sin, and from one circle of sinful companions; there are those who change the ardent passions of youth for the soberness of middle or advanced life there are those who see the folly of profaneness, and of gaiety, and intemperance; there are those who are disappointed in some scheme of ambition, and who withdraw from political conflicts; there are those who are satiated with pageantry, and who, oppressed with the cares of state, as Diocletian and Charles V were, retire from public life; and there are those whose hearts are crushed and broken by losses, and by the death, or what is worse than death, by the ingratitude of their children, and who cease to cherish the fond hope that their family will be honored, and their name perpetuated in those whom they tenderly loved - but still there is no victory over the world. Their deep dejection, their sadness, their brokenness of spirit, their lamentations, and their want of cheerfulness, all show that the spirit of the world still reigns in their hearts.

If the calamities which have come upon them could be withdrawn; if the days of prosperity could be restored, they would show as much of the spirit of the world as ever they did, and would pursue its follies and its vanities as greedily as they had done before. Not many years or months elapse before the worldly mother who has followed one daughter to the grave, will introduce another into the frivolous world with all the brilliancy which fashion prescribes; not long will a worldly father mourn over the death of a son before, in the whirl of business and the exciting scenes of ambition, he will show that his heart is as much wedded to the world as it ever was. If such sorrows and disappointments conduct to the Saviour, as they sometimes do; if they lead the troubled mind to seek peace in his blood, and support in the hope of heaven, then a real victory is obtained over the world; and then, when the hand of affliction is withdrawn, it is seen that there has been a work of grace in the soul that has effectually changed all its feelings, and secured a triumph that shall be eternal.

Poole: 1Jo 5:5 - -- For that faith, viz. that Jesus is the Son of God, ( or the Christ, as 1Jo 5:1 ), fills the soul with so great things concerning him, and the desi...

For that faith, viz. that Jesus is the Son of God, ( or the Christ, as 1Jo 5:1 ), fills the soul with so great things concerning him, and the design of his coming among us, and what we are to expect thereupon, as easily turn this world into a contemptible shadow, and deprive it of all its former power over us.

PBC: 1Jo 5:5 - -- See PB: 1Jo 5:4

See PB: 1Jo 5:4

Gill: 1Jo 5:5 - -- Who is he that overcometh the world,.... This question carries in it a strong affirmation, that no other person is the conqueror of the world: but ...

Who is he that overcometh the world,.... This question carries in it a strong affirmation, that no other person is the conqueror of the world:

but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God? and this points out what that faith is which obtains the victory over the world; and shows that it is not that trust and confidence which has a man's self, or any mere creature, thing, or person, for its object, but only Jesus Christ, and that as he is the Son of God; and which is not a mere assent to such a proposition, to which devils and unregenerate persons may assent, and do; but it is a seeing of the Son in the glory, fulness, and suitableness of his person, office, and grace; a going to him, being drawn by the Father; and a living upon him as the Son of God, and trusting in him for life, righteousness, and salvation: and this shows, that the victory over the world is not owing to faith itself, but to its object Christ, who has overcome it, and makes true believers in him more than conquerors over it.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: 1Jo 5:5 After a verb of perception (the participle ὁ πιστεύων [Jo pisteuwn]) the ὅτι (Joti) in 5...

Geneva Bible: 1Jo 5:5 ( 7 ) Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God? ( 7 ) Moreover he declares two things, the one, what t...

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: 1Jo 5:1-21 - --1 He that loves God loves his children, and keeps his commandments;3 which to the faithful are not grievous.9 Jesus is the Son of God;14 and able to h...

MHCC: 1Jo 5:1-5 - --True love for the people of God, may be distinguished from natural kindness or party attachments, by its being united with the love of God, and obedie...

Matthew Henry: 1Jo 5:1-5 - -- I. The apostle having, in the conclusion of the last chapter, as was there observed, urged Christian love upon those two accounts, as suitable to Ch...

Barclay: 1Jo 5:5 - --(iii) We have seen that the commandments of Jesus Christ are not grievous because with the commandment there comes the power and because we accept the...

Constable: 1Jo 3:1--5:14 - --III. Living as children of God 3:1--5:13 "In the second division of this document (3:1-5:13) John concentrates o...

Constable: 1Jo 3:4--5:14 - --B. Conditions for Living as God's Children 3:4-5:13 Having stated the theme of this section of the epist...

Constable: 1Jo 4:7--5:5 - --4. Practicing love 4:7-5:4 "By inserting this condition, John interrupts the symmetry which exis...

Constable: 1Jo 4:21--5:5 - --The command to love 4:21-5:4 4:21 Furthermore, God commanded us to love both Himself and our brothers, not just Himself (2:3; 3:23-24; 5:3). Here is a...

Constable: 1Jo 5:5-13 - --5. Keeping the faith reaffirmed 5:5-13 Here John set out his fifth and final condition for living as children of God (cf. 2:18-29). "We can believe, a...

College: 1Jo 5:1-21 - --1 JOHN 5 C. FAITH IN THE SON OF GOD (5:1-5) 1 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the father loves...

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Commentary -- Other

Evidence: 1Jo 5:5 The Church has developed a theology that doesn’t require much repentance. We have a theology that is uncomfortable with the very term ‘Jesus is Lo...

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Introduction / Outline

Robertson: 1 John (Book Introduction) THE FIRST EPISTLE OF JOHN ABOUT a.d. 85 TO 90 By Way of Introduction Relation to the Fourth Gospel There are few scholars who deny that the Ep...

JFB: 1 John (Book Introduction) AUTHORSHIP.--POLYCARP, the disciple of John [Epistle to the Philippians, 7], quotes 1Jo 4:3. EUSEBIUS [Ecclesiastical History, 3.39] says of PAPIAS, a...

JFB: 1 John (Outline) THE WRITER'S AUTHORITY AS AN EYEWITNESS TO THE GOSPEL FACTS, HAVING SEEN, HEARD, AND HANDLED HIM WHO WAS FROM THE BEGINNING: HIS OBJECT IN WRITING: H...

TSK: 1 John 5 (Chapter Introduction) Overview 1Jo 5:1, He that loves God loves his children, and keeps his commandments; 1Jo 5:3, which to the faithful are not grievous; 1Jo 5:9, Jesu...

Poole: 1 John 5 (Chapter Introduction) JOHN CHAPTER 5

MHCC: 1 John (Book Introduction) This epistle is a discourse upon the principles of Christianity, in doctrine and practice. The design appears to be, to refute and guard against erron...

MHCC: 1 John 5 (Chapter Introduction) (1Jo 5:1-5) Brotherly love is the effect of the new birth, which makes obedience to all God's commandments pleasant. (1Jo 5:6-8) Reference to witness...

Matthew Henry: 1 John (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The First Epistle General of John Though the continued tradition of the church attests that this epistl...

Matthew Henry: 1 John 5 (Chapter Introduction) In this chapter the apostle asserts, I. The dignity of believers (1Jo 5:1). II. Their obligation to love, and the trial of it (1Jo 5:1-3). III. ...

Barclay: 1 John (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO THE FIRST LETTER OF JOHN A Personal Letter And Its Background First John is entitled a letter but it has no opening address nor c...

Barclay: 1 John 5 (Chapter Introduction) Love Within The Divine Family (2Jo_5:1-2) The Necessary Obedience (2Jo_5:3-4) The Conquest Of The World (2Jo_5:4-5) The Water And The Blood (2Jo_...

Constable: 1 John (Book Introduction) Introduction Historical Background This epistle does not contain the name of its write...

Constable: 1 John (Outline) Outline I. Introduction: the purpose of the epistle 1:1-4 II. Living in the light 1:5-2:29 ...

Constable: 1 John 1 John Bibliography Bailey, Mark L., and Thomas L. Constable. The New Testament Explorer. Nashville: Word Publi...

Haydock: 1 John (Book Introduction) THE FIRST EPISTLE OF ST. JOHN, THE APOSTLE. INTRODUCTION. This epistle was always acknowledged for canonical, and written by St. John, the apo...

Gill: 1 John (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO 1 JOHN The author of this epistle was John, the son of Zebedee, the disciple whom Jesus loved: he was the youngest of the apostles,...

Gill: 1 John 5 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO 1 JOHN 5 In this chapter the apostle treats of the nature of faith and love; of Christ the object of both, and of the witness that ...

College: 1 John (Book Introduction) FOREWORD It has been my pleasure to have been associated with Professor Morris Womack since the middle 1960s when we both accepted positions in the L...

College: 1 John (Outline) OUTLINE I. THE WORD OF LIFE - 1:1-4 II. LIFE WITH GOD AND THE WORLD - 1:5-2:27 A. The Way of Light and Darkness - 1:5-7 B. Admitting Our ...

Lapide: 1 John (Book Introduction) PREFACE TO THE FIRST EPISTLE OF S. JOHN. ——o—— I mention three things by way of preface. First, concerning the authority of the Epistle. Se...

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