This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
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Gill's Exposition
This then is the message,.... Of God by his Son the Word, or from Christ by his apostles. The Syriac version renders it, "this is the Gospel"; which is good news from a far country, a message sent…
Barnes' Notes
This then is the message which we have heard of him - This is the substance of the announcement (ἐπαγγελία epangelia) which we have received of him, or which he made to us. The message here refers…
Adam Clarke
This then is the message - This is the grand principle on which all depends, which we have heard of απ' αυτου, From him; for neither Moses nor the prophets ever gave that full instruction concerning…
The apostle, having declared the truth and dignity of the author of the gospel, brings a message or report from him, from which a just conclusion is to be drawn for the consideration and conviction of…
1Jn 1:5 to 1Jn 2:28. God is Light
1Jn 1:5 to 1Jn 2:11. What Walking in the Light involves
This section is largely directed against the Gnostic doctrine that to the man of enlightenment all conduct…
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