He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.
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Gill's Exposition
He that loveth his brother,.... As such, and because he is his brother in Christ, and that cordially and sincerely, without hypocrisy and dissimulation, and by love serves him, both in things temporal…
Barnes' Notes
He that loveth his brother abideth in the light - Has true religion, and enjoys it. And there is none occasion of stumbling in him - Margin, “scandal.” Greek, “and there is no stumbling” (or scandal -…
Adam Clarke
He that loveth his brother - That is, his neighbor, his fellow creature, whether Jew or Gentile, so as to bear him continual good will, and to be ready to do him every kind office; abideth in the…
The seventh verse may be supposed either to look backward to what immediately preceded (and then it is walking as Christ walked that is here represented as no new, but an old commandment; it is that…
Cambridge Bible
abideth in the light Not only has entered into it but has made it his abode:see on 1Jn 2:2.
there is none occasion of stumbling in him There are several ways of taking this. 1. He has in himnothing…
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