And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.
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Gill's Exposition
For if our heart condemn us,.... Of want of love to the brethren, and of hypocrisy in it, as well as of any other sin; for the conscience, which is meant by the heart here, is accuser, witness and…
Barnes' Notes
And hereby - Greek, “by this;” that is, by the fact that we have true love to others, and that we manifest it by a readiness to make sacrifices to do them good. We know that we are of the truth - That…
Adam Clarke
Hereby we know that we are of the truth - That we have the true religion of the Lord Jesus, and shall assure our hearts - be persuaded in our consciences, that we have the truth as it is in Jesus; as…
The beloved apostle can scarcely touch upon the mention of sacred love, but he must enlarge upon the enforcement of it, as here he does by divers arguments and incentives thereto; as,
I. That it is a…
Cambridge Bible
And hereby we know Rather, Herein we shall know: the -and", though well supported, is probably not genuine, and the evidence for the future as against the present is overwhelming. -Herein" (ἐν τούτῳ)…
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