1 John 3:10

Contextual Overview

⁴ Everyone who keeps sinning is violating Torah — indeed, sin is violation of Torah. ⁴ Every one that practises sin practises also lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness. ⁴ Everyone who sins also commits lawlessness. Sin is lawlessness. ⁴ Everyone who keeps living in sin also practices disobedience. In fact, sin is disobedience.Romans 4:15; 1 John 5:17;">[xr] ⁴ But whoever committeth sin doeth iniquity; for all sin is iniquity. ⁴ And every one that practiseth sin, perpetrateth iniquity; for all sin is iniquity. ⁴ Every one that doeth sin doeth also lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness. ⁴ Everyone who is a sinner goes against the law, for sin is going against the law. ⁴ Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. ⁴ Whosoeuer committeth sinne, transgresseth also the Law: for sinne is the transgression of the Lawe.

Bible Verse Review
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the children of God: 1 John 5:2, Luke 6:35, Romans 8:16, Romans 8:17, Ephesians 5:1

and: Matthew 13:38, John 8:44, Acts 13:10

whosoever: 1 John 3:7, 1 John 3:8, 1 John 2:29

is: 1 John 4:3, 1 John 4:4, 1 John 4:6, 1 John 5:19, John 8:47, 3 John 1:11

neither: 1 John 3:14, 1 John 3:15, 1 John 2:9, 1 John 2:10, 1 John 4:8, 1 John 4:21

Reciprocal: Genesis 3:15 - thy seed Genesis 4:2 - a keeper Genesis 37:4 - hated him Deuteronomy 13:13 - the children Deuteronomy 14:1 - the children Psalms 112:4 - righteous Proverbs 11:19 - righteousness Isaiah 26:7 - way Isaiah 57:3 - sons Ezekiel 14:20 - by Ezekiel 16:3 - Thy birth Zephaniah 3:13 - not Matthew 3:7 - O generation Matthew 5:22 - his brother Matthew 6:14 - General Matthew 7:18 - cannot Matthew 12:34 - generation Matthew 25:41 - prepared Luke 16:8 - children of light John 13:35 - General Acts 24:25 - righteousness Romans 12:10 - kindly Ephesians 2:2 - the children Ephesians 5:9 - righteousness Hebrews 13:1 - General 1 John 4:7 - let

Cross-References

Genesis 2:25
And they were both naked, Man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

Genesis 2:25
The man and his wife were naked, but they were not ashamed.

Genesis 2:25
They were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

Genesis 2:25
And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

Genesis 2:25
And the man and his wife were without clothing, and they had no sense of shame.

Genesis 2:25
And they were both naked the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

Genesis 2:25
And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

Genesis 2:25
And they were both naked, Adam and his wife, and were not ashamed.

Genesis 2:25
The man and the woman were both naked, but they were not embarrassed.

Genesis 2:25
And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

In this the children of God are manifest,.... By regenerating grace, and not sinning, in the sense before explained, in consequence of it: adoption is an act of God's grace and sovereign will; it is secret in his own heart, and is secured in divine predestination, and in the covenant of grace, and is antecedent to regeneration: regeneration and faith do not make men the children of God, but manifest them to be so; adoption makes them the children of God, and entitles them to the inheritance; regeneration gives them the nature of the children of God, and makes them meet for it, and manifests their right unto it; not to the men of the world, but to themselves and other saints:

and the children of the devil; such as imitate him, do his will and his lusts, and are openly under his power and influence; these are distinguishable from regenerate persons, and the children of God, by their lives and conversations; so the people of the nations of the world are called, בנוי, "the children of Samael", and the serpent, by the Jews m, which are with them the names of the devil.

Whosoever doth not righteousness is not of God: that is, he does; not appear to be born of God, who does not by faith lay hold on the righteousness of Christ for his justification before God, and acceptance with him; and who does not do works of righteousness in faith from a principle of love, and with a view to the glory of God; for where regenerating grace is, there will be such graces and such practices:

neither he that loveth not his brother; for as he that loveth God, and Christ, and the brethren, appears manifestly to be born again, and to have passed from death to life, so he that does not is in darkness, in a state of unregeneracy, and walks and continues therein; for was he born again, he would be taught of God to love the saints; see 1 John 4:7.

m Raya Mehimna in Zohar in Lev. fol. 34. 2.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In this the children of God are manifest ... - That is, this furnishes a test of their true character. The test is found in doing righteousness, and in the love of the brethren. The former he had illustrated; the latter he now proceeds to illustrate. The general idea is, that if a person is not truly a righteous person, and does not love the brethren, he cannot be a child of God. Perhaps by the phrase in this, using a pronoun in the singular number, he means to intimate that an important part of righteousness consists in brotherly love.

Whosoever doeth not righteousness, is not of God - In 1 John 3:7, he had said that “he that doeth righteousness is of God.”

If that is true, then what he here affirms must be true also, that a man who does not righteousness is not of God. The general idea is the same, that no one can be a true Christian who is not in fact a righteous man.

Neither he that loveth not his brother - The illustration of this point continues to 1 John 3:18. The general sense is, that brotherly love is essential to the Christian character, and that he who does not possess it cannot be a Christian. On the nature and importance of brotherly love as an evidence of piety, see the notes at John 13:34-35.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 10. In this the children of God are manifest — Here is a fearful text. Who is a child of the devil? He that commits sin. Who is a child of God? He that works righteousness. By this text we shall stand or fall before God, whatever our particular creed may say to the contrary.

Neither he that loveth not his brother. — No man is of God who is not ready on all emergencies to do any act of kindness for the comfort, relief, and support of any human being. For, as God made of one blood an the nations of men to dwell upon the face of the whole earth, so all are of one family; and consequently all are brethren, and should love as brethren.