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1 John 3:23
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his commandment: Deuteronomy 18:15-19, Psalms 2:12, Mark 9:7, John 6:29, John 14:1, John 17:3, Acts 16:31, 1 Timothy 1:15
love: 1 John 3:11, 1 John 2:8-10, 1 John 4:21, Matthew 22:39, John 13:34, John 15:12, Ephesians 5:2, 1 Thessalonians 4:9, 1 Peter 1:22, 1 Peter 4:8
Reciprocal: Leviticus 19:37 - General Deuteronomy 30:15 - General Matthew 12:50 - do Mark 3:35 - do Luke 8:21 - which Luke 10:37 - Go John 1:12 - even John 12:50 - his John 16:14 - for Romans 1:3 - his Son Galatians 3:22 - to Colossians 1:4 - faith Colossians 3:14 - charity 1 Thessalonians 3:6 - faith 1 Timothy 1:5 - faith Philemon 1:5 - toward the Lord Hebrews 13:1 - General 1 John 2:3 - if we 1 John 3:14 - because 1 John 3:22 - because 1 John 4:11 - General 1 John 5:13 - believe 2 John 1:5 - that we Revelation 2:26 - keepeth Revelation 22:14 - Blessed
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and every shrub of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew; for Jehovah Elohim had not caused it to rain on the earth, and there was no man to till the ground.
This was before there were plants on the earth. Nothing was growing in the fields because the Lord God had not yet made it rain on the earth, and there was no one to care for the plants.
No plant of the field was yet in the eretz, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for the LORD God had not caused it to rain on the eretz. There was not a man to till the ground,
No shrub of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground;
In the day when the Lord God made earth and heaven there were no plants of the field on the earth, and no grass had come up: for the Lord God had not sent rain on the earth and there was no man to do work on the land.
And euery plant of the fielde before it was in the earth, and euery hearbe of the fielde before it grewe. For the Lord God had not [yet] caused it to rayne vppon the earth, neither [was there] a man to tyll the grounde.
And euery plant of the fielde, before it was in the earth, and euery herbe of the field, before it grewe: for the Lorde God had not caused it to raine vpon the earth, neither was there a man to till the ground,
And all the trees of the field were not yet in the ground, and every herb of the field had not yet sprung up; for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was no man to till the ground.
there were no plants on the earth and no seeds had sprouted, because he had not sent any rain, and there was no one to cultivate the land;
and every herb of the field before it was on the earth, and all the grass of the field before it sprang up, for God had not rained on the earth, and there was not a man to cultivate it.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And this is his commandment,.... Having mentioned the keeping of the commandments of God, the apostle proceeds to show what they are; that they are faith in Christ, and love to one another; which two are reduced to one, because they are inseparable; where the one is, the other is; faith works by love.
That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ; Christ is the object of faith, and he is no, as he is Jesus, a Saviour; faith deals with him as such, and will have no other Saviour but he: and now to believe in him, is not merely to believe that he is the Son of God, the true Messiah, the Saviour of the world, that he is come in the flesh, has suffered, and died, and rose again from the dead, is ascended into heaven, and is set down at the right hand of God, makes intercession for his people, and will come again to judge the quick and dead; but it is to go forth in special and spiritual acts upon him, such as looking at him, coming to him, venturing on him, trusting in him for life and salvation, committing all into his hands, and expecting all from him. And this is called a "commandment", and comes under the notion of one; not that it is properly a law, or belongs to the law; for faith in Christ Jesus is a fruit of electing grace, and a blessing of the covenant of grace; it is the free gift of God, and the operation of his Spirit, and is peculiar to the elect of God, and sheep of Christ; and so cannot belong to the law of works; but, as the Hebrew words, תורה, and
מצוה, both signify any doctrine, and instruction in general; see
Psalms 19:7; so the word here used designs an evangelical doctrine, a divine instruction of our Lord Jesus Christ, in the Gospel, which declares that he that believes in Christ shall be saved; and so the word is used for a doctrine in this epistle, 1 John 2:7; and that of the next command or doctrine, which follows,
and love one another as he gave us commandment; that is, as Christ taught and instructed his disciples, John 13:34.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
And this is his commandment - His commandment, by way of eminence; the leading, principal thing which he enjoins on us; the commandment which lies at the foundation of all true obedience.
That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ - See the notes at Mark 16:16. Compare John 16:1; Acts 16:31.
And love one another ... - This follows from the other, and hence they are mentioned as together constituting his commandment. Notes, John 13:35.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 23. That we should believe on the name of his Son — We are commanded to believe on Christ, that for the sake of his passion and death we may be justified from all things from which we could not be justified by the law of Moses; and being through him redeemed from the guilt of sin, restored to the Divine favour, and made partakers of the Holy Ghost, we are enabled to love one another as he gave us commandment; for without a renewal of the heart, love to God and man is impossible, and this renewal comes by Christ Jesus.
