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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - 1 John 3:16 - 3:16
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What true love to the brethren is, illustrated by the love of Christ to us.
Hereby - Greek, “Herein.”
the love of God - The words “of God” are not in the original. Translate, “We arrive at the knowledge of love”; we apprehend what true love is.
he - Christ.
and we - on our part, if absolutely needed for the glory of God, the good of the Church, or the salvation of a brother.
lives - Christ alone laid down His one life for us all; we ought to lay down our lives severally for the lives of the brethren; if not actually, at least virtually, by giving our time, care, labors, prayers, substance: Non nobis, sed omnibus. Our life ought not to be dearer to us than God’s own Son was to Him. The apostles and martyrs acted on this principle.