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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - 1 John 3:3 - 3:3
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this hope - of being hereafter “like Him.” Faith and love, as well as hope, occur in 1Jo 3:11, 1Jo 3:23.
in - rather, “(resting) upon Him”; grounded on His promises.
purifieth himself - by Christ’s Spirit in him (Joh 15:5, end). “Thou purifiest thyself, not of thyself, but of Him who comes that He may dwell in thee” [Augustine]. One’s justification through faith is presupposed.
as he is pure - unsullied with any uncleanness. The Second Person, by whom both the Law and Gospel were given.