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Hilary of Arles

Nicene & Post-Nicene · AD 325–500 · 167 passages across 8 books

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1 John 1:3

That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.

Our fellowship is in the unity of our faith here on earth and in the eternal dwelling place of God in heaven.

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1 John 1:4

And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.

The fullness of joy comes when we are in fellowship with the apostles, as well as of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

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1 John 1:6

If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:

The truth is light, so if we do not walk according to it, we are in the dark.

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1 John 1:7

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

The blood of animal sacrifices was enough to cleanse people from whatever particular sin they had committed, but the blood of Christ is sufficient to cleanse those who walk in love from all sin.

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1 John 1:8

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

If you say that you are not a sinner but act otherwise, you are deceiving yourself.

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1 John 2:2

And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

When John says that Christ died for the sins of the “whole world,” what he means is that he died for the whole church.

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1 John 2:4

He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

Those who are perishing do not know God, and God will deny that he has even known them, as he himself said: “Depart from me, for I have never known you.”

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1 John 2:5

But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.

Love sustains all those who try to put God’s commandments into practice.

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1 John 2:6

He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.

There are three ways that we dwell in God—by faith, by hope and by love. God dwells in us by patience and humility.

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1 John 2:8

Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.

The commandment is true in him because he loved us so much that he died for us, and it will be true in us also if we love one another.

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1 John 2:9

He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.

The person who hates is in darkness until he repents or until he discovers love.

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1 John 2:10

He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.

Someone who loves his brothers is in no danger of stumbling.

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1 John 2:11

But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.

The person who loses sight of love will not know which way to turn when it comes to doing good works.

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1 John 2:15

Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

A wise father warns his children not to love things which quickly vanish away. This wisdom is the crowning glory of the supreme Maker of all things, and it is well-suited to everyone who is righteous.

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1 John 2:16

For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

The lust of the flesh is what pertains to our physical appetites, whereas the lust of the eye and the pride of life are what pertains to the vices of the soul, such as inordinate self-love, which does not come from the Father but from the devil.

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1 John 2:21

I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.

You all know the truth because you received it in the rule of faith which you professed at your baptism.

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1 John 2:23

Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: (but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.

You cannot know the Father if you deny the Son, because no one comes to the Father except through him.

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1 John 2:25

And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.

Christ’s promise is that we shall receive a hundred times over in this life, and eternal life in the next.

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1 John 2:26

These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you.

People want to deceive us in order to teach you some heresy or other. John has written in order to warn us about this.

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1 John 3:3

And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.

We shall see him as he is because we shall be like him. This is our hope for the future, our love in the present and our faith in both the past and the present.

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