Hilary of Arles

Nicene & Post-Nicene · AD 325–500

167 passages across 8 books of the Bible · Who was this?

On 1 John

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  1. 1 John 3:4
    John says that sin and iniquity are the same thing, though there were heretics who denied this. According to some of them, iniquity was a crime deliberately committed, but sin was a fact of nature and therefore not a crime.

    INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 1 JOHN

  2. 1 John 3:5
    There is no sin in Christ because he was not conceived in sin as we are.

    INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 1 JOHN

  3. 1 John 3:6
    Sinners have not seen Christ with the eye of faith, nor have they known him by putting that faith into practice in the right way.

    INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 1 JOHN

  4. 1 John 3:7
    Let no one deceive you by saying that there is nothing wrong with sin. The devil has sinned all along because there is no truth in him. He is the ultimate deceiver.

    INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 1 JOHN

  5. 1 John 3:18
    Actions speak louder than words.

    INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 1 JOHN

  6. 1 John 4:4
    God’s power to save is always much greater than the devil’s power to do harm.

    INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 1 JOHN

  7. 1 John 4:17
    In this world we must do our best to be generous, godly, merciful and patient, imitating God as closely as we can.

    INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 1 JOHN

  8. 1 John 5:9
    The testimony of men refers to the testimony of people like Moses and the prophets, who were all men of God.

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  9. 1 John 5:10
    God can never turn himself into a liar, because he is the essence of truth. But an unbelieving man is a liar, because he does not believe in the truth of God.

    INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 1 JOHN

  10. 1 John 5:21
    The letter ends as it began, with an admonition to worship the one true God alone. Everything else that John says is contained in this one golden rule.

    INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 1 JOHN

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