Hilary of Arles

Nicene & Post-Nicene · AD 325–500

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

Commentary

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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.

    INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 1 JOHN

  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

  11. 1 Peter 1:3
    Peter means that God has acted to redeem us without any help from us. His mercy is great enough to be able to forgive every sin which has been committed in thought, word and deed, from the beginning to the end of the world.

    INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 1 PETER

  12. 1 Peter 1:4
    An incorruptible inheritance must be an infinite one, since everything finite is corruptible. The inheritance of the first Adam was corrupted by sin, but the inheritance of the second Adam can never be touched by the stain of sin.

    INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 1 PETER

  13. 1 Peter 1:7
    The glory of the redeemed will never fade after they have been raised from the dead, for it will have withstood the fire of temptation, whereas the gold of this world is said to rust.

    INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 1 PETER

  14. 1 Peter 1:8
    Not even a thousand ironclad tongues can sound out the sweetness of the heavenly blessings.

    INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 1 PETER

  15. 1 Peter 1:12
    The angels long to look into these things because of the greatness of their love. They meditate on the Spirit and go on doing so forever, because love never comes to an end.

    INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 1 PETER

  16. 1 Peter 1:22
    Why does Peter talk about purifying our souls but says nothing about the body? The reason for this is that true purity comes from within. If the soul is clean, the body will be cleansed as well.

    INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 1 PETER

  17. 1 Peter 1:24
    Here we see the two sides of the human being. The outer man is like the flower of the field which is mortal and will pass away, whereas the inner man lives forever by the power of the living God.

    INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 1 PETER

  18. 1 Peter 2:1
    As you have been born again by the Word of the living God, lay aside all malice, for an infant has no malice in him.

    INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 1 PETER

  19. 1 Peter 2:2
    Milk has three forms which can be compared to doctrine, that is, the liquid, cheese and butter. Liquid milk is the literal sense of Scripture, cheese is the moral sense, and butter is the spiritual sense. Find a good teacher and you will soon learn these things.

    INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 1 PETER

  20. 1 Peter 2:5
    You have been built on a good foundation, that of the apostles, prophets and patriarchs.

    INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 1 PETER

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