My little children, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue; but in deed and truth.
And hereby we know that we are of the truth,.... By the saints loving one another in deed and in truth, they know, as the cause is known by the effect, that they are of God, who is the true God, the God of truth, and cannot lie, and is truth itself; that they are the children of God, and are born of him, since...
When the venerable John could no longer walk to the meetings of the Church but was borne thither by his disciples, he always uttered the same address to the Church; he reminded them of that one commandment which he had received from Christ Himself, as comprising all the rest, and forming the distinction of the new covenant, "My little children, love one another." When the...
Love to the brethren marks our passage from death to life, our evangelical justification. This love is not mere party zeal, but a general love to mankind founded on their being the excellent work of God, made in His image.
AI summary
Commenting on 1 John 3:14-19