And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.
3 And every man that hath this hope He now draws this inference, that the desire for holiness should not grow cold in us, because our happiness has not as yet appeared, for that hope is sufficient; and we know that what is hoped for is as yet hid.
Behold the condescending love of the eternal Father, that He is not ashamed to call us sons, we who by nature are heirs of sin and curse, by practice children of corruption and ingratitude. The world does not know our dignity or advancement; walking by sight, it cannot perceive what we possess in Christ or what we are entitled to.
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Commenting on 1 John 3:1-3
And every man that hath this hope in him,.... Or on him, Jesus Christ; for a true hope of that eternal happiness, which lies in likeness to Christ, and in the vision of him, is only founded on his person, blood, righteousness, and sacrifice: and this hope every man has not, only he who is born again; for this grace is implanted in regeneration, when...