We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. He who doesn’t love his brother remains in death.
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
First, As to the object; the hypocrite indeed is in with one duty, and out with another : like a glojjous body, he toucheth the law of God in one point, some particular command he seems zealous for, but meets not in the rest; whereas the sincere heart lies close to the whole law of God in his desire and endeavoiu'.
Commenting on Ephesians 6:10-20
Observe here, 1. Our apostle's description of a carnal unregenerate state; it is a state of spiritual death. 2. Of a Christian's renewed state by the Spirit of Christ, it is a state of spiritual life; we are passed from death to life. 3.