| 1816 - 558 pàgines
...commandments: He that saith, I kni'W Iiitn, and kcepeth not hi> commandments, is a liar, andthettuth, is not in him. But whoso keepeth his .word, in him verily is the love oitiod perfected : herehy know we that we are in him. Let us therefore see what are those commands,... | |
| Ezra Stiles Ely - 1816 - 240 pàgines
...of reasoning. This is eternal life to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he hath sent.* " And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. "f His cornmandments are summarily comprehended in love to God and man. If then we... | |
| Jonathan Edwards - 1817 - 616 pàgines
...Christ cleanseth us from all sin." By this he distinguishes true spiritual knowledge, chap. ii. 3, 4. " Hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his...him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him." And hereby the same apostle distinguishes true love, chap. iii. 18, 19. "... | |
| Joseph Benson - 1817 - 630 pàgines
...trust in thee." " He that loveth not (adds St. John) knoweth not God, for God is love. And hereby we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments....him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him." From hcncp it appears, where these effects arc not, the true knowledge of... | |
| 1817 - 240 pàgines
...give it no place in our hearts." So that any declaration iu opposition to his word of truth is a lie. He that saith I know him, and keepeth not his commandments is a liar, and the truth (of God's word) is not in him. 1 John ii. 4. Here is a plain proof, that when the truth forbids... | |
| Jonathan Edwards - 1817 - 538 pàgines
...which is of God ; that vie might knaw the things that are freely given to us of God. And 1 John ii. 3. And hereby -we do know that we know him, if -we keep his commandments. And ver. 5. Hereby know we that we are in him. Chap. iii. 14. We know that we have... | |
| John Pye Smith - 1821 - 396 pàgines
...this we know that we rightly regard him, if we keep his commandments. He who saith ' I rightly regard him ;' and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whosoever keepeth his word, truly in him the love of God is accomplished."t II. Expressions occur which... | |
| 1818 - 534 pàgines
...saving knowledge of God, as the apostle John testifies (1 John ii. 3, 4), when he states, " Hereby we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. He that saith 1 know him, and keepeth not his commandmentSj is a liar, and the truth is not in him." To this might... | |
| George Burder - 1818 - 332 pàgines
...ourselves if we pretend to know him, and yet persist in sin. The apostle John, tells us, that " he who saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him." 1 John ii. 4. On the contrary, he who truly knows God, will love, and serve,... | |
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