...professed followers of Him who said to his disciples — " Love one another." So true is it, that " he who loveth Him that begat, loveth him also that is begotten of him." Your little meeting has been lo-'~ with me an object of tenderost solicitude. But while you sit with...

...makefor ourselves and for others. WHOSOEVER believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God; and every one that loveth him that begat, loveth him also that is begotten of him. 2 By this we know that we love the ehildren of God, when we love God, and keep his eommandments. 4...

...to love as brethren. Thus they who love God, are induced to love his children, as the apostle says, Every one that loveth him that begat, loveth him also that is begotten of him, 1 John v. 1. and he also assigns this as an evidence that we are passed from death to life, because...

...CHAP. V. GOSPEL COMMANDS. WHOEVER truly believes that Jesus is the Christ, is born of God, and whoever loveth him that begat, loveth him also that is begotten of him. 2. Hereby we know that we love God, when we keep his commands and love his children. 3. For this is...

...that are born * Hom. X. 10. of God, and is accompanied with lave, which makes the evangelist add, and every one that loveth him that begat, loveth him also that is begotten of him, ie he that loveth God, will love him that is begotten and horn of him, 1 John, iii. 14. 16. Love is...

...to another.^ Every one, adds the beloved John who lay in his bosom and drank deeply into his spirit, every one that loveth him that begat, loveth him also that is begotten of him.% And surely the description which Paul has given of Christian love, in the chapter before us, corresponds...

...confirmed in the next chapter, ver. 1 " Whosoever believeth thai Jesus is the Christ, is born of God; and every one that loveth him that begat, loveth him also that is begotten of him." And by that parallel place of the apostle Paul, where we have the same rule given to distinguish the...

...CHAP. V. The three witnesses. WHOSOEVER believeth that Jésus is thé Christ, is born of God : and every one that loveth him that begat, loveth him also that is begotten of hiin. 2 !ï this we know that we love thé children of God, wben we love God, and keep his commandments....

...all who are not " born of God." " Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is " born of God; and every one that loveth him that begat, " loveth him also, that is begotten of him."f Now, if every true believer in Christ has been born of. God; and if none, as adults, are properly...

...love for those whom he has reason to believe " are of the household of faith." Thus St. John says, " Every one that loveth Him that begat, loveth him also that is begotten of Him." This love, let us remember, is not merely a love of those who are of the same party or sentiment, or...