 | George Pretyman - 1811 - 614 Seiten
...of it?" — p. 62. " We will not bear with those who put a wrong interpretation upon this passage, ' In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil (u) ;' as if some men were saved, and others perish by nature; for we come into this holy adoption,... | |
 | Charles Simeon - 1811 - 612 Seiten
...God, doth not commit sin, for his seed remaineth in him; and he cannot sin, because he is born of God: in this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil; whosoever doeth not righteousness, is not of God." Now what can be the import of this passage? To interpret... | |
 | Thomas Scott - 1811 - 408 Seiten
...not commit sin : for " his seed remaineth in him, and he cannot sin, " because he is born of God : in this the children " of God are manifest, and the children of the " devil; whosoever doeth not righteousness is not " of God."4 If therefore any man be born of God, f 1 John... | |
 | John Wesley - 1811 - 450 Seiten
...doth not commit sin : for his seed remaineth in him, and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil," (verse 7 — 10.) Here the point, which till then might possibly have admitted of some doubt in weak... | |
 | John Wesley - 1811 - 468 Seiten
...seed remaineth in him, and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. In this," adds the Apostle, " the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil." By this plain mark (the committing or not committing sin) are they distinguished from each other. To... | |
 | John Allen - 1812 - 172 Seiten
...any stronger argument than that of John, " If God so loved us, we ought also to love one another ? In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil J ;" hereby the children of light, by their abiding in love, are distinguished from the children of... | |
 | Isaac Watts - 1812 - 622 Seiten
...affection toward our fellow-christians, are further evidences of our adoption ; 1 John iii. 10. /и thin the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: Whosoever doth not righteousness >< not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother. When our righteous... | |
 | Edward Dorr Griffin - 1813 - 340 Seiten
...children." Of course the children of God are holy, (in some measure,) as He is holy: "Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin. — In this the children...God are manifest, and the children of the devil." " The good seed are the children of the kingdom, but the tares [FALSE PROFESSORS,] are the children... | |
 | John Howe - 1813 - 536 Seiten
...life, is in a state of life : as you may find by comparing together several verses of the 1 John 3. In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil : whosoever doth not righteousness, is not of God, (therefore he is of the devil,) neither he that... | |
 | Andrews Norton - 1813 - 424 Seiten
...operation in other cases. St. John's 1 Epistle iii. 8— K). "lie that committc th sin is of the* devil— in this the children of God are manifest and the children of the devil" Now John, of all the aposdes the most amiable and the mildest, writing in the decline of life when... | |
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In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil. Whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother. 
