1 John 4 Resources

ONLINE RESOURCES

• Critique of Online Resources for 1 John - Be a Berean! Acts 17:11+
• Does the Book of 1 John Present Tests of  Fellowship or Signs of Life? 
• Johnny V. Miller - Book Review of the unusual interpretations of 1 John in Zane Hodges' book The Gospel Under Siege
• Paul Apple's  critque of interpretative approach of Zane Hodges
• Loving the Brethren - Teachings of Zane Hodges - Middletown Bible
• How ‘Free Grace’ Theology Diminishes the Gospel - Critique of Wayne Grudem's Free Grace Theology - 5 Ways It Diminishes the Gospel
• The Unusual Teachings of Zane Hodges - George Zeller
• 1 John 3:10 Children of God and Children of the Devil - Middletown Bible
• Multi-part discussion of the unusual teachings of Zane Hodges, et al click Index (>100 pages)
• Sam Storms' Discussion of Zane Hodges' Interpretation of Fellowship;
• John Piper discusses Zane Hodges in his letter Who Am I Talking About?' 
• The Teachings of Zane Hodges, Joseph Dillow, Robert Wilkin

HENRY ALFORD

• 1 John 4 Commentary

ANONYMOUS

Spurgeon comments: "Upon two chapters only, but thoroughly good, and full of sweetness and light." (Commenting and Commentaries)

• Apostolic instruction exemplified in First John

PAUL APPLE

• 1 John - Tests of Eternal Life - A Devotional Commentary
• Click for Paul's Apple's introduction

JACK ARNOLD EXPOSITORY SERMONS EPISTLE OF FIRST JOHN

• 1 John 2:28-3:3 The Coming of Christ
• 1 John 3:4-10 The Cross and Christian Living
• 1 John 3:11-18 Love or Hate?
• 1 John 3:18-24 Overcoming A Condemned Heart

WILLIAM BARCLAY

• 1 John 4 Commentary

ALBERT BARNES

• 1 John 4 Commentary

BRIAN BELL

• I John 4:1-21 FAITH + LOVE

CHRIS BENFIELD 1 JOHN SERMONS

• 1 John 4:1-6 The Need for Spiritual Discernment
• 1 John 4:7-10 Defined and Delivered in Love
• 1 John 4:11-16 Love Lifted Me
• 1 John 4:17-21 The Evidence of Godly Love

JOHANN BENGEL

• 1 John 4 Commentary
• 1 John 4 Commentary The Critical English Testament

BIBLE.ORG

• 1 John 4:7-10 Love One Another

BIBLICAL ILLUSTRATOR

• 1 John 4 (more than 80 pages of resources)

HUGH BINNING (1627-1653)

• Spurgeon says this is "Milk for babes and meat for men; calls to backsliders and comforts for mourners." (Commenting and commentaries)

1 John - Fellowship with God (See list of 28 messages)

BRIAN BILL

• 1 John 4:1-7 The DaVinci Code - Separating Fact from Fiction
• 1 John 4:7-12 Love One Another

JIM BOMKAMP

• 34 Marks of a True Christian in 1 John

A E BROOKE

• 1 John 4 Commentary

JOHN CALVIN

• 1 John 4 Commentary

James Rosscup - Calvin was not only a great theologian but also a great expositor, and his insight into Scripture contributed to his grasp of doctrinal truth. His commentaries are deep in spiritual understanding, usually helpful on problem passages, and refreshing in a devotional sense to the really interested reader. He usually offers good help on a passage.

CAMBRIDGE BIBLE

• 1 John 4 Commentary (Alfred Plummer)

CAMBRIDGE GREEK

• 1 John 4 Commentary

ROBERT CANDLISH

• John 4 Commentary - alll below on one page
• 1 John 3:24, 4:1 Our Righteousness Attested by Obedience
• 1 John 3:24, 4:4 Our Righteousness Exercised in Trying the Spirits
• 1 John 4:4-6 The Spirit of Christ in us Greater than the Spirit of the Antichrist
• 1 John 4:7-10 Love is God - God is Love
• 1 John 4:10-12 Love Going Forth Towards What is Seen
• 1 John 4:13-16 Love the Means of Mutual Indwelling
• 1 John 4:17-19 The Boldness of Perfected Love
• 1 John 4:20, 21-5:1-3 The Objects of our Love - The Children of God and God Himself

ALAN CARR

• 1 John 4:7-12 What Are The Facts About God's Love?
• 1 John 4:7-12 The Love of God

D A CARSON

• The Difficult Doctrine of the Love of God - free download
• Five part series - Mp3's - 1 John 1 through 1 John 5:21

RICH CATHERS - HAS FREQUENT ILLUSTRATIONS

• 1 John 4:1-3
• 1 John 4:3-11
• 1 John 4:12-21

ADAM CLARKE

• 1 John 3 Commentary

James Rosscup - This old, conservative Wesleyan Methodist work is good devotionally and aggressive for righteous living. Laypeople can find it still valuable today. It is Arminian in viewpoint and thus helpful, for example, in showing the reader how this approach deals with texts involving the eternal security question. The work contains much background material from many sources on all books of the Bible.

STEVEN COLE

• 1 John 4:1-6 Spiritual Discernment
• 1 John 4:7-11 Why We Must Love
• 1 John 4:12-16 Assurance of Abiding
• 1 John 4:17-21 Facing the Judgment with Confidence

THOMAS CONSTABLE

• 1 John 4 Expository Notes

W A CRISWELL

• 1 John 4:10 The Love of God
• 1 John 4:7-21 The Love of God
• 1 John 4:14 The Savior of the World
• 1 John 4:14 The Savior of the World - 2

RON DANIEL

• 1 John 4:1-6 1 John 4:7-21

J N DARBY

• 1 John Brief Exposition

DEVOTIONAL WRITINGS EPISTLE OF FIRST JOHN

• 1 John 4 Devotionals - >70 from Biblegateway
• 1 John 4:1-6 Theodore Epp
• 1 John 4:7 J C Philpot
• 1 John 4:7-16 Theodore Epp
• 1 John 4:7-21 Theodore Epp
• 1 John 4:8 J C Philpot
• 1 John 4:8 Spurgeon
• 1 John 4:10 Octavius Winslow
• 1 John 4:10 Joe Stowell
• 1 John 4:11 Joe Stowell
• 1 John 4:13 J C Philpot
• 1 John 4:13 Spurgeon
• 1 John 4:14 Spurgeon
• 1 John 4:16 James Smith
• 1 John 4:16 F B Meyer
• 1 John 4:16 J C Philpot
• 1 John 4:16-19 F B Meyer
• 1 John 4:18 Octavius Winslow
• 1 John 4:18 Oswald Chambers
• 1 John 4:18 Joe Stowell
• 1 John 4:19 J C Philpot
• 1 John 4:19 Octavius Winslow
• 1 John 4:19 Spurgeon
• 1 John 4:19 Spurgeon
• 1 John 4:20 Octavius Winslow

DICTIONARY OF BIBLE THEMES MARTIN MANSER

Note: This resource is useful to help you with topics covered by the passage you are studying. Click the verse for the topics (examples listed for 1 John 4:1 - click on 5165   listening . Then you can either click the arrow to advance to the next verse or you can go to the top of the page in the dropdown window and select the specific verse or chapter you would like to study.

• 1 John 4:1

     5165   listening
     5175   reading
     6241   seduction
     8330   receptiveness
     8484   spiritual warfare, enemies
     8832   testing

JOHN DUMMELOW

• 1 John 5

J LIGON DUNCAN

• 1 John 4:1-6 The Test of Acknowledgment of Jesus the Messiah come in the Flesh
• 1 John 4:7-16 The Source of Love
• 1 John 4:7-19 The Expression of Love
• 1 John 4:20-21 The Inseparable Link Between Divine and Christian Love

E-CATENA

• 1 John 4  Early Church Fathers Compiled Comments

CHARLES ELLICOTT

• 1 John 4 Commentary for English Readers

James Rosscup - Though often scanty, the work edited by a brilliant scholar is sometimes very helpful. Ellicott was an Anglican bishop. The New Testament part is more valuable. The work dates back to 1897 and is verse by verse, consisting of 2,292 pp. Ellicott was an outstanding Anglican conservative scholar of the 19th century in England.

THEODORE EPP

• 1 John 4:1-6 Theodore Epp

EXPOSITOR'S BIBLE COMMENTARY - William Alexander

• 1 John 4 Commentary
• 1 John 4:17 Boldness in the Day of Judgment
• 1 John 4:2-3 The Polemical Element in the First Epistle of St John

EXPOSITOR'S DICTIONARY OF TEXTS

• 1 John 4 Commentary

EXPOSITOR'S GREEK - David Smith

• 1 John 4 Commentary

GEORGE FINDLAY

• 1 John 4 Commentary - scroll down to page 306

A C GAEBELEIN

• 1 John 4 Commentary

Rosscup - This dispensationally oriented work is not verse-by-verse, but deals with the exposition on a broader scale, treating blocks of thought within the chapters.The author was a popular evangelical Bible teacher of the first part of the century, much like H. A. Ironside in his diligent but broad, practical expositions of Bible books. Gaebelein was premillennial and dispensational, and editor for many years of Our Hope Magazine.

GENE GETZ - short videos discussing principles associated with the respective passages being studied.

• 1 John 3:24-4:6;The God-Man: We must never allow ourselves to be influenced by those who fail to teach that Jesus Christ was and is the God-man. Video
• 1 John 4:7-14; Our Corporate Witness: We are to love one another as Christ loved us so that we reveal God's message of love and salvation to the world. Video
• 1 John 4:15-19; Our Heavenly Father: Though God is holy and absolutely righteous, more and more we are to relate to Him without fear as our loving heavenly Father. Video

JOHN GILL

• 1 John 4 Commentary

Rosscup - His commentary is evangelical, wrestles with texts, is often wordy and not to the point but with worthy things for the patient who follow the ponderous detail and fish out slowly what his interpretation of a text is.

BRUCE GOETTSCHE

• 1 John 4:1-6 How to Find the Truth
• 1 John 4:7-12 Motivation for Love
• 1 John 4:13-16 The Basis of Our Confidence
• 1 John 4:17-21 No Fear

GOSPEL COALITION

• 1 John Sermons - most of these are Mp3 but many are highly regarded preachers

GOTQUESTIONS

• 1 John 4:1 What does it mean to test the spirits?
• 1 John 4:8 What is agape love?

L M GRANT

• 1 John 4 Commentary

DAVID GUZIK - Brief well-done comments from a modern expositor

• 1 John 4 Commentary

W. HALL HARRIS III

• Exegetical Commentary on 1 John 4:1-6
• Exegetical Commentary on 1 John 4:7-5:4a

NORMAN HARRISON

• 1 John 4:11 Loving As He Loved
• 1 John 4:13 Living in the Spirit

JAMES HASTINGS

• 1 John 4:7 The Bond of Brotherhood
• 1 John 4:8 God (God is Love)
• 1 John 4:18 Love Casting Out Fear
• 1 John 4:19 The Ray and the Reflection

ROBERT HAWKER

• 1 John 4 Commentary

MATTHEW HENRY

• 1 John 4 Commentary

Rosscup - This evangelical work, devotional in character, has been in constant demand for about 280 years. Its insight into human problems is great, but it often does not deal adequately with problems in the text. The one-volume form eliminates the Biblical text and is thus less bulky. It has sold very well. The late Wilbur M. Smith, internationally noted Bible teacher, seminary professor and lover of books, tabbed this “The greatest devotional commentary ever written” (cover, I volume edition). Henry was born in a Welch farmhouse, studied law, and became a Presbyterian minister near London. He wrote this commentary in the last 13 years before he died at 52 in 1714. The first of six volumes was published in 1708. He completed through Acts, and the rest of the New Testament was done by 14 clergymen

D EDMOND HIEBERT

• 1 John 4:1-6 - Excellent
• 1 John 4:7-21 - Excellent

James Rosscup has the following note on Hiebert's book The Epistles of John An Expositional Commentary. Note that the links below are to Hiebert's articles in Bibliotheca Sacra which form the basis for his formal published work. Thus Rosscup writes that Hiebert's work "is one of the best medium-length (here 371-pp.) explanations that is serious and clear to deal with most key matters, not pass them by. Hiebert sees ways to have assurance of real salvation, and 1Jn 5:13 as a key for the whole epistle, not confining its focus to details in 1Jn 5:1-12 or 1Jn 5:11,12 (251–52). He views 1Jn 5:16 as a case of a saved person praying for another saved person who receives “life” in the sense of restoration and promotion of his spiritual welfare (260). He usually takes a stand on what a phrase means, gives reasons, and is plain. His comments in the main body, his extensive bibliography (351–60), and frequent footnote references to good sources all exemplify his earnest attempt to give readers light." (Commentaries for Biblical Expositors: An Annotated Bibliography of Selected Works)

Cyril Barber (also referring to the book as does Rosscup) - Hiebert, a Mennonite NT scholar, delves into the letters of John to exact from them the truths that underscore the Christian life and find expression in the kind of walk that pleases the Lord. While he uses the text of the KJV for the benefit of his readers, he works from the original Greek text for his exposition, combining sound exegesis with devotional comments on the text. Here is a volume that is illustrative of the best evangelicalism has to offer. Recommended. (The Minister's Library, Volume 3)

F B HOLE

• 1 John 4 Commentary

HOLMAN STUDY BIBLE

• 1 John Study Notes - enter Scripture, select read in right column

H A IRONSIDE

• 1 John 4 Commentary

James Rosscup - A famous Bible teacher much sought after a few decades back continues to minister after his departure, as A. C. Gaebelein, A. W. Pink, W. H. Griffith-Thomas and others. He is staunchly evangelical, showing good broad surveys based on diligent study, practical turns, even choice illustrations. In prophecy he is premillennial dispensational. 

IVP COMMENTARY - 

• 1 John 4 Commentary

James Rosscup writes "A lucid 168-pp., crisp exposition with some application in a flow for popular, general use. In a number of verses the book helps, at others it frustrates due to passing by views and reasons, or lacks sufficient comments. Much generalizing leaves an impression that in order to be seen as saved one must live an ideally perfect life (cf. 43), yet at other points one reads that Christians sin (45). The work has a healthy clarity that real grace, distinct from cheap (see cheap grace) so-called (but not genuine) grace (51) elicits confession of sin and seeking obedience to God. Such a life with God helps one’s assurance to be a properly experienced reality, as in 1Jn 2:3 (51), even this by grace. Some statements are quite helpful, as “righteous conduct does not make us God’s children. Rather, such conduct is the consequence or expression of a relationship that already exists” after rebirth (87). Many issues are left in a blur, for instance “God’s seed remains” (1Jn 3:9)." (Commentaries for Biblical Expositors: An Annotated Bibliography of Selected Works)

JAMIESON,  FAUSSET, AND BROWN

• 1 John 4 Commentary
• See also the Unabridged Version

Rosscup - This is a helpful old set of 1863 for laypeople and pastors to have because it usually comments at least to some degree on problems. Though terse, it provides something good on almost any passage, phrase by phrase and is to some degree critical in nature. It is evangelical. There is also a 1-volume edition, briefer at some points (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1961). Especially in its multi-volume form this is one of the old evangelical works that offers fairly solid though brief help on many verses. Spurgeon said, “It contains so great a variety of information that if a man had no other exposition he would find himself at no great loss if he possessed this and used it diligently” (Commenting and Commentaries, p. 3). Things have changed greatly since this assessment! It is primarily of help to pastors and lay people looking for quick, though usually somewhat knowledgeable treatments on verses.

S LEWIS JOHNSON - WELL DONE SERMONS FROM FORMER PROFESSOR AT DALLAS THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY

• 1 John 4:1-6 The Test of the Spirits
• 1 John 4:7-12 The Divinity of Love
• 1 John 4:13-16 The Marks of an Authentic Believer
• 1 John 4:17-21 Boldness in the Day of Judgment

WILLIAM KELLY

• 1 John 4 Commentary

Hiebert's critique - Prints author's new translation. Twenty wordy lectures by a noted Plymouth Brethren scholar of the past century. Provides an important study of the text with numerous comments and illustrations of the religious scene from a perspective of intense loyalty to the Scriptures.

GUY KING 

• 1 John 3:19-4:6 The Proofs of the Fellowship
• 1 John 4:7-21 The Position of the Fellowship

King's writings have a devotional quality. He sees John's purpose as fellowship. 

STEVE KRELOFF - MESSIANIC JEWISH PASTOR

• 1 John Sermons - Mp3

PAUL KRETZMANN - LUTHERAN PERSPECTIVE

• 1 John 4 Commentary

LANGE'S COMMENTARY

• 1 John 3 Commentary

Hiebert's critique - A full exposition with an abundance of doctrinal, ethical, and homiletical material added.

Rosscup - The treatments of books within this evangelical set vary in importance. Generally, one finds a wealth of detailed commentary, background, and some critical and exegetical notes. Often, however, there is much excess verbiage that does not help particularly. On the other hand, it usually has something to assist the expositor on problems and is a good general set for pastors and serious lay people though it is old.

ROBERT LAW

• Tests of Life - A Study of First Epistle of St John (Another source) (Another source)

DAVID LEGGE - SERMONS

• 1 John 4:1-6 Discerning Christianity
• 1 John 4:7-21 Christian Love: Its Source and Sign

JOHN JAMES LIAS (1887)

Cyril Barber - One of the finest exegetical and expository works for preachers. Provides an excellent basis for a series of sermons. Deserves a place in the library of every minister and lay preacher. (The Minister's Library - Volume 2)

Hiebert's critique - A full, conservative exposition of 1 John by a British preacher and scholar. At the bottom of each page, in smaller type, is added a homiletical treatment of the epistle. (Nice addition!)

• 1 John 4:1-6 Spiritual Influence
• 1 John 4:7-13 Love A Divine Gift
• 1 John 4:14-16 Teaching of Christian Experience
• 1 John 4:17-21 Character of Christian Experience

JOHN MACARTHUR - CONSERVATIVE, EVANGELICAL

• 1 John 4:1 A Call to Discernment
• 1 John 4:1-6: Test the Spirits - Study Guide - see link in dropdown
• 1 John 4:1-6: How to Test the Spirits
• 1 John 4:7-12 Manifesting Perfect Love, Pt 1
• 1 John 4:13-21 Manifesting Perfect Love, Pt 2
• 1 John 4:7-21: Why We Should Love One Another - Study Guide - see link in dropdown

IAN MACKERVOY

• 1 John: How can I be Sure?

ALEXANDER MACLAREN

• 1 John 4:10 Christ’s Mission The Revelation Of God’s Love
• 1 John 4:17 The Servant As His Lord
• 1 John 4:18 Love And Fear
• 1 John 4:19 The Ray And The Reflection

Rosscup - This evangelical work is both homiletical and expository and is often very good homiletically but weaker otherwise. Helpful in discussing Bible characters, it is weak in prophecy at times because of allegorization. It is not really as valuable today as many other sets for the serious Bible student. The expositions are in the form of sermons.

BRYN MACPHAIL

• 1 John 4:1-6 Who Should We Listen To?
• 1 John 4:7-21 Where Does Love Come From?

HENRY MAHAN SERMONS & COMMENTARY FIRST JOHN

• 1 John 4 Commentary
• 1 John 4:1-6 Jesus Christ Is Come In the Flesh
• 1 John 4:1 What Are We to Believe?
• 1 John 4:7-8 Let Us Love One Another
• 1 John 4:10-12 Love, the Common Bond
• 1 John 5:1-4 What Is It to Be Born of God?
• 1 John 5:7 Questions About the Trinity
• 1 John 5:10-13 Believing God
• 1 John 5:11-12  Life Is In His Son
• 1 John 5:20 Faith or Presumption?
• 1 John 5:20 The Truth of the Gospel

J VERNON MCGEE

• 1 John 4 Commentary -Thru the Bible Mp3's

F B MEYER (THROUGH THE BIBLE COMMENTARY)

• 1 John 4

HEINRICH MEYER - CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL COMMENTARY ON THE NEW TESTAMENT

• 1 John 4 Commentary

MONERGISM

• 1 John Mp3 Series - click for list of links

G CAMPBELL MORGAN

• 1 John 4:15-17 The Life of the Christian - Its Expression
• 1 John 4 Commentary

James Rosscup - Morgan deals with the Bible chapter by chapter, with nearly 300 words on each. He devotes 400 pages to the Old Testament, 150 to the New Testament. It is a stimulating broad evangelical coverage of Scripture, if the reader is looking for synthesis rather than detail. Morgan was a master expositor in the early part of this century. Some of the effort is so general it is of little help except to those looking for sketchy treatment. It is evangelical and premillennial. Morgan is better in such works as The Crises of the Christ.

JAMES MORGAN

• 1 John: An Exposition (Table of Contents)

Spurgeon comments: "Dr. Candlish says that this is a work “of great practical interest and value,” and that had it appeared at an earlier date, “he might have abstained from issuing” his own Lectures on this Epistle. We are glad to possess both works." (Commenting and Commentaries)

HENRY MORRIS

• 1 John 4:1 try the spirits   false prophets
• 1 John 4:2 come in the flesh
• 1 John 4:3 spirit of antichrist
• 1 John 4:4 he that is in you
• 1 John 4:6 spirit of error
• 1 John 4:8 God is love
• 1 John 4:9 only begotten Son
• 1 John 4:10 propitiation
• 1 John 4:12 No man hath seen God
• 1 John 4:13 Hereby know
• 1 John 4:14 the Saviour
• 1 John 4:18 no fear in love

AUGUSTUS NEANDER (1852)

Spurgeon says "Mrs. Conant (who translated it from German) in her preface says: “The treasures of genius and learning which enrich his more scientific works, here seem vivified by a new element, and melt, under the fervor of his inner spiritual life, into a glowing stream of eloquent practical instruction.” (Commenting and commentaries)The First Epistle of John, Practically Explained

• Chap 4

ROBERT NEIGHBOUR

• 1 John 4 Commentary

NET BIBLE

• 1 John 3 Notes

JAMES NISBET (CHURCH PULPIT COMMENTARY)

• 1 John 4

OUR DAILY BREAD DEVOTIONALS

• 1 John 4:1 Bait-And-Switch
• 1 John 4:1 Not What It Seems
• 1 John 4:1-3 Lost Books?
• 1 John 4:4 The Standoff
• 1 John 4:4 He Doesn't Stand A Chance
• 1 John 4:4 Only A Scarecrow
• 1 John 4:4 Sunscreen
• 1 John 4:4 Immeasurably More
• 1 John 4:4 No Match For God
• 1 John 4:4 Jesus Is Greater
• 1 John 4:4 Shrike System
• 1 John 4:4 No Match for God
• 1 John 4:4 Blackbeard
• 1 John 4:4 Flee!
• 1 John 4:4 Satan's Secret
• 1 John 4:7 The Cry for Love
• 1 John 4:7 Learning to Love
• 1 John 4:7 Love The Brothers
• 1 John 4:7 A Church That Cares
• 1 John 4:7-8 Dying for Others
• 1 John 4:7-8 Where Love Comes From
• 1 John 4:7-10 The Power of Love
• 1 John 4:7-11 No Greater Love
• 1 John 4:7-11 Do You Love The World?
• 1 John 4:7-11 There Is Love
• 1 John 4:7-12 Human Chess
• 1 John 4:7-12 The Bus Driver
• 1 John 4:7-12 Love One Another
• 1 John 4:7-12 Fearless Love
• 1 John 4:7-15 Everybody Needs Love
• 1 John 4:7-16 Love Hurts!
• 1 John 4:7-16 Family Trademarks
• 1 John 4:7-19 Written in Red
• 1 John 4:7-21 Where Love Comes Fr
• 1 John 4:7-21 Loving God
• 1 John 4:7-21 Rudeness On The Rise
• 1 John 4:7-21 Well-Loved
• 1 John 4:7-21 The Difference Love Makes
• 1 John 4:7-5:1 Cherished Connections
• 1 John 4:8 God Is Love
• 1 John 4:8 Winds of Love
• 1 John 4:8-10 What's Love?
• 1 John 4:9 What Matters Most
• 1 John 4:9 Love Undeserved
• 1 John 4:9 God Calling
• 1 John 4:9 Love, INC
• 1 John 4:9-16 Love Revealed
• 1 John 4:10 A Parent's Pain
• 1 John 4:10 What's Love?
• 1 John 4:10 TGIF
• 1 John 4:10 Jesus Loves Maysel
• 1 John 4:10 Does God Love Me?
• 1 John 4:10 The Measure of Love
• 1 John 4:11 O Love That Will Not Let Me Go
• 1 John 4:11 Loving God
• 1 John 4:11 Precious to God
• 1 John 4:11 A Good Neighbor
• 1 John 4:11 A Fragrance
• 1 John 4:11 The Murder Of Love
• 1 John 4:11 Linked Hearts
• 1 John 4:11 The King’s Colors
• 1 John 4:11 What Type Are You?
• 1 John 4:11-21 What Fuels You?
• 1 John 4:13-16 Longing for God
• 1 John 4:16 The Lemon Tree
• 1 John 4:16 It’s All About The Love
• 1 John 4:15-18 Perfect Love
• 1 John 4:18 The Great Crescendo
• 1 John 4:18 No Fear Factor
• 1 John 4:18 Perfect Love
• 1 John 4:18 Give Voice To Your Love
• 1 John 4:18 Two Kinds of Fear
• 1 John 4:18 Paranoia In Reverse
• 1 John 4:19 Going First
• 1 John 4:19 No Wonder!
• 1 John 4:19 Does God Love Me?
• 1 John 4:19 Fear and Love
• 1 John 4:19 Love Comes First
• 1 John 4:19 The Miracle Of Restraint
• 1 John 4:19 “Daddy, I Found You!”
• 1 John 4:19 Well Loved
• 1 John 4:19 A New Purpose
• 1 John 4:21 The Measure Of Love
• 1 John 4:21 Porcupine People
• 1 John 4:20-5:5 A Multiplied Love

PASTOR LIFE SERMONS BY VARIOUS PASTORS 1 JOHN

Sermons from Baptist pastors.

• 1 John  4:1 The Acid Test of Faith  Johnny L. Sanders
• 1 John  4:12-16 The Practical Demonstration of God's Love  Johnny Hunt
• 1 John  4:13-16  Love Made Perfect  Johnny L. Sanders
• 1 John  4:1-6  Test The Spirits  Mark Adams
• 1 John  4:1-6  Testing The Spirits  Gil McKee
• 1 John  4:16-19 The Love of God and Fear Overcome  J. Mike Minnix
• 1 John  4:17-21  No Fear In Love  Johnny L. Sanders
• 1 John  4:2-6 Knowledge of the Holy Johnny L. Sanders
• 1 John  4:7-11  The Love of God  Johnny Hunt
• 1 John  4:7-11  Biblical Definition of God's Love - Part 3  Johnny Hunt
• 1 John  4:7-11  Biblical Definition of God's Love - Part 2  Johnny Hunt
• 1 John  4:7-11  Biblical Definition of God's Love  Johnny Hunt
• 1 John  4 :7-13  Proof By Love  Johnny L. Sanders
• 1 John  4:7-15  The Love Of God  James O. Coldiron
• 1 John  4:7-21  Perfect Love  Gil McKee
• 1 John  4:7-21  God Loves Us and Has a Plan for Us  Jerry N. Watts
• 1 John  4:9-14  Christmas Through The Eyes Of Calvary  Johnny Hunt

PETER PETT

• 1 John 4 Commentary

SAMUEL EYLES PIERCE (1835)

Spurgeon says "This devout author was highly Calvinistic, but withal full of spiritual power and unction. He loved the deep things of God, and wrote upon them in a gracious manner.” (Commenting and commentaries)

• The First Epistle General of John, Practically Explained (Volume 1 & 2)

JOHN PIPER

• 1 John 3:24b-4:6: Test the Spirits
• 1 John 4: The Greatest of These Is Love
• 1 John 4:7-11: Love One Another for Love Is of God
• 1 John 4:7-21 The New Birth Produces Love
• 1 John 4:13-16: God Abides in the One Who Loves
• 1 John 4:17-19: Perfect Love Casts Out Fear
• 1 John 4:20-5:5: His Commandments Are Not Burdensome

MATTHEW POOLE

• 1 John 4 Commentary

PRECEPT MINISTRIES

• 1 John Lesson 1 Overview - Who Goes to Heaven?
• 1 John Lesson 2 How Do you know Who to Believe?

RAY PRITCHARD

• 1 John 4:8 Sense and Nonsense About God’s Love

ALFRED PLUMMER

• 1 John 4 Commentary (Cambridge Bible Commentary)

POPULAR COMMENTARY

• 1 John 4 Commentary

PREACHER'S HOMILETICAL

• 1 John 4 Expository Notes

PULPIT COMMENTARY

• 1 John 4 Expositional Commentary
• 1 John 4:1-3 Tests of True or False Prophets
• 1 John 4:1-6 The Power of Trying the Spirits
• 1 John 4:1-6 The Spirit of Truth and the Spirit of Error
• 1 John 4:4 The Victory of the Christian over Antichristian Teachers
• 1 John 4:7-12 Love
• 1 John 4:7-21 Threefold Recommendation of the Duty of Loving One Another
• 1 John 4:9-11 The Supreme Manifestation of Love
• 1 John 4:13 God-likeness the Seal of a Divine Indwelling
• 1 John 4:14 The Historic Basis of the Christian Testimony
• 1 John 4:14 The Great Mission of Christ
• 1 John 4:15, 16 Divine Love a Home for the Soul and a Force Within It
• 1 John 4:16 The Love of God
• 1 John 4:17, 18 Love's Boldness in the Day of Judgment
• 1 John 4:17, 18 The Victory of Love Over Fear
• 1 John 4:19 Creed and Life: The Relation Between Them
• 1 John 4:19 God's Love and Ours
• 1 John 4:20, 21 Love to Man the Expression of Love to God

Rosscup - Many authors contributed to this work that had the aim of giving preachers material on introduction, verse by verse exposition, a section on homiletics, and a section of collected homilies (outlines, etc.) by various preachers, which can stimulate thought. It moves through one small section of Bible verses after another.

ROBERT RAYBURN

• 1 John 4:1-6 Acknowledging Jesus Christ
• 1 John 4:7-21 How to Excel in Love

RBC BOOKLET

• 1 John on The Assurance Of Salvation

REFORMATION STUDY BIBLE STUDY NOTES - 1 JOHN 

• 1 John 4:1–6
• 1 John 4:1
• 1 John 4:2
• 1 John 4:3
• 1 John 4:4
• 1 John 4:6
• 1 John 4:7–12
• 1 John 4:9
• 1 John 4:10
• 1 John 4:14
• 1 John 4:16
• 1 John 4:17
• 1 John 4:18

GRANT RICHISON

• 1 John 4 Commentary

Disclaimer: I do not agree with a number of Richison's comments. An example of one on 2Ti 2:12 in his First John Notes "A Christian is still a Christian even though he disowns the Lord." Read Jesus' words in Mt 10:33 and John's in 1 Jn 2:23-note. Many of Richison's comments and applications are excellent, but just be sure you read them with a Berean mindset Acts 17:11-note!

A T ROBERTSON

• 1 John 4 Commentary

DON ROBINSON

• 1 John 4:7-10 Knowing the Love of God
• 1 John 4:7-11 Authentic Love
• 1 John 4:1-21 Cautions of Fellowship
• 1 John 4:7-21 Cautions of Fellowship #2
• 1 John 4:7-21The Key to Loving Others
• 1 John 4:11-16 Five Reasons Jesus Came

ROB SALVATO

• 1 John 4:1-6 Testing The Spirits
• 1 John 4:7-16 Loving And Praying
• 1 John 4:17-5:5 Fullness Of Love

JOHNNY SANDERS

• 1 John 4-5 Commentary

HENRY SAWTELLE (1888)

Hiebert's critique - A conservative interpretation by a Baptist scholar of the past century. Offers a careful unfolding of the original for the English reader. 84 pages but print small so in effect well over 100 pages compared to usual text size. Easy to follow verse by verse and phrase by phrase exposition.

• 1 John 4

RAYMOND SAXE - sermons

• 1 John 4:1-6 (pdf)
• 1 John 4:7-10 (pdf)
• 1 John 4:11-21 (pdf)

SERMON BIBLE

• 1 John 4 Commentary

CHARLES SIMEON

• 1 John 4:4 God and Effectual Help
• 1 John 4:6 The Spirit of Truth and the Spirit of Error
• 1 John 4:9, 10 Love of God in Giving His Son for Us
• 1 John 4:14 Christ the Savior of the World
• 1 John 4:16 Distinctive Character of a Christian
• 1 John 4:16 God is Love
• 1 John 4:16, 17 Believer's Resemblance to God in Love (scroll down)
• 1 John 4:18 Influence and Importance of Love
• 1 John 4:19 God's Love the Source of Ours

HAMILTON SMITH

• 1 John Commentary - Hamilton Smith

CHUCK SMITH

• 1 John 4 Bible Commentary
• Sermon Notes for 1 John 4:1 Sermon Notes for 1 John 4:2
• Sermon Notes for 1 John 4:4 Sermon Notes for 1 John 4:5
• Sermon Notes for 1 John 4:7 Sermon Notes for 1 John 4:7, 8
• Sermon Notes for 1 John 4:9, 10 Sermon Notes for 1 John 4:10
• Sermon Notes for 1 John 4:13 Sermon Notes for 1 John 4:14
• Sermon Notes for 1 John 4:16-19 Sermon Notes for 1 John 4:17
• Sermon Notes for 1 John 4:19

HAMILTON SMITH

• 1 John Commentary - Hamilton Smith

JAMES SMITH HANDFULS OF PURPOSE 1 JOHN

• The Following are Available on 1 John Handfuls of Purpose
• Love's Four Prepositions 1 John 4:16, 1 John 4:9, 1 John 4:12, 1 John 4:17 
• The History And Development Of Love 1 John 4:8-9, 1 John 4:17, 1 John 2:5 
• Love 1 John 4:7-9, 1 John 4:11 
• Why Believers Should Love One Another 1 John 4:19 
• God 1 John 4:24, 1 John 1:5, 1 John 4:8, 1 John 4:16 
• Sin 1 John 
• The New Birth Its Evidences And Result 1 John 
• Abiding In Christ 1 John 
• Eternal Life 1 John 
• Manifested 1 John 
• Fear 1 John 4:18 

SPEAKER'S COMMENTARY

• 1 John 4 Commentary

R C SPROUL - Devotionals from Tabletalk

• 1 John 4:1 Test the Spirits
• 1 John 4:2–3 In the Flesh
• 1 John 4:4 Greater is He
• 1 John 4:5–6 Whoever Knows God
• 1 John 4:7–8 God is Love
• 1 John 4:9–10 In This Is Love
• 1 John 4:10–12 The True Love of God
• 1 John 4:11–12 We Ought To Love
• 1 John 4:13–15 Confession and the Spirit
• 1 John 4:16 We Have Come to Know
• 1 John 4:17–18 Perfect Love
• 1 John 4:19–21 He First Loved Us

C H SPURGEON

• 1 John 4 Exposition
• 1 John 4:10 Herein is Love 2448
• 1 John 4:10 Love’s Climax
• 1 John 4:10, 11 Herein Is Love 1707
• 1 John 4:14 Seeing and Testifying
• 1 John 4:16: A Psalm of Remembrance
• 1 John 4:19 Love
• 1 John 4:19 Love’s Birth and Parentage
• 1 John 4:19 Love's Great Reason
• 1 John 4:19: The Secret of Love to God
• 1 John 4:19: Love's Logic
• 1 John 4:19: Love's Birth and Parentage
• 1 John 4:8 - Devotional
• 1 John 4:13 - Devotional
• 1 John 4:14 - Devotional
• 1 John 4:19 - Devotional
• 1 John 4:19 - Devotional

RAY STEDMAN

• 1 John 4:1-3: When Unbelief Is Right
• 1 John 4:4-6: God Is Greater
• 1 John 4:7-12: Love Made Visible
• 1 John 4:13-21: Love's Accomplishments
• 23rd When Unbelief Is Right (1 John 4:1-3) — No one will dispute the fact of the existence of chaos and anarchy in the world. Have we in our intellectual pride rejected the existence of evil spirits as irrelevant fantasy?
• 24th God Is Greater (1 John 4:4-6) — Theological debates can be enlightening sources of learning, yet also wellsprings of pride. Have we first drunk deeply of the life of Christ in us?
• 25th God Is Love (1 John 4:7-10) — God showed His love by sending His Son that we might live through Him. Have we learned to recognize the true nature of Love as evidenced in all of God's actions?
• 26th The Debt Of Love (1 John 4:11-16) — Unless we have the life of God, we cannot love one another. Have we grasped and exercised the power of His Presence so as not to find this a surprising truth?
• 27th Confidence At The Judgment (1 John 4:17-21) — What happens when we die? Where do we find the knowledge to confidently answer this question? Are we making ourselves available to Him who loves through us?

JOHN STOCK (1865)

• The First Epistle General of John, An Exposition

Spurgeon says "Written by a well-instructed man of God. For spiritual teaching the work is second to none. Dr. Candlish prized it greatly.” (Commenting and commentaries)

SAM STORMS

• 1 John 4:1-6
• 1 John 4:7-21

TODAY IN THE WORD

• 1 John 4 Devotionals

A W TOZER

• 1 John 4: How to Test the Spirits Chapter 29 "Man the Dwelling Place of God

JOHN TRAPP

• 1 John 4 Commentary

James Rosscup writes "This work has long been ranked by many as the best older effort on the Greek text. It is detailed, thorough, and very useful for its incisive, definitive statements on problem areas as well as grammatical matters (Commentaries for Biblical Expositors: An Annotated Bibliography of Selected Works

BOB UTLEY

• 1 John 4 Commentary

MARVIN VINCENT

• 1 John 4 Word Studies in the New Testament

B F WESTCOTT

• 1 John 4 Commentary

James Rosscup writes "This work has long been ranked by many as the best older effort on the Greek text. It is detailed, thorough, and very useful for its incisive, definitive statements on problem areas as well as grammatical matters (Commentaries for Biblical Expositors: An Annotated Bibliography of Selected Works

DANIEL WHEDON

• 1 John 4 Commentary

STEVE ZEISLER

• 1 John 3:13-4:6 The Challenge of Love
• 1 John 3:19-4:6: No More Condemnation, No More Lies
• 1 John 4:7-12: The Glories of Love
• 1 John 4:7-21 He First Loved Us

SERMONS BY VERSE​​​​​

First Sunday After Trinity God is Love	Martin Luther	1 John 4:1
A Caution Against Fanaticism	J. Lindsay, D. D.	1 John 4:1-3
Characteristic Nature of the Influences of the Holy Spirit with Reference to Personal Religion	E. Yoking, M. A.	1 John 4:1-3
Christ Made a Phantom	Henry Bacon.	1 John 4:1-3
Our Righteousness Exercised in Trying the Spirits	R. S. Candlish, D. D.	1 John 4:1-3
Rules for Trial of the Spirits	Chas. Peters, M. A.	1 John 4:1-3
Testing False Teachers	J. Morgan, D. D.	1 John 4:1-3
The Duty of Testing the Spirits	J. J. Lias, M. A.	1 John 4:1-3
The Object of Faith	W. B. Jones, M. A.	1 John 4:1-3
The Springs and Motives of False Pretences to the Holy Spirit	D. Waterland, D. D.	1 John 4:1-3
The Test of Truth -- Confessing Christ	F. Ferguson, D. D.	1 John 4:1-3
The True and False Spirits	G. G. Findlay, B. A.	1 John 4:1-3
Try the Spirits	Abp. Wm. Alexander.	1 John 4:1-3
The Spirit of Truth and the Spirit of Error	R. Finlayson	1 John 4:1-6
The Victory of the Christian Over Antichristian Teachers	W. Jones	1 John 4:4
The Spirit of Truth and the Spirit of Error	R. Finlayson	1 John 4:1-6
Speech is a Child of Thought	I. Barrow.	1 John 4:4-5
The Advantages of Truth, in Opposition to Error	Abp. Tillotson.	1 John 4:4-5
The Christian's Conquest Over Sin	S. Edger, BA.	1 John 4:4-5
The Secret of Overcoming Satan	A. T. Pierson, D. D.	1 John 4:4-5
The Spirit of Christ in Us Greater than the Spirit of Antichrist in the World	R. S. Candlish, D. D.	1 John 4:4-5
The Two Spirits	Homilist	1 John 4:4-5
The Worldly Speak of the World	J. Trapp.	1 John 4:4-5
The Time Spirit and the Holy Spirit	M. Dix, D. D.	1 John 4:6
A Triune Philosophy	B. J. Snell, M. A.	1 John 4:7-10
Brotherly Love	D. Rhys Jenkins.	1 John 4:7-10
Christian Love	H. W. Beecher.	1 John 4:7-10
Christian Love	J. C. French.	1 John 4:7-10
God's Existence and Love	Bp. Harvey Goodwin.	1 John 4:7-10
Knowing God by Love	J. E. Rankin, D. D.	1 John 4:7-10
Love and Knowledge	J. M. Gibbon.	1 John 4:7-10
Love and Religion	J. M. Gibbon.	1 John 4:7-10
Love is of God	Bp. Stevens.	1 John 4:7-10
Love is of God -- God is Love	R. S. Candlish, D. D.	1 John 4:7-10
Love of Relations and Friends	J. H. Newman, D. D.	1 John 4:7-10
Love the Organ of the Highest Knowledge	Christian Weekly	1 John 4:7-10
Only Love Can Know Love	Geo. Thompson.	1 John 4:7-10
The Lessons of Love	H. M. Butler, D. D.	1 John 4:7-10
The Love of God	J. Morgan, D. D.	1 John 4:7-10
The Voice of God Through Human Love	C. Voysey.	1 John 4:7-10
Threefold Recommendation of the Duty of Loving One Another	R. Finlayson	1 John 4:7-21
Affections Essential to the Moral Perfection of the Deity	N. Emmons, D. D.	1 John 4:8
God Always Love		1 John 4:8
God and Love	J. M. Gibbon.	1 John 4:8
God is Love	M. G. Pearse.	1 John 4:8
God's Love Changeless	W. G. Pascoe.	1 John 4:8
God's Love Unfathomable	H. W. Beecher.	1 John 4:8
Originating Love	J. Vaughan, M. A.	1 John 4:8
Our Salvation Intelligible in the Light of God's Love	J. Morlais Jones.	1 John 4:8
The Love of God	A. Bonar.	1 John 4:8
The Love of God Manifested by the Sending of His Son	Bp. Mant.	1 John 4:8
The Love of God: the God of Love	Mark Guy Pearse.	1 John 4:8
The Love of the Eternal	W. J. Hocking.	1 John 4:8
The Loving Heart the Faculty for Knowing God	Homilist	1 John 4:8
Christ the Manifestation of Divine Love	S. Martin.	1 John 4:9-10
Divine Love in its Highest Manifestation	C. M. Merry.	1 John 4:9-10
God's Love Manifested in Christians	J. M. Gibbon.	1 John 4:9-10
God's Love Manifested in Redemption	R. Walker.	1 John 4:9-10
God's Love Proved	A. Maclaren, D. D.	1 John 4:9-10
The Love of God	H. W. Beecher.	1 John 4:9-10
The Love of God	T. B. Baker, M. A.	1 John 4:9-10
The Love of God	M. Rainsford, M. A.	1 John 4:9-10
The Love of God Manifested in the Son	H. Raikes, M. A.	1 John 4:9-10
The Love of God to Men in the Incarnation of Christ	Abp. Tillotson.	1 John 4:9-10
The Manifestation of Divine Love in the Gospel	E. D. Griffin, D. D.	1 John 4:9-10
The Supreme Manifestation of God's Love	A. Stackhouse, M. A.	1 John 4:9-10
The Supreme Manifestation of Love	W. Jones	1 John 4:9-11
Christ the Great Propitiation	Samuel Wilson.	1 John 4:10
Christ's Mission the Revelation of God's Love	Alexander Maclaren	1 John 4:10
God Seeks Our Love		1 John 4:10
Herein is Love	C. H. Spurgeon.	1 John 4:10
Love Descends	F. W. Robertson.	1 John 4:10
The Atonement for Sin, by the Death of Christ	T. Raffles, LL. D.	1 John 4:10
The Great Benefit Received by the Incarnation	Bp. Brownrigg.	1 John 4:10
The Love of God	W. Jay, M. A.	1 John 4:10
The Love of God, and the Response Due to It	A. Forman.	1 John 4:10
The Perfect Love	C. Kingsley, M. A.	1 John 4:10
The Propitiation	Sketches of Sermons	1 John 4:10
Brotherly Love	R. Warren, D. D.	1 John 4:11
God's Love the Pattern for Our Love	S. Martin.	1 John 4:11
Reflected Love	J. Vaughan, M. A.	1 John 4:11
The Divine Example of Love	J. Morgan, D. D.	1 John 4:11
The Divine Prototype of Love	Prof. T. Christlieb.	1 John 4:11
The Doctrine Love a Pattern for the Human	Abp. Benson.	1 John 4:11
The Love of the Father	D. C. Hughes, M. A.	1 John 4:11
The Nearness of God	G. Dawson, M. A.	1 John 4:12
God's Life in Man	T. G. Selby.	1 John 4:13
The Evidences of True Religion in Man	A. Macleod, D. D.	1 John 4:13
The Work of the Holy Spirit	D. Moore, M. A.	1 John 4:13
Christ the Saviour of the World	T. Boston, D. D.	1 John 4:14
Christianity a Fact and a Power	G. Parry.	1 John 4:14
The Great Mission of Christ	W. Jones	1 John 4:14
The Saviour of the World	Homilist	1 John 4:14
The Saviour's Mission and its Blessed Consequence	J. Morgan, D. D.	1 John 4:14
Confessing Jesus as the Son of God	J. Slade, M. A.	1 John 4:15
A Psalm of Remembrance	C. H. Spurgeon.	1 John 4:16
At Home in God's Love	I. E. Page.	1 John 4:16
Dark Times	Charles Kingsley	1 John 4:16
Divine Beneficence Defended	Prof. T. Fowler.	1 John 4:16
Dwelling in Love	J. Vaughan, M. A.	1 John 4:16
Dwelling in Love	Mrs. M. Bottome.	1 John 4:16
Fellowship with God Begets Love	J. Vaughan, M. A.	1 John 4:16
General and Particular Manifestation of the Love of God	W. Borrows, M. A.	1 John 4:16
God Embodied and Manifested in Infinite Love to Man	T. Chalmers, D. D.	1 John 4:16
God in Us and We in Him	Asa Mahan, D. D.	1 John 4:16
God is Love	J. Orr, B. D.	1 John 4:16
God is Love	Bp. Boyd Carpenter	1 John 4:16
God is Love	C. Voysey.	1 John 4:16
Living in Love	T. G. Selby.	1 John 4:16
Love	W. H. M. H. Aitken, M. A.	1 John 4:16
Love of God and Man	Charles Kingsley	1 John 4:16
Loving God is But Letting God Love Us	H. Bushnell, D. D.	1 John 4:16
The Heart of God	James T. East.	1 John 4:16
The Love of God	John Clayton.	1 John 4:16
The Love of God	Evan Lewis, B. A.	1 John 4:16
The Love of God	W. Jones	1 John 4:16
The Love of God Revealed by Jesus Christ	E. Bersier, D. D.	1 John 4:16
The Revealed Deity	R. W. Hamilton, D. D.	1 John 4:16
The Soul Dwelling in God	A. Macleod, D. D.	1 John 4:16
The Torment of Fear	Charles Kingsley	1 John 4:16
True Love	E. B. Pusey, D. D.	1 John 4:16
Boldness in the Day of Judgment	Bp. Wm. Alexander.	1 John 4:17
Christ's Poverty in Relation to Our Selfishness and Luxury	D. Trinder, M. A.	1 John 4:17
Perfect Love	P. B. Power, M. A.	1 John 4:17
The Perfection of Love	J. Morgan, D. D.	1 John 4:17
The Servant as His Lord	A. Maclaren, D. D.	1 John 4:17
The Triumph of Christ-Like Love	Homilist	1 John 4:17
The Victory of Love Over Fear	W. Jones	1 John 4:17, 18
A Soul-Tormenting Fear and a Fear-Expelling Love	D. Thomas, D. D.	1 John 4:18
Fear	Dean Alford.	1 John 4:18
Fear and Love	W. Bright, D. D.	1 John 4:18
Fear has Many Eyes. Fear Hath Punishment	Cambridge Bible for Schools	1 John 4:18
Love and Fear	A. Maclaren, D. D.	1 John 4:18
Love and Fear	J. M. Gibbon.	1 John 4:18
Love and Fear	A. Maclaren, D. D.	1 John 4:18
Perfect Love	Samuel Dunn.	1 John 4:18
Perfect Love	G. D. Watson.	1 John 4:18
The Place of Fear in the Gospel	Dean Vaughan.	1 John 4:18
The Spirit of Fear	James Freeman Clarke.	1 John 4:18
Action and Reaction Between God and Man	P. H. Steenstra, D. D.	1 John 4:19
Creed and Life	C. Clemance, D. D.	1 John 4:19
Doctrine and Morals	Luthardt.	1 John 4:19
God's Love	C. Clemance, D. D.	1 John 4:19
God's Love and Ours	W. Jones	1 John 4:19
God's Love the Cause of Ours	J. R. Illingworth, M. A.	1 John 4:19
God's Love to Man	E. N. Kirk, D. D.	1 John 4:19
God's Love to Us, and Ours to Him	E. H. Bradby, M. A.	1 John 4:19
Gratitude not a Sordid Affection	T. Chalmers, D. D.	1 John 4:19
Love	C. H. Spurgeon.	1 John 4:19
Love	C. Clemance, D. D.	1 John 4:19
Love for Love	B. D. Johns.	1 John 4:19
Love God and Humanity	W. Birch.	1 John 4:19
Love More Attractive than Light	C. H. Spurgeon.	1 John 4:19
Love of God	J. M. Gibbon.	1 John 4:19
Love, not Fear, the Animating Principle of a Believer's Conduct	J. Morgan, D. D.	1 John 4:19
Love's Birth and Parentage	C. H. Spurgeon.	1 John 4:19
Love's Logic	C. H. Spurgeon.	1 John 4:19
On Love to God	T. Fernie, M. A.	1 John 4:19
Our Love the Reflex of God's	J. Trapp.	1 John 4:19
Paganism and Christianity	C. Clemance, D. D.	1 John 4:19
Richard Baxter's Prayer	R. Baxter.	1 John 4:19
The Christian's Love	G. F. Pentecost, D. D.	1 John 4:19
The Genesis of Love	J. Watson, M. A.	1 John 4:19
The Love of God Reciprocated	Pulpit Themes	1 John 4:19
The Priority of God	Bp. Phillips Brooks.	1 John 4:19
The Ray and the Reflection	Alexander Maclaren	1 John 4:19
The Reciprocal Action of Love	John Tesseyman.	1 John 4:19
Why We Love Him	M. Simpson, D. D.	1 John 4:19
He's My Brother	U. R. Thomas, B. A.	1 John 4:20-21
Love to God Produces Love to Man	Geo. Macdonald, LL. D.	1 John 4:20-21
Love to God Promotive of Love to Man	C. Voysey.	1 John 4:20-21
The Great Commandment	J. Drew.	1 John 4:20-21