Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.--Teaching us that denying ungodliness and wordly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world.--Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.--Not as though. Commentary. John 3:13, NLT: "No one has ever gone to heaven and returned. In enjoining the duty of brotherly love on his disciples, he adverts to the fact that they must expect to be hated by the world, and tells them to remember that the world hated him before it hated them. Out of it flows most of the things that are worth while in life. Share “How can an old man go back into his mother’s womb and be born again?” the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ.--TIT. 1 Of St. Simon and St. Jude, the Saints whom we this day commemorate, little is known[1]. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. He is represented as coming down, because, being equal with God, he took upon himself our nature, John 1:14; Philemon 2:6-7. --1 John iii. The object of all this was to show more clearly the necessity of strong and tender mutual affection among Christians, since they could hope for none from the world. . They are either full of malice and envy, hateful, hating one another, or they are specious, hollow, false, and deceitful. 3:13 For no one - For here you must rely on my single testimony, whereas there you have a cloud of witnesses: Hath gone up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven. Find out more here. Go to. Bible > NLT > John 3 John 3 New Living Translation ... e 3:13 Some manuscripts add who lives in heaven. But our Lord probably spoke to correct a false notion among the Jews, viz. A look at the larger discussion of Jesus in this chapter demonstrates this is not true. Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. The doctrine of the Divine Immanence, in things and in persons, that doctrine which we are to-day slowly recovering, is rescued from pantheism by holding fast at the same time to the Christian, Love is the greatest thing in earth or heaven. Which is in Heaven - This is a very remarkable expression. g 3:16 Or For God loved the world so much that he gave. 3:13 Marvel not if the world hate you - For the same cause. Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you. Finding the new version too difficult to understand? 3:21 Or can see God at work in what he is doing. Love of relatives, love of friends, and love of the brethren (1 John 3: 14) make life worth living. By registering for an account, you agree to Faithlife’s. . 4.The Lord Jesus is divine. By "the world" is meant the inhabitants of the world, the wicked part of them; these hate the saints, though without a cause, any just cause, and for no other reason, but because they are chosen and called out of the world, and do not live the wicked life they do: and this hatred of theirs is not at all to be wondered at; so it was from the beginning, and has been in all ages since; immediately upon the fall there was enmity between the seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent, which showed itself in Cain, the instance just given, who hated and murdered his righteous brother; Ishmael, that was born after the flesh, persecuted Isaac, that was born after the Spirit; and as it was then, it is now, the Jews persecuted the prophets of old, and hated Christ and his apostles. 3 See how very much our Father loves us, for he calls us his children, and that is what we are! And the expression is founded upon this generally received maxim: That to be perfectly acquainted with the concerns of a place, it is necessary for a person to be on the spot. 4 So he got up from the table, took off his robe, wrapped a towel around his waist, 5 and poured water into a basin. It is not Moses who is to be heard now, but Jesus: Moses did not ascend to heaven; but the Son of man is come down from heaven to reveal the Divine will. 1 John 3:13 Parallel. Practical Righteousness Little children, let no man deceive you; he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as He is righteous.' “Son of Man” is a title Jesus used for himself. St. Jude, indeed, still lives in the Church in his Catholic epistle; but of his history we only know that he was brother to St. James the Less, and nearly related to our Lord and that, like St. Peter, he had been a married man. It is also frequently used by those who want to find contradictions in the Bible. John 3:3-12 New Living Translation (NLT) 3 Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, unless you are born again,[ a] you cannot see the Kingdom of God.” 4 “What do you mean?” exclaimed Nicodemus. Change Language {{#items}} {{local_title}} Get beautiful Bible art delivered to your inbox. Not that he brought down from heaven with him, either the whole of his human nature, or a part of it; either an human soul, or an human body; nor did he descend locally, by change of place, he being God omnipresent, infinite and immense, but by assumption of the human nature into union with his divine person: even the son of man which is in heaven; at the same time he was then on earth: not that he was in heaven in his human nature, and as he was the son of man; but in his divine nature, as he was the Son of God; see John 1:18; though this is predicated of his person, as denominated from the human nature, which was proper to him only in his divine nature; for such is omnipresence, or to be in heaven and earth at the same time: just as on the other hand God is said to purchase the church with his blood, and the Lord of glory is said to be crucified, Acts 20:28, where those things are spoken of Christ, as denominated from his divine nature, which were proper only to his human nature; and is what divines call a communication of idioms or properties; and which will serve as a key to open all such passages of Scripture: and now as a proof of our Lord's having been in heaven, and of his being a teacher come from God, and such an one as never was, or can be, he opens and explains a type respecting himself, in the following verse. For only I, the Son of Man, have come to earth and will return to heaven again. --1 JOHN III. The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.--We beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. Thou shalt worship no other …Anonymous—Daily Light on the Daily Path, May 3 EveningPerfecting holiness in the fear of God.--II COR. --1 JOHN III. Sorry, an error was encountered while loading comparison. And God's love is greater than all else. The doctrine of the Divine Immanence, in things and in persons, that doctrine which we are to-day slowly recovering, is rescued from pantheism by holding fast at the same time to the Christian …J.