 | 1817 - 436 pages
...fruits ye shall know them." Let him shew by his works of what kind it is. " He that saith he knoweth God and keepeth not his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him." 1 John ii. 4. Thus the apostles taught, and thus we believe. " Let God be true and every man (who contradicts him)... | |
 | Legh Richmond - Suffering - 1817 - 806 pages
...know God, but by their works they deny God." (Titus, i.) St. John saith, "Whoso saith he knoweth God, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him." (1 Ep. ii.) St. James saith (chap, ii.), " Faith without works is dead, and the devil believeth and trembleth... | |
 | Joseph Benson - Christian literature, American - 1817 - 630 pages
...knoweth not God, for God is love. And hereby we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. He that saith, I know 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... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1817 - 538 pages
...Ptil II. p. 60. said to be made perfect, or finished, in keeping his commandments ; I John ii. 4, 5. He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar ; and the truth is -not in him : but whoso keepeth his word, in him verify is the love of God per~ Jected.... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1817 - 616 pages
...spiritual knowledge, chap. ii. 3, 4. " Hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. He that saith, I know 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. "... | |
 | George Burder - 1818 - 332 pages
...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,...liar, and the truth is not in him." 1 John ii. 4. On the contrary, he who truly knows God, will love, and serve, and obey him. Thus the obedience of... | |
 | Jacob Catlin - Bible - 1818 - 334 pages
...clear and satisfactory evidence of vital piety. This is abundantly confirmed, by the beloved Apostle. " He that saith I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him." " But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected.... | |
 | William Carus Wilson - Theology - 1840 - 644 pages
...a sign of an unregenerate state. " Hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him." (1 John il. 3, 4.) "Whosoever sinneth, hath not seen him, neither knoweth him. He that committeth sin, is of... | |
 | sir Adam Gordon (bart.) - 1819 - 484 pages
...this disciple's testimony by the following bold assertion — that he who saith he knoweth Christ, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. (1 Ep. ii. 4.) And if there needs any thing further to confirm it, what can be more to the purpose, than... | |
 | William Chillingworth - Protestantism - 1820 - 508 pages
...one, but he shall infallibly be persuaded to the other : so that " he which saith, he knoweth God, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him." (1 John ii. 4.) And this I shall endeavour to confirm by induction, examining the truth and reality of our assent to... | |
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He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. 
