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is come. Not the word used in 1Jn_4:2, 1Jn_4:3; 1Jn_5:6 (erchomai), but heko, to be present. Compare Joh_8:42. Heb_10:7, Heb_10:9, Heb_10:37. In the last reference the two verbs are seen: "shall come" (erchomai); "will come" (heko).
understanding. Greek. dianoia. Translated nine times "mind", once "imagination" (Luk_1:51), and "understanding" here, Eph_1:18; Eph_4:18.
true. App-175. This refers to the Father. Compare 1Jn_2:5, 1Jn_2:24; 1Jn_3:24; 1Jn_4:12-16. This, &c. Also referring to the Father, the source of life (Joh_5:26), which life was manifested in His Son (1Jn_1:2), and is given to us through, and in, Him (verses: 1Jn_5:11-12 above, and Rom_6:23).