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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - 1 John 2:23 - 2:23
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Greek, “Every one who denieth the Son, hath not the Father either” (1Jo 4:2, 1Jo 4:3): “inasmuch as God hath given Himself to us wholly to be enjoyed in Christ” [Calvin].
he - that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also. These words ought not to be in italics, as though they were not in the original: for the oldest Greek manuscripts have them.
hath - namely, in his abiding possession as his “portion”; by living personal “fellowship.”
acknowledgeth - by open confession of Christ.