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If a man say (ean tis eipēi). Condition of third class with ean and second aorist active subjunctive. Suppose one say. Cf. 1Jo 1:6.
I love God (Agapō ton theon). Quoting an imaginary disputant as in 1Jo 2:4.
And hateth (kai misei). Continuation of the same condition with ean and the present active subjunctive, “and keep on hating.” See 1Jo 2:9; 1Jo 3:15 for use of miseō (hate) with adelphos (brother). A liar (pseustēs). Blunt and to the point as in 1Jo 1:10; 1Jo 2:4.
That loveth not (ho mē agapōn). “The one who does not keep on loving” (present active negative articular participle).
Hath seen (heōraken). Perfect active indicative of horaō, the form in Joh 1:18 used of seeing God.
Cannot love (ou dunatai agapāin). “Is not able to go on loving,” with which compare 1Jo 2:9, ou dunatai hamartanein (is not able to go on sinning). The best MSS. do not have pōs (how) here.