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Believeth on (pisteuōn eis). John draws a distinction between “not believing God” (mē pisteuōn tōi theōi) in next clause, the testimony of God about his Son, and surrender to and reliance on the Son as here (eis and the accusative). See the same distinction less clearly drawn in Joh 6:30. See also eis tēn marturian after pepisteuken in this same verse and Joh 2:23.
In him (en hautōi). “In himself,” though the evidence is not decisive between hautōi and autōi.
Hath made (pepoiēken). Perfect active indicative of poieō like memarturēken and pepisteuken, permanent state.
A liar (pseustēn). As in 1Jo 1:10, which see.
Because he hath not believed (hoti ou pepisteuken). Actual negative reason with negative ou, not the subjective reason as in Joh 3:18, where we have hoti mē pepisteuken). The subjective negative is regular with ho mē pisteuōn. Relative clause here repeats close of 1Jo 5:9.