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And who is he that overcometh? (tis estin de ho nikōṅ). Not a mere rhetorical question (1Jo 2:22), but an appeal to experience and fact. Note the present active articular participle (nikōn) like nikāi (present active indicative in 1Jo 5:4), “the one who keeps on conquering the world.” See 1Co 15:57 for the same note of victory (nikos) through Christ. See 1Jo 5:1 for ho pisteuōn (the one who believes) as here.
Jesus is the Son of God (Iēsous estin ho huios tou theou). As in 1Jo 5:1 save that here ho huios tou theou in place of Christos and see both in 1Jo 2:22. Here there is sharp antithesis between “Jesus” (humanity) and “the Son of God” (deity) united in the one personality.