Robertson Word Pictures - 1 John 5:9 - 5:9

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Robertson Word Pictures - 1 John 5:9 - 5:9


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If we receive (ei lambanomen). Condition of first class with ei and the present active indicative, assumed as true. The conditions for a legally valid witness are laid down in Deu 19:15 (cf. Mat 18:16; Joh 8:17.; Joh 10:25; 2Co 13:1).

Greater (meizōn). Comparative of megas, because God is always true.

For (hoti). So it applies to this case.

That (hoti). Thus taken in the declarative sense (the fact that) as in Joh 3:19, though it can be causal (because) or indefinite relative with memarturēken (what he hath testified, perfect active indicative of martureō, as in Joh 1:32; Joh 4:44, etc.), a harsh construction here because of marturia, though some MSS. do read hen to agree with it (cf. 1Jo 5:10). See hoti ean in 1Jo 3:20 for that idiom. Westcott notes the Trinity in 1Jo 5:6-9 : the Son comes, the Spirit witnesses, the Father has witnessed.