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1Jn 5:20. Ἥκει) is come. Thus, ἡκω, Mar 8:3, note.-δέδωκεν, has given) that is, God: for in the preceding clause also the subject is by implication God, in this sense: God sent his own Son: and to this is referred αὐτοῦ, of Him, which presently follows.-διάνοιαν, understanding) not only knowledge, but the faculty of knowing.-τὸν ἀληθινὸν, the True One) Understand, His Son Jesus Christ: as presently afterwards. Whence it is perceived with what great majesty the Son thus entitles Himself: Rev 3:7.-οὗτος) This, the True One, the Son of God Jesus Christ: to whom the title of Life eternal is befitting.-ζωὴ αἰώνιος, Life eternal) The beginning and the end of the Epistle are in close agreement.