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1Jn_2:4. Inference from 1Jn_2:3, expressing the antithetical side.
ὁ λέγων κ . τ . λ .] is used in the same sense as ἐὰν εἴπωμεν , chap. 1Jn_1:6. Without reason, Braune considers that “in the singular there lies a progress in the development of the thought.” The statement that ἔγνωκα is used “with manifest regard to the Gnostics” (Ebrard), is not to be accepted; ὁ λέγων is rather to be taken in a quite general sense, comp. 1Jn_2:6, at the same time referring to the appearance of such a moral indifferentism among the churches, αὐτόν , as in 1Jn_2:3 = Θεόν .
ψεύστης ἐστί ] = ψεύδεται , chap. 1Jn_1:6; but in such a way that the idea is more sharply brought out by it (Braune).
καὶ ἐν τούτῳ κ . τ . λ .] as in chap. 1Jn_1:8.
From the connection between the knowledge of God and the observance of His commandments, it follows that he who boasts of the former, but is wanting in the latter, has not the truth in him, but is a liar.