If ye know (εαν ειδητε). Third-class condition again with εαν and second perfect active subjunctive of οιδα. If ye know by intuiti…

If ye know that he is righteous. This is not said as if there could be any doubt on the subject, but merely to call their attention to it …

Second Half. God is Love (1 John 2:5–29:12).

1. Righteousness the criterion of divine birth ([Reference 1 Jo…

There is a clear break in thought and a new topic—“tests for knowing the children of God”—introduced here. Attention naturally focuses on the Fathe…

If you know that he is righteous, he again passes on to exhortations, so that he mingles these continually with doctrine throughout the Ep…

If you know that he is righteous
That is, Christ, who is righteous as God in his nature and in his works; and as man…

The truth of Christ, abiding in us, is a means to sever from sin, and unites us to the Son of God (John 15:3, 4). What value should we …