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He who says, "I know him," and doesn`t keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
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Obedience as the Proof
Commentators unanimously agree that this verse establishes a clear test for genuine faith. A person's claim to know God is validated not by words or feelings, but by a life of obedience to His commands. As multiple scholars note, a profession of faith without the 'sure fruit and proof' of holy living is exposed as a lie.
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1 John
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18th Century
Presbyterian
He that saith, I know him, He who professes to be acquainted with the Saviour, or who professes to be a Christian.
And keepeth …
I know him (Εγνωκα αυτον). Perfect active indicative with recitative οτ like quotation marks just before it. This is one of the pi…
19th Century
Anglican
The fourth inference from the doctrine that God is Light analyzes more accurately the general expression of 1 John 1:7, walking in …
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Baptist
He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandment, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily i…
Now the author addresses his opponents who claim that they know God but at the same time break his commandments. Since he considers knowledge of Go…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
He that saith I know him God or Christ, as the Gnostics did, who pretended to great, even perfect, knowledge of divi…
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What knowledge of Christ can that be which does not see that He is most worthy of our entire obedience? A disobedient life shows there is neither r…
