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Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 John 5:20

is come. Not the word used in 1 John 4:2; 1 John 4:3; 1 John 5:6 (erchomai), but heko, to be present. Compare John 8:42.Hebrews 10:7; Hebrews 10:9; Hebrews 10:37. In the last reference the two verbs are seen: "shall come" (erchomai); "will come" (heko).

understanding. Greek. dianoia. Translated nine times "mind", once "imagination" (Luke 1:51), and "understanding" here, Ephesians 1:18; Ephesians 4:18.

true. App-175. This refers to the Father. Compare 1 John 2:5; 1 John 2:24. 1Jn 3:24. 1 John 4:12. This, &c. Also referring to the Father, the source of life (John 5:26), which life was manifested in His Son (1 John 1:2), and is given to us through, and in, Him (verses: 1 John 5:11 above, and Romans 6:23).

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