He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
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Gill's Exposition
He that saith I know him,.... God or Christ, as the Gnostics did, who pretended to great, even perfect, knowledge of divine things:
and keepeth not his commandments; which the above persons had no…
Barnes' Notes
He that saith, I know Him - He who professes to be acquainted with the Saviour, or who professes to be a Christian. And keepeth not his commandments - What he has appointed to be observed by his…
Adam Clarke
He that saith, I know him - This is a severe blow against those false teachers, and against all pretenders to religious knowledge, who live under the power of their sins; and against all Antinomians,…
These verses may seem to relate to the seventh verse of the former chapter, between which and these verses there occurred an incidental discourse concerning the believer's duty and relief in case of…
Cambridge Bible
The previous statement is enforced by denying the opposite of it. The construction, -he that saith," -he that loveth," &c. now takes the place of -if we say," -if we walk," &c., but without change of…
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