We know By all these infallible proofs; that the Son of God is come Into the world; and hath given us an understanding Hath enlightened our minds; that we may know him that is true The living and true God, namely, the Father, of whom the apostle appears here to speak; and we are in him that is true In his favour, and in a state of union and fellowship with him; even This particle is not in the Greek; in Or rather; through; his Son Jesus Christ Through whose mediation alone we can have access to, or intercourse with, the Father. This Ουτος, he, namely, Christ, the person last mentioned; is the true God and eternal life He partakes with the Father in proper Deity, and our immortal life is supported by union with him. Little Or beloved; children, keep yourselves from idols From all false worship of images, or of any creature, and from every inward idol: from loving, desiring, fearing any thing more than God. Seek all help and defence from evil, all happiness, in the true God alone.
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1 John 5:20-21
20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.