1 John 5:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

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 4:12-16. 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 5:11-12 above, and Romans 6:23).

1 John 5:20

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.