Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.
Ver. 9. Hath not God] And so consequently hath nothing. Habet omnia qui habet habentem omnia, He hath all that hath the haver of all. (Aug.) But sine Deo omnis copia est egestas, Plenty without God becomes penury. (Bern.) The wicked, for want of God, in the fulness of his sufficiency is in straits, Job 20:22; as he that hath God for his portion, in the fulness of his straits is in a sufficiency.