Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
A murderer (anqrwpoktonov). Old compound (Euripides) from anqrwpov (man) and kteinw (to kill), a man-killer, in N.T. only here and John 8:44 (of Satan).
No (pas--ou). According to current Hebraistic idiom= oudeiv as in 1 John 2:19, 1 John 2:21.
Abiding (menousan). Present active feminine accusative predicate participle of menw, "a continuous power and a communicated gift" (Westcott).
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
John 8:44
1 John 4:20
1 John 5:18
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