Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
hath the witness--of God, by His Spirit (1 John 5:8).
in himself--God's Spirit dwelling in him and witnessing that "Jesus is the Lord," "the Christ," and "the Son of God" (1 John 5:1, 1 John 5:5). The witness of the Spirit in the believer himself to his own sonship is not here expressed, but follows as a consequence of believing the witness of God to Jesus' divine Sonship.
believeth not God--credits not His witness.
made him a liar--a consequence which many who virtually, or even avowedly, do not believe, may well startle back from as fearful blasphemy and presumption (1 John 1:10).
believeth not the record--Greek, "believeth not IN the record, or witness." Refusal to credit God's testimony ("believeth not God") is involved in refusal to believe IN (to rest one's trust in) Jesus Christ, the object of God's record or testimony. "Divine "faith" is an assent unto something as credible upon the testimony of God. This is the highest kind of faith; because the object hath the highest credibility, because grounded upon the testimony of God, which is infallible" [PEARSON, Exposition of the Creed]. "The authority on which we believe is divine; the doctrine which we follow is divine" [LEO].
gave--Greek, "hath testified, and now testifies."
of--concerning.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Jeremiah 42:14
Luke 9:54
1 Timothy 2:6
1 John 1:10
1 John 5:8
1 John 5:9
1 John 5:17
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