Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Greek, "Every one who denieth the Son, hath not the Father either" (I John 4:2-3): "inasmuch as God hath given Himself to us wholly to be enjoyed in Christ" [CALVIN].
he—that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also. These words ought not to be in italics, as though they were not in the original: for the oldest Greek manuscripts have them.
hath—namely, in his abiding possession as his "portion"; by living personal "fellowship."
acknowledgeth—by open confession of Christ.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing 1 John 2:23:
1 John 2:24
1 John 2:26
1 John 2:29
2 John 1:9
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