{And who is he that overcometh?} ( is estin de ho nik(936e)?).
Not a mere rhetorical question ( 2:22 ), but an appeal to
experience and fact. Note the present active articular participle
(
ik(936e)) like
ik(8369) (present active indicative in verse 4 ),
"the one who keeps on conquering the world." See 1Co 15:57 for
the same note of victory (
ikos) through Christ. See verse 1
for ho pisteu(936e) (the one who believes) as here. {Jesus is the
Son of God} (I(8873)ous estin ho huios tou theou). As in verse 1
save that here ho huios tou theou in place of Christos and
see both in 2:22f . Here there is sharp antithesis between
"Jesus" (humanity) and "the Son of God" (deity) united in the one
personality.
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