John Gill's Exposition on 1 John 2:25

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And this is the promise that he hath promised us, &c.] Either God the Father, who is that God that cannot lie, who in the covenant of his grace, before the world began, made this promise unto his people, [even] eternal life; which promise, with all others, was put into the hands of Christ, where, with them, it is yea and amen; and also the thing itself promised, where it is hid, and lies safe and secure: or the Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, who has promised it in the Gospel; for this is the sum of the Gospel declaration, that whoever believes in him shall have everlasting life; and this lies in the knowledge of the Father, and of the Son, and in the enjoyment of them, and conformity to them; wherefore the doctrine respecting them ought to be retained, and firmly adhered to.

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