Joh 5:42 | RWP | e4.org | But I know you ( αλλα εγνωκα υμας ). Perfect active indicative of γινωσκω , "I have come to know and still know," the knowledge of personal experience ( .). The love o' God ( την αγαπην του θεου ). Objective genitive, "the love toward God." See for this phrase in the same sense (only other instance in the Gospels, but common in 1John ( ; ; , ; ) and in ; ; . The sense of God's love for man occurs in ; , , ; . of Christ's love for man. These rabbis did not love God and hence did not love Christ.

‏ John 5:42

But I know you ( αλλα εγνωκα υμας ). Perfect active indicative of γινωσκω, "I have come to know and still know," the knowledge of personal experience (2:24f.).

The love o' God ( την αγαπην του θεου ). Objective genitive, "the love toward God." See Lu 11:42 for this phrase in the same sense (only other instance in the Gospels, but common in 1John (1Jo 2:5; 3:17; 4:7, 9; 5:3) and in 2Th 3:5; 2Co 13:14; Ro 5:5. The sense of God's love for man occurs in 1Jo 3:1; 4:9, 10, 16; Joh 15:9f. of Christ's love for man. These rabbis did not love God and hence did not love Christ.