1Jo 5:5 | RWP | e4.org | And who is he that overcometh? ( τις εστιν δε ο νικων? ). Not a mere rhetorical question ( ), but an appeal to experience and fact. Note the present active articular participle ( νικων ) like νικα (present active indicative in verse ), "the one who keeps on conquering the world." See for the same note of victory ( νικος ) through Christ. See verse for ο πιστευων (the one who believes) as here. Jesus is the Son of God ( Ιησους εστιν ο υιος του θεου ). As in verse save that here ο υιος του θεου in place of Χριστος and see both in . Here there is sharp antithesis between "Jesus" (humanity) and "the Son of God" (deity) united in the one personality.

‏ 1 John 5:5

And who is he that overcometh? ( τις εστιν δε ο νικων? ). Not a mere rhetorical question (2:22), but an appeal to experience and fact. Note the present active articular participle ( νικων ) like νικα (present active indicative in verse 4), "the one who keeps on conquering the world." See 1Co 15:57 for the same note of victory ( νικος ) through Christ. See verse 1 for ο πιστευων (the one who believes) as here.

Jesus is the Son of God ( Ιησους εστιν ο υιος του θεου ). As in verse 1 save that here ο υιος του θεου in place of Χριστος 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.