witness was asserted, and the authority of the former was stressed. The consequences of belief and unbelief in the witness were reiterated in stronger terms, for they were given with regard to the present rather than to the future. For the believer, eternal life is a present possession, not a reward bestowed at the gates of death. Wrath is the present lot of the unbeliever; he is already under condemnation. The contrast of believe and obey in verse 36 assists in defining the former term. Belief is
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