toad because too ungainly” (F. B. Meyer). This positive/negative literary technique of John in stating a truth to emphasize its certainty, importance, and clarity is, like his other repeatings of various truths, found in both the Gospel and the Epistles of John. We note a few examples here of the positive/negative repeating of truths to illustrate this practice of John. These examples (beside our verse) include John 1:20, “He confessed” (positive), “and denied not” (negative); John 3:36, “He that