Whoever denies the Son, the same doesn't have the Father. He who confesses the Son has the Father also.
(72) The words are found in most of the MSS., and in most of the versions, and in many of the Fathers. Besides, they wholly comport with the usual style of the Apostle, whose common practice it was to state things positively and negatively, and vice versa. Sec especially 1 John 5:12. — Ed. 