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ESV, 1 John 5:
γεγεννημένος (gegennēmenos)
Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 1080: From a variation of genos; to procreate; figuratively, to regenerate.
Who is the subject (he)?
The aorist specifies punctiliar or singular action when the Paraclete (Holy Spirit) was connected with the believer's human spirit. There is no relative pronoun here, only the article: nominative masculine singular. The subject is a combination of the Paraclete and the regenerated believer.
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γεγεννημένος (gegennēmenos)
Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 1080: From a variation of genos; to procreate; figuratively, to regenerate.
Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular
Who is the subject (he)?
The aorist specifies punctiliar or singular action when the Paraclete (Holy Spirit) was connected with the believer's human spirit. There is no relative pronoun here, only the article: nominative masculine singular. The subject is a combination of the Paraclete and the regenerated believer.
The evil one does not touch the Paraclete/regenerated believer combo.
