“Now, can you address THAT instead of rambling on about what your church has taught for thousands of years???”
Sure...the Fathers who established the canon of the NT, including John, believed what I believe, not what you believe. In fact, no Christian believed what you believe until about 500 years ago...and those people went to great lengths to disagree with anything Rome believed so their sincerity must be questioned.
But I’ll tell you what, read Homily XLVI on John by +John Chrysostomos. He specifically addresses this very verse in the 4th century.
All you are doing is repeating what your church taught you...You can’t respond to plain scripture???