1 John 5:11
And this is the testimony, that God gave eternal life to us, and this life is in his Son.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
In Context
12He who has the Son has the life. He who does not have the Son of God does not have the life.
Cross References
Matthew 25:46And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.
John 1:19And this is the testimony of John when the Jews sent forth priests and Levites from Jerusalem so that they might ask him, Who are thou?
John 3:15so that every man who believes in him would not perish, but may have eternal life.
John 4:4And it was necessary for him to pass through Samaria.
John 5:21For as the Father raises up the dead and makes alive, so also the Son makes alive whom he will.
John 6:40And this is the will of him who sent me, that every man who sees the Son, and believes in him, may have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.
Matthew Henry on 1 John 5:11-14
The Believer's Privilege. ( a. d. 80.) 10 He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son. 11 And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. 13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have… Read the whole commentary →