1 John 5:12
He who has the Son has the life. He who does not have the Son of God does not have the life.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
In Context
11And this is the testimony, that God gave eternal life to us, and this life is in his Son.
Cross References
Mark 16:16He who believes and is immersed will be saved, but he who does not believe will be damned.
John 3:15so that every man who believes in him would not perish, but may have eternal life.
John 5:24Truly, truly, I say to you, that he who hears my word, and believes him who sent me, has eternal life. And he does not come into condemnation, but has passed from death into life.
Galatians 2:20I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. And what I now live in flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God who loved me and gave himself up for me.
1 John 2:23Every man who denies the Son, also does not have the Father.
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 →