1 John 5:11
And this is the testimony, that God has given us eternal life: and this life is in his Son.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
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 that has the Son, has life: he that has not the Son of God, has not life.
Cross References
Matthew 25:46And these shall go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.
John 1:19And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him: Who are you?
John 3:15that whoever believes on him may not perish, but have eternal life.
John 4:4And it was necessary that he should go through Samaria.
John 5:21For as the Father raises the dead, and makes them alive, so also the Son makes alive whom he will.
John 6:40For this is the will of him that sent me, that every one who sees the Son, and believes on 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 →