1 John 5:12
Whoever has the Son, has Life. Whoever does not have the Son, does not have Life.
Catholic Public Domain 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 which God has given to us: Eternal Life. And this Life is in his Son.
Cross References
Mark 16:16Whoever will have believed and been baptized will be saved. Yet truly, whoever will not have believed will be condemned.
John 3:15so that whoever believes in him may not perish, but may have eternal life.
John 5:24Amen, amen, I say to you, that whoever hears my word, and believes in him who sent me, has eternal life, and he does not go into judgment, but instead he crosses from death into life.
Galatians 2:20I live; yet now, it is not I, but truly Christ, who lives in me. And though I live now in the flesh, I live in the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and who delivered himself for me.
1 John 2:23No one who denies the Son also has the Father. Whoever confesses the Son, also has 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 →