1 John 5:13
These things have I written to you that ye may know that ye have eternal life who believe on the name of the Son of God.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
12He that has the Son has life: he that has not the Son of God has not life.
Cross References
John 1:12but as many as received him, to them gave he [the] right to be children of God, to those that believe on his name;
John 3:18He that believes on him is not judged: but he that believes not has been already judged, because he has not believed on the name of the only-begotten Son of God.
John 21:24This is the disciple who bears witness concerning these things, and who has written these things; and we know that his witness is true.
Acts 4:12And salvation is in none other, for neither is there another name under heaven which is given among men by which we must be saved.
2 Corinthians 5:1For we know that if our earthly tabernacle house be destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
1 Timothy 1:15Faithful [is] the word, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom *I* am [the] first.
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 →