1 John 5:12
Whoever has the Son has life; whoever doesn’t have God’s Son does not have life.
Open English Bible (US)
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 that testimony: God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
Cross References
Mark 16:16He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who refuses to believe will be condemned.
John 3:15so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.”
John 5:24In truth I tell you that the person who listens to my message and believes him who sent me, has eternal life, and does not come under condemnation, but has already passed out of death into life.
Galatians 2:20I have been crucified with Christ. So it is no longer I that live, but it is Christ who lives in me; and, as for my present earthly life, I am living it by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
1 John 2:23No one who rejects the Son has the Father; to acknowledge the Son is to have the Father also.
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 →