1 John 5:12
The one having the Son has the life; the one not having the Son of God has not the life.
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
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 has given unto us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
Cross References
John 3:15that every one believing in Him may have eternal life.
John 5:24Truly, truly, I say unto you, that every one hearing my word, and believing on Him that sent me hath eternal life, and doth not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.
Galatians 2:20I am crucified along with Christ; and I live no longer, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
1 John 2:23No one denying the Son has the Father: the one confessing the Son has also 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 →