1 John 5:11
And the testimony is this, "God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son."
Montgomery 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 who has the Son has the life; he who has not the Son of God has not the life.
Cross References
Matthew 25:46"And these will go away into eternal punishment; but the righteous into eternal life."
John 1:19Now this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent some priests and Levites to him from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?"
John 3:15in order that every one who believes in him may have eternal life.
John 4:4Now he had to pass through Samaria;
John 5:21"For just as the Father raises the dead and makes them alive, even so the Son makes whom he will alive.
John 6:40"For this is my Fathers will, that every one who beholds the Son and believes on him, shall 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 →