1 John 5:11

And that testimony is to the effect that God has given us the Life of the Ages, and that this Life is in His Son.

Weymouth NT (1912)

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

10He who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in his own heart: he who does not believe God has made Him a liar, in that he has refused to accept the testimony which God has given about His Son.

12He who has the Son has the Life: he who has not the Son of God has not the Life.

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Cross References

Matthew 25:46"And these shall go away into the Punishment of the Ages, but the righteous into the Life of the Ages."

John 1:19This also is John's testimony, when the Jews sent to him a deputation of Priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him who he was.

John 3:15in order that every one who trusts in Him may have the Life of the Ages."

John 4:4His road lay through Samaria,

John 5:21For just as the Father awakens the dead and gives them life, so the Son also gives life to whom He wills.

John 6:40For this is my Father's will, that every one who fixes his gaze on the Son of God and believes in Him should have the Life of the Ages, and I will raise him to life on 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 →

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