1 John 5:13

I write to you these things, that ye know, that ye have everlasting life, which believe in the name of God’s Son. (I write these things to you, so that ye know, that ye have Eternal Life, or eternal life, ye who believe in the name of God’s Son.)

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.

In Context

12He that hath the Son of God, hath also life; he that hath not the Son of God, hath not life. (He who hath the Son (of God), hath also life; he who hath not the Son (of God), hath not life.)

14And this is the trust which we have to God [or And this is the trust that we have in God], that whatever thing we ask after his will, he shall hear us (or he shall listen to us).

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Cross References

John 1:12But how many ever received him, he gave to them power to be made the sons of God, to them that believe in his name (or to those who believe in him);

John 3:18He that believeth in him, is not deemed; but he that believeth not, is now deemed, for he believeth not in the name of the one begotten Son of God. [He that believeth in him, is not deemed, or condemned; forsooth he that believeth not, is now condemned, for he believeth not in the name of the only begotten son of God.]

John 21:24This is that disciple, that beareth witnessing of these things, and wrote them; and we know, that his witnessing is true. (This is that disciple, who testifieth about these things, and wrote them; and we know, that his testimony is true.)

Acts 4:12and health is not in any other. For neither (any) other name under heaven is given to men, in which it behooveth us to be made safe. (and salvation, or deliverance, is not by any other. For no other name under heaven is given to men, by which it behooveth us to be saved.)

2 Corinthians 5:1And we know, that if our earthly house of this dwelling be dissolved, that we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, everlasting in (the) heavens (or eternal in heaven).

1 Timothy 1:15A true word and worthy (of) all receiving, for Christ Jesus came into this world to make sinful men safe, of which I am the first. (Here is a true word and worthy of all acceptance, that the Messiah Jesus came into this world to save sinful men, of whom I am the first or of whom I am the worst.)

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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