1 John 5:11

1 John 5:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
• New International Version (NIV)And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.

Context of 1 John 5:11

9If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater. For this is the witness of God [which] he has witnessed concerning his Son. 10He that believes on the Son of God has the witness in himself; he that does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the witness which God has witnessed concerning his Son. And this is the witness, that God has given to us eternal life; and this life is in his Son. 12He that has the Son has life: he that has not the Son of God has not life. 13These things have I written to you that ye may know that ye have eternal life who believe on the name of the Son of God.

1 John 5:11 word by word

καὶ αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ μαρτυρία ὅτι ζωὴν αἰώνιον ἔδωκεν ἡμῖν ὁ θεός· καὶ αὕτη ἡ ζωὴ ἐν τῷ υἱῷ αὐτοῦ ἐστιν.Read the interlinear

• isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• witnessμαρτυρίαmarturia · testimonyG3141
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• givenδίδωμιdidōmi · to giveG1325
• eternalαἰώνιοςaiōnios · eternalG166
• lifeζωήzōē · lifeG2222
• Sonυἱόςuihos · sonG5207

Cross-references for 1 John 5:11

• 1 John 5:7For they that bear witness are three:
• John 1:19And this is the witness of John, when the Jews sent from Jerusalem priests and Levites that they might ask him, Thou, who art thou?
• John 8:13The Pharisees therefore said to him, Thou bearest witness concerning thyself; thy witness is not true.
• John 19:35And he who saw it bears witness, and his witness is true, and he knows that he says true that ye also may believe.
• 3 John 1:12Demetrius has witness borne to him by all, and by the truth itself; and we also bear witness, and thou knowest that our witness is true.
• Revelation 1:2who testified the word of God, and the testimony of Jesus Christ, all things that he saw.
• 1 John 5:13These things have I written to you that ye may know that ye have eternal life who believe on the name of the Son of God.
• 1 John 2:25And this is the promise which he has promised us, life eternal.
• Matthew 25:46And these shall go away into eternal punishment, and the righteous into life eternal.
• John 3:15that every one who believes on him may [not perish, but] have life eternal.
• John 4:4And he must needs pass through Samaria.
• John 6:40For this is the will of my Father, that every one who sees the Son, and believes on him, should have life eternal; and I will raise him up at the last day.
• John 10:28and I give them life eternal; and they shall never perish, and no one shall seize them out of my hand.
• John 12:50and I know that his commandment is life eternal. What therefore I speak, as the Father has said to me, so I speak.
• John 17:2as thou hast given him authority over all flesh, that [as to] all that thou hast given to him, he should give them life eternal.
• Romans 5:21in order that, even as sin has reigned in [the power of] death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Commentaries on 1 John 5:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11This is the record - The great truth to which the Spirit, the water, and the blood bear testimony. God hath given us eternal life - a right to endless glory, and a meetness for it. And this life is in his Son; it comes by and through him; he is its author and its purchaser; it is only in and through Him. No other scheme of salvation can be effectual; God has provided none other, and in such a case a man's invention must be vain.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11And this is the record - This is the sum, or the amount, of the testimony ( ́ marturia) which God has given respecting him. That God hath given to us eternal life - Has provided, through the Saviour, the means of obtaining eternal life. See the notes at John 5:24; John 17:2-3. And this life is in his Son - Is treasured up in him, or is to be obtained through him. See the John 1:4; John 11:25; John 14:6 notes; Colossians 3:3 note.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-12Verses 9-12 Nothing can be more absurd than the conduct of those who doubt as to the truth of Christianity, while in the common affairs of life they do not hesitate to proceed on human testimony, and would deem any one out of his senses who declined to do so. The real Christian has seen his guilt and misery, and his need of such a Saviour. He has seen the suitableness of such a Saviour to all his spiritual wants and circumstances. He has found and felt…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11-12Whoever has the Son has life: Those who have the Son of God living in them have God’s eternal life now. They enjoy the presence of God's Spirit (2:20, 25, 27). They have the guarantee of eternity with God (see Ephesians 1:13–14).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. hath given--Greek, aorist: "gave" once for all. Not only "promised" it. life is in his Son--essentially (Joh 1:4; 11:25; 14:6); bodily (Col 2:9); operatively (2Ti 1:10) [Lange in Alford]. It is in the second Adam, the Son of God, that this life is secured to us, which, if left to depend on us, we should lose, like the first Adam.Read the comment

Topics related to 1 John 5:11

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• God
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• Hope
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Commentaries on 1 John 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings