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

9We believe people who tell us about things that they know. So we can believe even more what God says. He has told us what is true about his Son. So we should believe his message. 10Anyone who believes in Jesus, the Son of God, will know that what God says is true. But anyone who does not believe God is saying that God tells lies. He does not believe the message that God has told us clearly about his Son. This is what God has told us: God has given us life with him that never ends. We receive this life when we believe in his Son, Jesus. 12So whoever belongs to the Son has this true life. But anyone who does not belong to the Son of God does not have this true life. 13I have written these things to you who believe that Jesus is the Son of God. I want you to know that you have true life with God for ever.

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• the recordὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the recordμαρτυρίαmarturia · testimonyG3141
• thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• hath givenδίδωμιdidōmi · to giveG1325
• to usἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• eternalαἰώνιοςaiōnios · eternalG166
• lifeζωήzōē · lifeG2222
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• Sonυἱόςuihos · sonG5207

Cross-references for 1 John 5:11

• 1 John 5:7So there are three things that show us clearly that Jesus came from God.
• John 1:19The Jewish leaders sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask John, ‘Who are you?’
• John 8:13The Pharisees began to argue with him. They said, ‘You are saying things about yourself. But there is nobody else to agree that these things are true.’
• John 19:35The man who saw these things has spoken about them. What he says is true. He knows that it really happened. He is telling you the truth so that you can believe.
• 3 John 1:12All the believers say that Demetrius is a good person. He obeys God's true message. That also shows clearly that he is a good person. We also say the same thing about him. You know very well that what we say about him is true.
• Revelation 1:2I, John, have written about everything that God showed me. These things are a true message from God. They are the things that Jesus Christ says are true.
• 1 John 5:13I have written these things to you who believe that Jesus is the Son of God. I want you to know that you have true life with God for ever.
• 1 John 2:25That is the real life that continues for ever. And that is what God has promised to give to us.
• Matthew 25:46Then those people on the king's left side will go away to the place where God will punish them for ever. But the good people on the king's right side will live for ever with God.’
• John 3:15As a result, everyone who believes him will be able to live for ever with God.
• John 4:4On his way, he had to go through Samaria.
• John 6:40These are the people who will have life for ever with God: everyone who sees the Son and believes in him. I will raise them all up on the last day. That is what my Father wants.’
• John 10:28I give them life for ever with God. They will never die. Nobody can ever take them away from me.
• John 12:50The message that the Father has given me causes people to have life for ever. I know that. So I speak only those things that the Father has said to me.’
• John 17:2You gave me authority over all people. You did this so that I could give people life for ever. Those are the people that you gave to me.
• Romans 5:21We see that sin ruled people's lives and brought death to them. But God's gift makes people right with him, and that is what rules their lives. People receive that gift because God is kind. As a result, they will have life with God for ever, because of what our Lord Jesus Christ has done.

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

• Jesus Continued
• Life
• Regeneration
• Salvation
• Word of God

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Eternal life
• Idol
• Hope
• Johannine Theology
• John, the Epistles of

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