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 accept the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater, because this is the testimony of God that he has testified concerning his Son. 10(The one who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself; the one who does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has testified concerning his Son.) And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12The one who has the Son has this eternal life; the one who does not have the Son of God does not have this eternal life. 13I have written these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.

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 5:7For there are three that testify,
• John 1:19Now this was John’s testimony when the Jewish leaders sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?”
• John 8:13So the Pharisees objected, “You testify about yourself; your testimony is not true!”
• John 19:35And the person who saw it has testified (and his testimony is true, and he knows that he is telling the truth), so that you also may believe.
• 3 John 1:12Demetrius has been testified to by all, even by the truth itself. We also testify to him, and you know that our testimony is true.
• Revelation 1:2who then testified to everything that he saw concerning the word of God and the testimony about Jesus Christ.
• 1 John 5:13I have written these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.
• 1 John 2:25Now this is the promise that he himself made to us: eternal life.
• Matthew 25:46And these will depart into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
• John 3:15so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.”
• John 4:4But he had to pass through Samaria.
• John 6:40For this is the will of my Father – for everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him to have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”
• John 10:28I give them eternal life, and they will never perish; no one will snatch them from my hand.
• John 12:50And I know that his commandment is eternal life. Thus the things I say, I say just as the Father has told me.”
• John 17:2just as you have given him authority over all humanity, so that he may give eternal life to everyone you have given him.
• Romans 5:21so that just as sin reigned in death, so also grace will 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

• Jesus Continued
• Life
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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