1 John 5:11

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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.

“The testimony is this, that God gave to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.”

— WEB

“And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.”

— KJV

“And the witness is this, that God gave unto us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.”

— ASV

Cross-references

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John 1:4 "In him was life, and the life was the light of men."
1 John 4:9 "By this God’s love was revealed in us, that God has sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him."
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John 17:2-3 "even as you gave him authority over all flesh, so he will give eternal life to all whom you have given him."

Commentary

hath given--Greek, aorist: "gave" once for all. Not only "promised" it. life is in his Son--essentially (Joh 1:4; Joh 11:25; Joh 14:6); bodily (Col 2:9); operatively (Ti2 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.

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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