Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
And 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.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing 1 John 5:11:
John 1:4
Acts 3:15
Romans 8:16
2 John 1:3
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