Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
hath given—Greek, aorist: "gave" once for all. Not only "promised" it.
life is in his Son—essentially (John 1:4; John 11:25; John 14:6); bodily (Colossians 2:9); operatively (II Timothy 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.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing 1 John 5:11:
1 Timothy 2:6
1 John 5:9
1 John 5:13
1 John 5:17
1 John 5:20
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