1 John 5:11

1 John 5:11

9 If we receive ^athe witness of men, the witness of God is greater; ^bfor this is the witness of God which He has testified of His Son.

10 He who believes in the Son of God ^ahas the witness in himself; he who does not believe God ^bhas made Him a liar, because he has not believed the testimony that God has given of His Son.

11 And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.

12 ^aHe who has the Son has¹ life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.

13 These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life,¹ and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.

Confidence and Compassion in Prayer

14 Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that ^aif we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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That God gave (oti edwken o qeov). Declarative oti in apposition with marturia as in verse I John 5:14; John 3:19. Note aorist active indicative edwken (from didwmi) as in I John 3:23 f., the great historic fact of the Incarnation (John 3:16), but the perfect dedwken in I John 3:1 to emphasize the abiding presence of God's love.

Eternal life (zwhn aiwnion). Anarthrous emphasizing quality, but with the article in I John 1:2.

In his Son (en tw uiw autou). This life and the witness also. This is why Jesus who is life (John 14:6) came to give us abundant life (John 10:10).

**Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing 1 John 5:11:**

John 3:19
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