1 John 5:13

1 John 5:13

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.

15 And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him.

16 If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin which does not lead to death, he will ask, and ^aHe will give him life for those who commit sin not leading to death. ^bThere is sin leading to death. ^cI do not say that he should pray about that.

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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I have written (egraya). Not epistolary aorist, but refers to verses I John 5:1-12 of this Epistle as in I John 2:26 to the preceding verses.

That ye may know (ina eidhte). Purpose clause with ina and the second perfect active subjunctive of oida, to know with settled intuitive knowledge. He wishes them to have eternal life in Christ (John 20:31) and to know that they have it, but not with flippant superficiality (I John 2:3 ff.).

Unto you that believe on (toiv pisteuousin eiv). Dative of the articular present active participle of pisteuw and eiv as in verse I John 5:10. For this use of onoma (name) with pisteuw see I John 3:23; John 2:23.

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