1 John 5:11
New International Version
And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

New Living Translation
And this is what God has testified: He has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

English Standard Version
And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

Berean Standard Bible
And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.

Berean Literal Bible
And this is the testimony: that God has given to us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.

King James Bible
And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

New King James Version
And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.

New American Standard Bible
And the testimony is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.

NASB 1995
And the testimony is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.

NASB 1977
And the witness is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.

Legacy Standard Bible
And the witness is this, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.

Amplified Bible
And the testimony is this: God has given us eternal life [we already possess it], and this life is in His Son [resulting in our spiritual completeness, and eternal companionship with Him].

Christian Standard Bible
And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.

American Standard Version
And the witness is this, that God gave unto us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And this is the testimony: God has given us Eternal Life, and that life is in his Son.

Contemporary English Version
God has also said he gave us eternal life and this life comes to us from his Son.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And this is the testimony, that God hath given to us eternal life. And this life is in his Son.

English Revised Version
And the witness is this, that God gave unto us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
This is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is found in his Son.

Good News Translation
The testimony is this: God has given us eternal life, and this life has its source in his Son.

International Standard Version
This is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is found in his Son.

Literal Standard Version
and this is the testimony, that God gave continuous life to us, and this life is in His Son;

Majority Standard Bible
And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.

New American Bible
And this is the testimony: God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

NET Bible
And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

New Revised Standard Version
And this is the testimony: God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

New Heart English Bible
The testimony is this, that God gave to us everlasting life, and this life is in his Son.

Webster's Bible Translation
And this is the testimony, that God hath given to us eternal life: and this life is in his Son.

Weymouth New Testament
And that testimony is to the effect that God has given us the Life of the Ages, and that this Life is in His Son.

World English Bible
The testimony is this: that God gave to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

Young's Literal Translation
and this is the testimony, that life age-during did God give to us, and this -- the life -- is in His Son;

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Audio Bible



Context
God's Testimony about His Son
10Whoever believes in the Son of God has this testimony within him; whoever does not believe God has made Him out to be a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given about His Son. 11And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. 12Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.…

Cross References
Matthew 25:46
And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."

John 1:4
In Him was life, and that life was the light of men.

John 3:15
that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.

John 3:36
Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him."

John 10:28
I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.

1 John 1:2
And this is the life that was revealed; we have seen it and testified to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life that was with the Father and was revealed to us.

1 John 2:25
And this is the promise that He Himself made to us: eternal life.


Treasury of Scripture

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

this.

1 John 5:7,10
For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one…

John 1:19,32-34
And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou? …

John 8:13,14
The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest record of thyself; thy record is not true…

God.

1 John 5:13
These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.

1 John 2:25
And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.

Matthew 25:46
And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

this.

1 John 5:12,20
He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life…

1 John 1:1-3
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life; …

1 John 4:9
In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.

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3. which to the faithful are not grievous.
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Verse 11. - "And the substance of the internal testimony is this - we are conscious of the Divine gift of eternal life, and this we have in the Son of God." St. John's ζωὴ αἰώνιος is not "everlasting life:" the idea of endlessness may be included in it, but it is not the main one. The distinction between eternity and time is one which the human mind feels to be real and necessary. But we are apt to lose ourselves when we try to think of eternity. We admit that it is not time, that it is the very antithesis of time, and yet we attempt to measure it while we declare it to be immeasurable. We make it simply a very long time. The main idea of "eternal life" in St. John's writings has no direct reference to time. Eternal life is possessed already by believers; it is not a thing of the future (John 3:36; John 5:24; John 6:47, 54; John 17:3). It is that life in God which includes all blessedness, and which is not broken by physical death (John 11:25). Its opposite is exclusion from God.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
And
Καὶ (Kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

this
αὕτη (hautē)
Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3778: This; he, she, it.

is
ἐστὶν (estin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

[that]
(hē)
Article - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

testimony:
μαρτυρία (martyria)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3141: Witness, evidence, testimony, reputation. From martus; evidence given.

God
Θεὸς (Theos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.

has given
ἔδωκεν (edōken)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1325: To offer, give; I put, place. A prolonged form of a primary verb; to give.

us
ἡμῖν (hēmin)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 1st Person Plural
Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

eternal
αἰώνιον (aiōnion)
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 166: From aion; perpetual.

life,
ζωὴν (zōēn)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 2222: Life, both of physical (present) and of spiritual (particularly future) existence. From zao; life.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

this
αὕτη (hautē)
Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3778: This; he, she, it.

life
ζωὴ (zōē)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 2222: Life, both of physical (present) and of spiritual (particularly future) existence. From zao; life.

is
ἐστιν (estin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

in
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

His
αὐτοῦ (autou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

Son.
Υἱῷ (Huiō)
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's 5207: A son, descendent. Apparently a primary word; a 'son', used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship.


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