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New Living Translation

1 John 5:11

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jesus Continued;   Life;   Regeneration;   Salvation;   Word of God;   The Topic Concordance - Eternal Life;   Giving and Gifts;   Life;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Excellency and Glory of Christ, the;   Life, Eternal;   Reward of Saints, the;   Witness of the Holy Spirit;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Jesus christ;   Life;   Son of god;   Witness;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Eternal Life, Eternality, Everlasting Life;   Immortality;   Jesus Christ, Name and Titles of;   Life;   Testimony;   Time;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Heaven;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Faith;   John, the Epistles of;   Revelation of John, the;   Holman Bible Dictionary - John, the Letters of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Blessedness;   John, Epistles of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Death of Christ;   Eternal Everlasting;   Eternal Life (2);   Example;   Faith ;   Life and Death;   Salvation Save Saviour;   Sanctify, Sanctification;   Unity;   Witness;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Life, Eternal;   Witness;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Eternal;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Holy Ghost;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Johannine Theology, the;   John, the Epistles of;   Life;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for December 23;   Every Day Light - Devotion for March 5;  

Parallel Translations

New American Standard Bible (1995)
And the testimony is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
Simplified Cowboy Version
This is what God said, he has given us eternal life and it is only found in his Son.
Bible in Basic English
And his witness is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
Darby Translation
And this is the witness, that God has given to us eternal life; and 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.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And this is the testimony, that God hath given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
Weymouth's 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.
King James Version (1611)
And this is the record, that God hath giuen to vs eternall life, and this life is in his Sonne.
Literal Translation
And this is the witness: that God gave us everlasting life, and this life is in His Son.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And this is that recorde, euen yt God hath geue vs euerlastinge life. And this life is in his sonne.
Mace New Testament (1729)
Now what is testified, is this, that God has given to us eternal life: and this life is by his son.
THE MESSAGE
This is the testimony in essence: God gave us eternal life; the life is in his Son. So, whoever has the Son, has life; whoever rejects the Son, rejects life.
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].
American Standard Version
And the witness is this, that God gave unto us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
Revised Standard Version
And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And this ys that recorde how that god hath geven vnto vs eternall lyfe and this lyfe is in his sonne.
Update Bible Version
And the witness is this, that God gave to us eternal 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.
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;
New Century Version
This is what God told us: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
New English Translation
And this is the testimony: God has given 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.
Contemporary English Version
God has also said that he gave us eternal life and that this life comes to us from his Son.
Complete Jewish Bible
And this is the witness: God 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.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And this is that record, to wit, that God hath giuen vnto vs eternall life, and this life is in that his Sonne.
George Lamsa Translation
And this is the testimony, that God has given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
Christian Standard Bible®
And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
Hebrew Names Version
The testimony is this, that God gave to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
International Standard Version
This is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is found in his Son.John 1:4; 1 John 2:25; 4:9;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
And this is the testimony, That the life which is eternal, Aloha hath given to us, and this life is in his Son.
Murdock Translation
And this is the testimony, that God hath given to us life eternal, 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 Life Bible
This is the word He spoke: God gave us life that lasts forever, 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.
New Revised Standard
And this is the testimony: God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, this, is the witness: - that, life age-abiding, hath God given unto us, and, this life, is, in 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.
King James Version
And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
Lexham English Bible
And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And this is the recorde, how that God hath geuen vnto vs eternall lyfe, and this lyfe, is in his sonne.
Easy-to-Read Version
This is what God told us: 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.
Good News Translation
The testimony is this: God has given us eternal life, and this life has its source in his Son.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And this is the witnessyng, for God yaf to you euerlastinge lijf, and this lijf is in his sone.

Contextual Overview

10 All who believe in the Son of God know in their hearts that this testimony is true. Those who don't believe this are actually calling God a liar because they don't believe what God has testified about his Son. 11 And this is what God has testified: He has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have God's Son does not have life. 13 I have written this to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know you have eternal life.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

this: 1 John 5:7, 1 John 5:10, John 1:19, John 1:32-34, John 8:13, John 8:14, John 19:35, 3 John 1:12, Revelation 1:2

God: 1 John 5:13, 1 John 2:25, Matthew 25:46, John 3:15, John 3:16, John 3:36, John 4:4, John 4:36, John 6:40, John 6:47, John 6:68, John 10:28, John 12:50, John 17:2, John 17:3, Romans 5:21, Romans 6:23, 1 Timothy 1:16, Titus 1:2, Jude 1:21

this: 1 John 5:12, 1 John 5:20, 1 John 1:1-3, 1 John 4:9, John 1:4, John 5:21, John 5:26, John 11:25, John 11:26, John 14:6, Colossians 3:3, Colossians 3:4, Revelation 22:1

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 30:15 - General Psalms 133:3 - even life Proverbs 8:35 - whoso Isaiah 45:17 - an everlasting Matthew 13:46 - one Matthew 19:16 - eternal Matthew 26:63 - the Christ Mark 1:1 - Christ Mark 9:7 - This Mark 12:6 - one Luke 10:42 - one Luke 23:42 - Lord John 5:24 - He that John 5:36 - I have John 5:40 - that Acts 3:15 - Prince Acts 4:12 - is there Acts 5:20 - all Acts 20:21 - Testifying Romans 3:27 - but by Romans 5:15 - and the gift 1 Corinthians 1:6 - the 1 Corinthians 2:1 - the testimony 1 Corinthians 15:45 - a quickening 2 Corinthians 1:20 - all 2 Corinthians 6:15 - or 2 Corinthians 9:15 - his Galatians 3:22 - that Colossians 2:6 - received Colossians 3:11 - but 1 Timothy 1:15 - worthy 1 Timothy 2:6 - to be testified 2 Timothy 1:1 - the promise 2 Timothy 1:8 - the testimony 2 Timothy 3:15 - which James 1:17 - good 1 John 1:2 - the life 1 John 1:3 - with his Revelation 20:15 - whosoever

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And this is the record,.... The sum and substance of it, with respect to the person of Christ, and the security of salvation in him, who is the true God, and eternal life:

that God hath given to us eternal life; which is a life of glory and happiness hereafter; in the present state is unseen, but will in the world to come be a life of vision, free from all the sorrows and imperfections of this; and will be of the utmost perfection and pleasure, and for ever. This is a pure free grace gift of God the Father, proceeding from his sovereigns good will and pleasure, and which he gives to all his chosen ones, for they are ordained unto eternal life; to as many as he has given to his Son; to all that are redeemed by his blood, and are brought to believe in him: to these he gave it in his Son before the world began; and to the same in time he gives the right unto it, the meetness for it, and the pledge and earnest of it; and will hereafter give them the thing itself, the whole of it, to be possessed and enjoyed by them in person, to all eternity.

And this life is in his Son: not only the purpose and promise of it, but that itself; Christ asked it of his Father in the covenant of peace, and he gave it to him, that he might have it in himself for all his people; and here it is safe and secure, it is hid with Christ in God, it is bound up in the bundle of life with him; and because he lives, this life will never be lost, or they come short of it.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And this is the record - This is the sum, or the amount, of the testimony (μαρτυρία 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.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 11. This is the record — The great truth to which the Spirit, the water, and the blood bear testimony. God hath given us eternal life-a right to endless glory, and a meetness for it. And this life is in his Son; it comes by and through him; he is its author and its purchaser; it is only in and through HIM. No other scheme of salvation can be effectual; God has provided none other, and in such a case a man's invention must be vain.


 
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