1 John 5:11

Contextual Overview

¹⁰Anyone who believes in the Son of God has this testimony in his heart. Anyone who does not believe God has made him out to be a liar, because he has not believed the testimony God has given about his Son. ¹⁰ Whoever believes in the Son of God accepts this testimony. Whoever does not believe God has made him out to be a liar, because they have not believed the testimony God has given about his Son. ¹⁰ The one who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself; the one who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given concerning His Son. ¹⁰Anyone who believes in Jesus knows this to be true. Those who don't believe in Jesus are just calling God a liar. ¹⁰ He who has faith in the Son of God has the witness in himself: he who has not faith in God makes him false, because he has not faith in the witness which God has given about his Son. ¹⁰ He that believes on the Son of God has the witness in himself; he that does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the witness which God has witnessed concerning his Son. ¹⁰ He who believes in the Son of God has the witness in him. He who doesn't believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given concerning his Son. ¹⁰ He that believeth on the Son of God, hath the testimony in himself. He that believeth not God, hath made him a liar, because he believeth not the testimony which he hath testified of his Son. ¹⁰ He who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in his own heart: he who does not believe God has made Him a liar, in that he has refused to accept the testimony which God has given about His Son. ¹⁰ Hee that beleeueth on the Sonne of God, hath the witnesse in himselfe: he that beleeueth not God, hath made him a liar, because he beleeueth not the record that God gaue of his Sonne.

Bible Verse Review
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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.