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.

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

Majority Standard Bible
And this is that testimony: God has given 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 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.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and this is the testimony, that God gave continuous life to us, 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.

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;

Smith's Literal Translation
And this is the testimony, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And this is the testimony, that God hath given to us eternal life. And this life is in his Son.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And this is the testimony which God has given to 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.

New Revised Standard Version
And this is the testimony: God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And this is the testimony, that God has given to 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.
NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
And this is the testimony, that God has given us eternal life: and this life is in his Son.

Godbey New Testament
And this is the testimony, that God has given unto us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

Haweis New Testament
And this is the testimony, that God hath given life eternal to us; and this life is in his Son.

Mace New Testament
Now what is testified, is this, that God has given to us eternal life: and this life is by 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.

Worrell New Testament
And this is the testimony, that God gave to us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.

Worsley New Testament
And the testimony is this, that God hath given to us eternal life; and this life is in his Son.

Additional Translations ...
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
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 5:24
Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment. Indeed, he has crossed over from death to life.

John 17:3
Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.

Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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

John 6:47
Truly, truly, I tell you, he who believes has eternal life.

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

John 14:6
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

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

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.

Colossians 3:3-4
For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. / When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.

2 Timothy 1:1
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, according to the promise of life in Christ Jesus,

Titus 1:2
in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.

1 Peter 1:3-4
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, / and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, reserved in heaven for you,

Revelation 2:7
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to eat from the tree of life in the Paradise of God.


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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9. Jesus is the Son of God;
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And this is the testimony
The word "testimony" in Greek is "μαρτυρία" (martyria), which conveys the idea of a witness or evidence. In the context of 1 John, this testimony is not merely human but divine, underscoring the authority and truth of what follows. Historically, the concept of testimony was crucial in Jewish and early Christian communities, where the truth was established by the testimony of two or three witnesses (Deuteronomy 19:15). Here, the testimony is from God Himself, providing the ultimate assurance to believers.

God has given us eternal life
The phrase "God has given" emphasizes the grace and initiative of God in the salvation process. The Greek word for "given" is "δίδωμι" (didōmi), indicating a gift freely bestowed, not earned. "Eternal life" (ζωὴν αἰώνιον, zōēn aiōnion) is a central theme in Johannine theology, referring not only to life without end but to a quality of life that begins now and is characterized by a relationship with God. This life is a present possession for believers, rooted in the historical reality of Jesus' life, death, and resurrection.

and this life is in His Son
The preposition "in" (ἐν, en) signifies the sphere or realm in which eternal life is found. It is exclusively "in His Son," Jesus Christ, highlighting the unique and exclusive role of Christ in salvation. The historical context of early Christianity was marked by various teachings and philosophies, but John affirms that true life is found only in Jesus. This echoes Jesus' own words in John 14:6, "I am the way and the truth and the life." Theologically, this underscores the centrality of Christ in God's redemptive plan and the necessity of a personal relationship with Him for eternal life.

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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