1 John 5:11

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

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — John writes to a community being challenged by a teacher who denies the Son (1 John 2:22; 4:1–3), and he is closing his argument by restating what God's testimony actually declares.

The words — μαρτυρία (marturia) is a forensic term, the kind of testimony a witness gives in a court; John frames the gospel not as a suggestion but as a verdict already rendered.

The thread — Romans 6:23 names eternal life as God's gift "in Christ Jesus"; 1 John 2:25 calls it the promise He made; John 3:36 ties it directly to believing in the Son.

Why it lands — The verse removes the question from your performance and places it on possession: the issue is not whether you have enough faith, but whether you have the Son.

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The Greek words

King James Version

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

Cross-references

Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
1 John 2:25 And this is the promise that He Himself made to us: 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.”
1 John 5:20 And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
1 John 4:9 This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him.
John 1:4 In Him was life, and that life was the light of men.
1 John 1:1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our own eyes, which we have gazed upon and touched with our own hands—this is the Word of life.
John 17:2 For You granted Him authority over all people, so that He may give eternal life to all those You have given Him.
John 5:26 For as the Father has life in Himself, so also He has granted the Son to have life in Himself.
John 10:28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.