1 John 5:11

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 John 5:11

"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... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 John 5:11

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. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 John 5:11-12

1 John 5:11-12. And this is the record Η μαρτυρια , the testimony; the sum of God’s testimony concerning his Son, and salvation through him: this is the thing testified by the six witnesses the three in heaven, and the three on earth; that God hath given to us Hath sincerely and freely offered to mankind in general, and hath actually conferred on true believers in particular; eternal life Namely, a title to it, in their justification and adoption, Titus 3:7; Romans 8:17; a meetness... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 John 5:6-12

5:6-21 ASSURANCE OF ETERNAL LIFEThe basis of assurance (5:6-12)Those who taught Gnostic-type theories did not believe that the person who died on the cross was Jesus Christ the Son of God. They claimed that ‘the Christ’ (i.e. God) descended on Jesus (the man) in the form of a dove after his baptism and empowered him to do miracles, but departed before his crucifixion. According to them, the Jesus who suffered and died was merely a man. He was not ‘the Christ’. In other words, ‘the Christ’ came... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 John 5:11

hath given = gave. See Romans 6:23 . eternal . App-151 . life . App-170 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 John 5:11

And the witness is this, that God gave unto us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.The sum and circumference of the religion of Christ are encompassed here in a single sentence. All of God's witness for thousands of years in the Bible, all the messages through the holy prophets, all the typical significance of Judaism, and whatever else God did in his dealings with the human race were all directed to a single purpose: the identification of Jesus Christ as his only begotten Son and that... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 John 5:11

1 John 5:11. And this is the record, &c.— The phrase 'Η μαρτυρια seems here to signify, not the evidence of testimony, but the thing proved or testified of. So ch. 1 John 2:25. This is the promise, that is, the thing promised. The verse may be thus paraphrased: "And this is the substance andabridgment of this testimony, that the blessed God has, in his infinite condescension and bounty, given unto us the promises of eternal life; and this life is in his Son; purchased by him, and laid up in... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 John 5:11

11. hath given—Greek, aorist: "gave" once for all. Not only "promised" it. life is in his Son—essentially (John 1:4; John 11:25; John 14:6); bodily (Colossians 2:9); operatively (2 Timothy 1:10) [LANGE in ALFORD]. It is in the second Adam, the Son of God, that this life is secured to us, which, if left to depend on us, we should lose, like the first Adam. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 John 5:3-15

B. The Empowerment of Brotherly Love 5:3b-15If love for our brethren really boils down to keeping God’s commandments, how can we do that? It sounds difficult, even impossible. John proceeded to respond to this concern. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 John 5:11-12

This is the content of God’s testimony. Eternal life is inseparable from the person of Jesus Christ. Some of the false teachers seem to have tried to separate them (cf. 1 John 2:25-26). Jesus Christ and eternal life are one gift from God."’Eternal’ life is qualitative, not quantitative; it is the highest kind of spiritual and moral life, irrespective of time, which God enables the believer to share in relationship with Jesus." [Note: Smalley, p. 287.] 1 John 5:12 is not an offer of eternal... read more

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