1 John 5:11

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - 1 John 5:9-12

The essence of faith: v. 9. If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater; for this is the witness of God which He hath testified of His Son. v. 10. He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself; he that believeth not God hath made Him a liar, because he believeth not the record that God gave of His Son. v. 11. And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. v. 12. He that hath the Son hath life; and he... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - 1 John 5:1-12

1 John 5:1-121Whosoever42 believeth that Jesus is the Christ43 is born of God: and every one that 2loveth him that begat loveth him also44 that is begotten of him. By this45 we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.46 3For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments 4are not grievous. For47 whatsoever48 is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh49 the world, even our50 faith. 5Who is... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - 1 John 5:1-12

the Victorious Life 1 John 5:1-12 The “begotten” children of God are constantly referred to in this Epistle. The word indicates the communication, in regeneration, of the divine nature, of which the first evidence is love. This love is not a weak sentimentality, but a, strong, vigorous response to the motions of the divine love. God’s life in the soul also manifests itself in our faith; and as faith is the substance of the unseen and eternal world, it overcomes the fascination and glamour of... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - 1 John 5:1-21

The final subject is our fellowship with God in life. This is fundamental, and is shown to be so. The relationship between the life of God and the love of God is self-evident, and that is equally true concerning the life of God and the light of God. Thus is brought out most clearly the true nature of Christianity. It is first and last and always life. Fellowship with the light of God is not possible to those who are alienated from His life. The experience and activity of His love never come... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - 1 John 5:1-21

Salvation Made Sure 1 John 5:1-21 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Taking stock is a very important thing with the business man. Laying a good foundation is a very important task with the builder, Feeling the. pulse and making a general physical examination is altogether vital to the physician. Of course, if we are saved, we are saved whether we know it or not. However, where is he who wants to risk on an uncertainty, the greatest issue of all issues whether one is saved or is not saved? Would any one care... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - 1 John 5:11-21

Some Things We May Know 1 John 5:1-3 , 1 John 5:11-21 INTRODUCTORY WORDS There may be some places where uncertainties lend enchantment to the view, but in matters of life and death we want full assurance. It is not enough to hope that we are saved, or think that we may be the children of God. The Lord has not left us wandering in doubt and despair as to the realities and verities of great eternal truths. Jesus Christ said to Nicodemus, "We speak that we do know, and testify that we have... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - 1 John 5:11-12

ETERNAL LIFE‘And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in His son. He that hath the Son hath life.’ 1 John 5:11-2 Kings : When the words ‘eternal life’ are uttered in our hearing, we turn instinctively to the opening of the great High Priestly prayer recorded in the seventeenth chapter of St. John’s Gospel, where we find our Lord saying: ‘This is life eternal, that they might know Thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, Whom Thou hast sent.’ I. How do... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 John 5:10-12

‘He who believes on the Son of God has the witness in him. He who does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the witness that God has borne concerning his Son. And the witness is this, that God gave to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He who has the Son has the life. He who does not have the Son of God does not have the life.’ So the one who believes on the Son of God has the witness in Him. He too was a witness. He witnessed to the truth while He was... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - 1 John 5:6-12

1 John 5:6-2 Kings : . Reference to the faith held by the Church concerning Christ leads John to specify in symbolic terms what that faith was and the witness by which it was sustained. The truth belongs to the sphere of revelation and so has its source in God, but it is confirmed by the spiritual experience which it creates in the believer. 1 John 5:6 . by water and blood: i.e. by the water of His baptism and the blood of His death. The reference is to two events in Christ’ s ministry,... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 1 John 5:11

His testimony, that this is his Son and the Christ, imports so much, that eternal life is in him, as the source and fountain of it; so that he gives it to us in no other way than in and by him. read more

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