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

Hath given - aorist, 'gave,' once for all. Not only 'promised' it.

Life is in his Son - essentially (; ; ); bodily (); operatively () (Lange). 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.

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