Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
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.
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.
Verse 11. _THIS IS THE RECORD_] The great truth to which the _Spirit_, the _water_, and the _blood_ bear testimony. _God hath_ _given us eternal life_-a _right_ to endless glory, and a _meetness_ for...
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 Sa...
V. HEREBY WE KNOW Chapter S 3:19-5:13 _ 1. Hereby we know that we are of the truth (1 John 3:19)_ 2. Hereby know ye the Spirit of God (1 John 4:1) 3. Hereby know we the Spirit of truth and of error...
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 re...
And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life and that that life is in his Son. He who has the Son has life; he who has not the Son has not life. I have written these things to you who beli...
LOVE WITHIN THE DIVINE FAMILY (1 John 5:1-2)...
HATH GIVEN. gave. See Romans 6:23. ETERNAL. App-151. LIFE. App-170....
S. John's characteristic repetition of the word -witness" is greatly weakened in A. V. by the substitution of -testify" in 1 John 5:9 and -record" in 1 John 5:10: see on 1 John 1:2;...
_And this is the record_ Better, as R.V., AND THE WITNESS IS THIS, as in 1 John 5:9: this is what the external witness of God, when it is internally appropriated by the believer, consists in; viz. the...
Faith is the Source of Love, the Victory over the World and the Possession of Life 1. _Whosoever believeth_ Or, _Every one that believeth_: the construction is identical with that in 1Jn 2:29, 1 John...
1 John 2:29 to 1 John 5:12. God is Love There seems to be no serious break in the Epistle from this point onwards until we reach the concluding verses which form a sort of summary (1 John 5:13-21). T...
1 John 2:29 to 1 John 5:12. GOD IS LOVE There seems to be no serious break in the Epistle from this point onwards until we reach the concluding verses which form a sort of summary (1 John 5:13-21). Th...
9–11. S. John’s characteristic repetition of the word ‘witness’ is greatly weakened in A.V. by the substitution of ‘testify’ in 1 John 5:9, and ‘record’ in 1 John 5:10-11 : see on 1 John 1:2;...
ΚΑῚ ΑὝΤΗ ἘΣΤῚΝ Ἡ ΜΑΡΤ. As R.V., AND THE WITNESS is THIS, as in 1 John 5:9 : this is what the external witness of God, when it is internally appropriated by the believer, consists in; viz. the Divine g...
ΈΔΩΚΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΔΊΔΩΜΙ (G1325) давать....
DISCOURSE: 2467 THE GOSPEL RECORD 1 John 5:11. _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; and he that hath not the Son o...
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...
CHAPTER XV _FAITHTHE POWER OF RIGHTEOUSNESS_ 1 John 5:4-12 A. _The Text_ For whatsoever is begotten of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that hath overcome the world, even our fait...
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 (;...
VERSE 11. AND THIS IS THE RECORD, THAT GOD HATH GIVEN. The important part of God's testimony, the most important to man, is that God bestowed upon us eternal life through his Son. We know that we pos...
6 It is a remarkable fact that the word _ testify _ is used concerning the Lord's baptism in water (Joh_1:34), and concerning His crucifixion (Joh_19:35), and here again of the spirit (6). This is con...
THE LOVE, OBEDIENCE, AND ASSURANCE OF BELIEVERS 1. The reason for brotherly love. 2. This is the converse of 1 John 4:19. Love to God and love to the brethren being inseparable, each is the test of...
HOW CAN I BE SURE? 1 JOHN _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 5 *FAITH OVERCOMES THE *WORLD (1 JOHN 5:1-5) V1 Jesus is the *Christ. Everyone who believes this has been born of God. Everyone who loves the fa...
V. (8.) FAITH THE TEST OF LOVE (1 John 5:1). (_a_) _Its power_ (1 John 5:1). (_b_) _The evidence on which it rests_ (1 John 5:6). (_c_) _What it contains_ ...
The Testimony of the Incarnation. _cf._ 1 John 1:2. ἔδωκεν, “gave,” aorist referring to a definite historic act, the Incarnation....
Our attitude to the Threefold Testimony. “If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater, because this is the testimony of God what He hath testified concerning His Son. He that b...
THE VICTORIOUS LIFE 1 John 5:1 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 fi...
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...
THE MEANS AND RESULTS OF HAVING ETERNAL LIFE Jesus was sent to open the way to eternal life in heaven, and to believe on Him, in the obedient way already discussed in earlier comments, is to gain that...
(12) And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. (12) Now at length he shows what this testimony is that is confirmed with so many witnesses: that is,...
And there are three that bear witness in earth, the spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one. (9) If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is...
_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 When the words ‘eternal life’ are uttered i...
11_That God hath given us eternal life _Having now set forth the benefit, he invites us to believe. It is, indeed, a reverence due to God, immediately to receive, as beyond controversy, whatever he de...
But a danger exists on the other side. It may be, that we love the brethren because they are pleasant to us; they furnish us with agreeable society, in which our conscience is not wounded. A counter-p...
AND THIS IS THE RECORD,.... The sum and substance of it, with respect to the person of Christ, and the security of salvation in him, who is the true God, and eternal life: THAT GOD HATH GIVEN TO US E...
And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Ver. 11. _That God hath given to us, &c._] How plain is the Holy Scripture in things needful to salvation!...
_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, an...
GIVEN TO US ETERNAL LIFE; made known to us the way of life, and given it to all who take that way. THIS LIFE IS IN HIS SON; he is the author of it, and it is obtained by faith in him....
AND THIS IS THE RECORD, THAT GOD HATH GIVEN TO US ETERNAL LIFE, AND THIS LIFE IS IN HIS SON....
The essence of faith:...
“Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and everyone that loveth Him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of Him.” The faith that Jesus is the Christ is here seen to corre...
9-12 Nothing can be more absurd than the conduct of those who doubt as to the truth of Christianity, while in the common affairs of life they do not hesitate to proceed on human testimony, and would...
Shepherd of Hermas Similitude Ninth Accordingly, those also who fell asleep received the seal of the Son of God. For," he continued, "before a man bears the name of the Son of God[27]...
1 John 5:11 And G2532 this G3778 is G2076 (G5748) testimony G3141 that G3754 God G2316 given G1325 ...
‘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 wi...
1 John 5:11-12. AND THE WITNESS IS THIS, THAT GOD GAVE UNTO US ETERNAL LIFE, AND THIS LIFE IS IN HIS SON. These closing words concerning that testimony of which the beginning of the Epistle spoke, go...
The ruling idea of the third part is Faith in the Spirit's testimony concerning the Son of God incarnate. The close of chap. 3 introduces the theme by the first explicit mention of faith and the Spiri...
THAT GOD GAVE (οτ εδωκεν ο θεος). Declarative οτ in apposition with μαρτυρια as in verse 1 John 5:14; John 3:19. Note aorist active indicative εδωκεν (from διδωμ) as in 1 John 3:23, the great histor...
1 John 5:6 The Witness of Christ. "Witness!" The word in its emphatic recurrence is typical of the situation out of which the Epistle springs. The special perils and anxieties with which the Church i...
1 John 5:1. _Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God:_ These are very simple words, but they contain a great depth of meaning. The teaching conveyed by this Epistle is very profou...
1 John 5:1. _Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God._ Take comfort, believer, from that declaration. You have accepted Jesus as the Christ the anointed of God, so the apostle aff...
CONTENTS: Faith the overcoming principle. The advantages of faith in salvation, prayer, preservation from sin. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Satan, John. CONCLUSION: He who has been born agai...
1 John 5:1. _Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ, is born of God._ The faith which embraces him as the Lord of glory, has a regenerating influence on the heart. The immediate fruit is love to...
IS THE WITNESS. "This is the _truth_ which God has declared: He _has given_ (made available in Christ-on-the-cross) us eternal life, and this life is in His Son!!!" [Christ-on-the-cross includes the _...
_And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in His Son _ THE DIVINE RECORD It is obvious that the designs of God respecting the work of His hands entirely depend...
1 JOHN—NOTE ON 1 JOHN 5:11 The TESTIMONY supporting faith in Christ is the message of Jesus’ incarnation, death, and resurrection. Through these, ETERNAL LIFE is available through faith in his Son
1 JOHN—NOTE ON 1 JOHN 5:1 Faith in the Son as the Way to Life. So far, John has written much about love and obedience, but not so much about faith. He now shifts to the importance of believing in the...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ 1 John 5:9. RECEIVE.—λαμβάνομεν; admit as valid. The testimony of two human witnesses is admitted; here is the threefold testimony of God—the voice at baptism, the acc...
EXPOSITION 1 JOHN 5:1 Faith is the source of love. 1 JOHN 5:1 The verse is a sorites. To believe in the Incarnation involves birth from God. To be born of God involves loving God. To love God invol...
Chuck Smith Whosoever believes that Jesus is the Messiah is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him (1 John 5:1). So I say, "I love Jesus. He is...
1 John 1:1; 1 John 2:25; 1 John 4:9; 1 John 5:10; 1 John 5:12;...
Hath given [ε δ ω κ ε ν]. The aorist tense, gave. So Rev. The reference is to the historic fact of the gift. So 1 John 3:23 : "We should love one another as He gave [ε δ ω κ ε ν] us commandment." Ver...
SOME THINGS WE MAY KNOW 1 John 5:1, _1 John 5:11_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS There may be some places where uncertainties lend enchantment to the view, but in matters of life and death we want full assuranc...
SALVATION MADE SURE 1 John 5:1 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 this is the sum of that testimony, that God hath given us a title to, and the real beginning of, eternal life; and that this is purchased by, and treasured up in, his Son, who has all the springs...
As if our apostle had said, "The sum of God's testimony recorded in the gospel is this, concerning his Son Jesus Christ, namely, that God for his sake has made. free deed of gift, of pardon and salvat...