Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
1 John 5:12
And therefore, that we partake this life, or partake it not, as by faith we are united with him, or not united.
And therefore, that we partake this life, or partake it not, as by faith we are united with him, or not united.
Verse 12. _HE THAT HATH THE SON HATH LIFE_] As the eternal life is given IN the Son of God, it follows that it cannot be enjoyed without him. No man can have it without having Christ; therefore _he t...
HE THAT HATH THE SON, HATH LIFE - See the notes at John 5:24. John evidently designs to refer to that passage in the verse before us, and to state a principle laid down by the Saviour himself. This is...
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)...
LIFE. the life (1 John 5:11)....
A deduction from the preceding clause. If the Son has the life in Himself, then whoever has the Son has the life, and no man can have the one without the other. -To have the Son" must be compared with...
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...
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). Th...
12. A deduction from the preceding clause. If the Son has the life in Himself, then whoever has the Son has the life, and no man can have the one without the other. ‘To have the Son’ must be compared...
ΈΧΩΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΕΧΩ (G2192) иметь, обладать. _Praes. от_ гл. обозначает длительное обладание (М, 110). Это слово используется для определения нашего личного обладания Отцом посредством при...
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...
HE THAT HATH THE SON, &C.— "He, who is vitally united to the Son of God, as his Head andRedeemer, through faith in him, is already spiritually alive: and he who has not an interest in theSon of God ha...
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...
He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. THE SON HATH LIFE - `THE life.' Bengel, The verse has two clauses: in the former the Son is mentioned without "of...
VERSE 12. HE THAT HATH THE SON HATH LIFE. Life is bestowed when we believe on and accept the Son. It is then begun in us, and it is made sure to us by the practice of those virtues which he enjoins....
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_ ...
μή with the participle does not necessarily make the case hypothetical (_cf._ note on 1 John 2:4). St. John would have only too many actual instances before him in those days of doctrinal unsettlement...
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...
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...
_THE SOURCE OF CHRISTIAN LIFE_ ‘He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.’ 1 John 5:12 To live for God on earth, and with Him in heaven; to work for His glo...
12_He that hath not the Son _This is a confirmation of the last sentence. It ought, indeed, to have been sufficient, that God made life to be in none but in Christ, that it might be sought in him; but...
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...
HE THAT HATH THE SON,.... Has a spiritual and experimental knowledge of him, true faith in him; who has him dwelling in his heart, and living in him: HATH LIFE: not only spiritual life, being quicken...
He that hath the Son hath life; _and_ he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. Ver. 12. _Hath life_] For he is the prince and principle of life; and all out of him are dead while they live. _No...
_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...
THAT HATH THE SON; as his Saviour, by believing on him....
HE THAT HATH THE SON HATH LIFE; AND HE THAT HATH NOT THE SON OF GOD HATH NOT LIFE. Here the apostle shows with what confidence we should accept the testimony of the Gospel: If the witness of men we re...
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...
Tertullian Against Praxeas We believe not the testimony of God in which He testifies to us of His Son. "He that hath not the Son, hath not life."[437]...
1 John 5:12 has G2192 (G5723) Son G5207 has G2192 (G5719) life G2222 not G3361 have G2192 ...
‘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...
HATH THE LIFE (εχε την ζωην). The life which God gave (verse 1 John 5:11). This is the position of Jesus himself (John 5:24; John 14:6)....
1 John 5:12 The Lord and Giver of Life. I. If religion had nothing to do with this life, it would be enough to become religious when we are on the point of departing from life, when we are on the bor...
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...
WHOEVER HAS THE SON. "Since _life is in the Son_ (Acts 4:12 and note), you must have the Son to have life!!! To have the Son you must reach out through faith to seize Him and make yourself part of His...
_He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life _ TO HAVE CHRIST IS TO HAVE LIFE We may be said to have or receive the Son in these three modes--as a teacher, an e...
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...
1 JOHN—NOTE ON 1 JOHN 5:12 HAS THE SON implies a faith that is evident through love for others and devotion to God. Whoever DOES NOT HAVE LIFE faces eternal punishment ...
_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 Corinthians 1:30; 1 John 2:23; 1 John 2:24; 2 John 1:9; Galatians 2
Hath life [ε χ ε ι τ η ν ζ ω η ν]. More strictly, as Rev., the life; i e., the life which God gave (ver. 11). See on John 16:22. Compare Christ who is our life (Colossians 3:4). The Son of God. Hath t...
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...
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...
It plainly follows, he that hath the Son — Living and reigning in him by faith. Hath this life; he that hath not the Son of God hath not this life — Hath no part or lot therein. In the former clause,...