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1 John 5:13

So that you may know. "I write this so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ (Logos as a human being) as I mentioned in John 20:31; but even more than this, I write so that you may KNOW that you do have eternal life!" Confidence is necessary to fight against defeatism and certain false doctrines. Note how John's proof progresses: 1 John 1:2; 1 John 2:25; 1 John 3:13-14; 1 John 4:12-13; 1 John 5:11-12. In the name. See Matthew 28:19; Acts 4:12 and notes. The name includes everything that Jesus is, was, and has done.

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See also 1 John 5:13 in other biblical comments:

  • A Textual Commentary On The Greek New Testament by Bruce M. Metzger

    1 JOHN 5:13 u`mi/n After u`mi/n the Textus Receptus, following K L P most minuscules, reads toi/j pisteu,ousin eivj to. o;noma tou/ ui`ou/ tou/ qeou/( i[na eivdh/te o[ti zwh.n e;cete aivw,nion( kai....

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 13. _THAT YE MAY KNOW THAT YE HAVE ETERNAL LIFE_] I write to show your privileges-to lead you into this holy of holies-to show what believing on the Son of God is, by the glorious effects it pro...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THESE THINGS HAVE I WRITTEN UNTO YOU - The things in this Epistle respecting the testimony borne to the Lord Jesus. THAT BELIEVE ON THE NAME OF THE SON OF GOD - To believe on his name, is to believe...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    CONCLUSION. A reminder of the writer's purpose, an assertion of the value and also the limitations of intercessory prayer, and a summary of the teaching of the epistle. 1 JOHN 5:13. THAT. LIFE: John...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    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...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    LOVE WITHIN THE DIVINE FAMILY (1 John 5:1-2)...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    HAVE. WRITTEN. I wrote. UNTO. to. THAT BELIEVE, &C. This clause is omitted by all the texts and by the Syriac. KNOW. App-132. AND... MAY. The texts read "even unto you that"....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _These things have I written unto you_ -These things" will cover the whole Epistle, and such is probably the meaning, as in 1 John 1:4, where S. John states the purpose of his Epistle in words which a...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Intercessory Love the Fruit of Faith and of the Possession of Life 13 17. Eternal life, faith, and brotherly love shewing boldness in intercession, are the leading ideas of this section. We have had m...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Conclusion and Summary Some modern writers consider that 1 John 5:13 constitutes the conclusion of the Epistle, the remainder (14 21) being a postscript or appendix, analogous to chap. 21. of the Gos...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    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...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    13. After ὙΜΙ͂Ν omit τοῖς πιστεύουσιν εἰς τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ Θεοῦ with [794][795][796], Vulgate, Memphitic, Thebaic, and Syriac against [797][798]. For καὶ ἵνα πιστεύητε ([799][800]) read ΤΟΙ͂Σ ΠΙΣ...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    13–17. INTERCESSORY LOVE THE FRUIT OF FAITH AND OF THE POSSESSION OF LIFE 13–17. Eternal life, faith, and brotherly love shewing boldness in intercession, are the leading ideas of this section. We hav...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    13–21. CONCLUSION AND SUMMARY Some modern writers consider that 1 John 5:13 constitutes the conclusion of the Epistle, the remainder (14–21) being a postscript or appendix, analogous to chap. 21 of t...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    ΈΓΡΑΨΑ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΓΡΆΦΩ (G1125) писать. Это может быть эпистолярный _aor._, относящийся к письму целиком, или же он может относиться к непосредственно предшествующему разделу, ст. 1-12 или ст...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 2468 USE OF THE SCRIPTURES TO BELIEVERS 1 John 5:13. _These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    THESE THINGS HAVE I WRITTEN UNTO YOU, &C.— This verse is by some looked upon as a summing up of the principal part of this epistle, in which St. John professes that he wrote, not to the false prophets...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    CHAPTER XVI _HEREBY WE KNOW_ 1 John 5:13-21 A. _The text_ These things have I written unto you, that ye may know that ye have eternal life, even unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God. THESE THINGS - th...

  • Commentary on the Minor Epistles by Caton

    VERSE 13. THESE THINGS HAVE I WRITTEN. The object the apostle had in writing these things to the believers in Christ is to make them fully understand how they may know of a certainty that they have e...

  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    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...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    5:13 know (e-11) _ Oida_ . 'conscious knowledge;' so vers. 15,18,19,20, first. _ ginosko_ , vers. 2.20, second....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    [4. The Conclusion (1 John 5:13). (1) FRESH STATEMENT OF THE PURPOSE OF WRITING, equivalent to that at the beginning of the Epistle, but differing from it (1 John 5:13). (2) WHAT CAN BE DONE FOR T...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    (2) WHAT CAN BE DONE FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT COME UP TO THE STANDARD ASSUMED (1 John 5:14). (14) AND THIS IS THE CONFIDENCE. — The assurance intended in 1 John 5:13 implies confidence, and confidence mea...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    The purpose for which St. John wrote his Gospel was that we might believe in the Incarnation, and so have Eternal Life (John 20:31); the purpose of the Epistle is not merely that we may have Eternal L...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    The Epistle is finished, and the Apostle now speaks his closing words. “These things I wrote to you that ye may know that ye have eternal life, even to you that believe in the name of the Son of God....

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    ASK ACCORDING TO HIS WILL 1 John 5:13 We know that we have eternal life. The rope is in our hand bearing us onward, but its ends are hidden from view in the past and in the future. We also know that...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    (13) These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God. (13) The concl...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    13_These things have I written unto you _As there ought to be a daily progress in faith, so he says that he wrote to those who had already believed, so that they might believe more firmly and with gre...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THESE THINGS HAVE I WRITTEN UNTO YOU,.... Which are contained in the epistle in general, and particularly what is written in the context, concerning the victory of the world, being ascribed to him who...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God. Ver. 13. _That ye m...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _These things have I written unto you_ The things contained in the former part of this chapter concerning the fruits of regenerating faith, and the water and the blood, and the witnesses in heaven and...

  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

    AND THAT YE MAY BELIEVE; believe with more steadfastness....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THESE THINGS HAVE I WRITTEN UNTO YOU THAT BELIEVE ON THE NAME OF THE SON OF GOD, THAT YE MAY KNOW THAT YE HAVE ETERNAL LIFE, AND THAT YE MAY BELIEVE ON THE NAME OF THE SON OF GOD....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    A CONCLUDING SUMMARY. The trust of the Christians:...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    “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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    13-17 Upon all this evidence, it is but right that we believe on the name of the Son of God. Believers have eternal life in the covenant of the gospel. Then let us thankfully receive the record of Sc...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    That, discerning their own faith, they might be in no doubt concerning their title to eternal life, and might be thereby encouraged to persevere in the same faith....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 John 5:13 things G5023 written G1125 (G5656) you G5213 believe G4100 (G5723) in G1519 name G3686 Son...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘These things have I written to you, that you may know that you have eternal life, even to you who believe on the name of the Son of God.' And these things are written to his hearers and readers so th...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    1 John 5:13. St. John returns now to his one great design, the fulfilling of the Joy of those who believe. THESE THINGS HAVE I WRITTEN TO YOU the whole Epistle, that is, THAT YE MAY KNOW THAT YE HAVE...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    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...

  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    I HAVE WRITTEN (εγραψα). Not epistolary aorist, but refers to verses 1 John 5:1-12 of this Epistle as in 1 John 2:26 to the preceding verses.THAT YE MAY KNOW (ινα ειδητε). Purpose clause with ινα...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life._ HELPS TO FULL ASSURANCE I. To whom was this written? It is important to...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    1 JOHN—NOTE ON 1 JOHN 5:13 Final Call to Faith and Understanding. “Know” occurs seven times in these verses. This indicates John’s focus on the assurance of Christian faith and salvation....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ 1 John 5:13 may be treated as a summary and conclusion. They divide into three parts: 1. Faith in the Son of God, eternal life, and love of the brethren showing itsel...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 John 1:1; 1 John 1:2; 1 John 1:4; 1 John 2:1; 1 John 2:13;...

  • Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)

    Have I written [ε γ ρ α ψ α]. Lit., I wrote. John speaks as looking back over his Epistle and recalling the aim with which he wrote. See on 2 13. May know [ε ι δ η τ ε]. Not perceive [γ ι ν ω σ κ ε ι...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    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...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    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...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    These things have I written — In the introduction, 1 John 1:4, he said, I write: now, in the close, I have written. That ye may know — With a fuller and stronger assurance, that ye have eternal life....

  • William Burkitt's Expository Notes

    Our apostle entering now upon the conclusion of his excellent epistle, acquaints them with his design and end in the writing of it, namely, 1. That they might know they had eternal life, that is, bot...

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