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 the Son, hath not the Son of God, pointing back to God as the giver of life in His Son. Bengel observes : "The verse has two clauses : in the former, of God is not added, because believers know the Son; in the other it is added, that unbelievers may know at length how serious it is not to have Him."

Hath not life. Note the inversion "He that hath the Son hath the life. He that hath not the Son of God, the life hath he not."

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Old Testament