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1 John 5:11

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9 Even if we accept human testimony, the testimony of God is greater. For this is the testimony that God has given about His Son.

10 Whoever believes in the Son of God has this testimony within him; whoever does not believe God has made Him out to be a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given about His Son.

And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.

12 Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.

13 I have written these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life.

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BSB
And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
KJV
And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
WEB
The testimony is this: that God gave to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
ASV
And the witness is this, that God gave unto us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
DARBY
And this is the witness, that God has given to us eternal life; and this life is in his Son.
BLB
And this is the testimony: that God has given to us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
ÅB
Og dette er vitnesbyrdet at Gud har gitt oss evig liv, og dette liv er i hans Sønn.
OTB
Og dette er vitnesbyrdet: Gud har gitt oss evig liv, og dette livet er i Hans Sønn.
B1930
Og dette er vidnesbyrdet at Gud har gitt oss evig liv, og dette liv er i hans Sønn.

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Cross references

  • Romans 6:23

    For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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  • 1 John 2:25

    And this is the promise that He Himself made to us: eternal life.

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  • John 3:36

    Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”

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  • 1 John 5:20

    And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

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  • 1 John 4:9

    This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him.

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  • John 1:4

    In Him was life, and that life was the light of men.

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  • 1 John 1:1–3

    That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our own eyes, which we have gazed upon and touched with our own hands—this is the Word of life.

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  • John 17:2–3

    For You granted Him authority over all people, so that He may give eternal life to all those You have given Him.

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