God’s Testimony about His Son
1 John 5:11
In 9 translations
- 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.
- LSV
- and this is the testimony, that God gave continuous life to us, and this life is in His Son;
- YLT
- and this is the testimony, that life age-during did God give to us, and this — the life — is in His Son;
- DBY
- And this is the witness, that God has given to us eternal life; and this life is in his Son.Elohim
- DRC
- And this is the testimony, that God hath given to us eternal life. And this life is in his Son.
- GNV
- And this is that record, to wit, that God hath giuen vnto vs eternall life, and this life is in that his Sonne.
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- In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Textus Receptus include θεός (“God”); Tregelles, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
- Word order: SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort place ὁ elsewhere in this verse.
- Word order: SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort place θεός elsewhere in this verse.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)
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- SBLGNT: ὁ θεὸς ἡμῖν. Westcott and Hort (1881) read ὁ θεὸς ἡμῖν; Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition, Robinson–Pierpont read ἡμῖν ὁ θεὸς.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- καὶ αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ μαρτυρία, ὅτι ζωὴν αἰώνιον ἔδωκεν ὁ θεὸς ἡμῖν, καὶ αὕτη ἡ ζωὴ ἐν τῷ υἱῷ αὐτοῦ ἐστιν.
- RP2018
- Καὶ αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ μαρτυρία, ὅτι ζωὴν αἰώνιον ἔδωκεν ἡμῖν ὁ θεός, καὶ αὕτη ἡ ζωὴ ἐν τῷ υἱῷ αὐτοῦ ἐστίν.
- TR-Boyd
- Καὶ αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ μαρτυρία, ὅτι ζωὴν αἰώνιον ἔδωκεν ἡμῖν ὁ Θεός, καὶ αὕτη ἡ ζωὴ ἐν τῷ υἱῷ αὐτοῦ ἐστίν.
- SCR1894
- και αυτη εστιν η μαρτυρια οτι ζωην αιωνιον εδωκεν ημιν ο θεος και αυτη η ζωη εν τω υιω αυτου εστιν
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Cross-references most cited first
- Romans 6:23For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- 1 John 2:25And this is the promise that He Himself made to us: eternal life.
- John 3:36Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”
- 1 John 5:20And 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.
- 1 John 4:9This 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.
- John 1:4In Him was life, and that life was the light of men.
- 1 John 1:1–3That 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. And this is the life that was revealed; we…
- John 17:2–3For You granted Him authority over all people, so that He may give eternal life to all those You have given Him. Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.
- John 10:28I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.
- John 5:26For as the Father has life in Himself, so also He has granted the Son to have life in Himself.
- John 19:35The one who saw it has testified to this, and his testimony is true. He knows that he is telling the truth, so that you also may believe.
- John 6:40For it is My Father’s will that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”
- 1 John 5:10Whoever 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.
- John 6:68Simon Peter replied, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.
- Titus 1:2in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.
- John 14:6Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
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