God’s Testimony about His Son
1 John 5:12
In 9 translations
- BSB
- Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.
- KJV
- He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
- WEB
- He who has the Son has the life. He who doesn’t have God’s Son doesn’t have the life.
- ASV
- He that hath the Son hath the life; he that hath not the Son of God hath not the life.
- LSV
- he who is having the Son has life; he who is not having the Son of God does not have life.
- YLT
- he who is having the Son, hath the life; he who is not having the Son of God — the life he hath not.
- DBY
- He that has the Son has life: he that has not the Son of God has not life.Elohim
- DRC
- He that hath the Son, hath life. He that hath not the Son, hath not life.
- GNV
- He that hath that Sonne, hath that life: and he that hath not that Sonne of God, hath not that life.
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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Greek has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.
Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- ὁ ἔχων τὸν υἱὸν ἔχει τὴν ζωήν· ὁ μὴ ἔχων τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ θεοῦ τὴν ζωὴν οὐκ ἔχει.
- RP2018
- Ὁ ἔχων τὸν υἱὸν ἔχει τὴν ζωήν· ὁ μὴ ἔχων τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ θεοῦ τὴν ζωὴν οὐκ ἔχει.
- TR-Boyd
- Ὁ ἔχων τὸν υἱὸν ἔχει τὴν ζωήν· ὁ μὴ ἔχων τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ τὴν ζωὴν οὐκ ἔχει.
- SCR1894
- ο εχων τον υιον εχει την ζωην ο μη εχων τον υιον του θεου την ζωην ουκ εχει
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
Death, SpiritualHopeUnbeliefRegenerationLifeFellowshipJohn, the Epistles ofDeathRighteousJohannine Theology
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Cross-references most cited first
- 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.”
- John 5:24Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment. Indeed, he has crossed over from death to life.
- John 1:12But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God—
- 1 Corinthians 1:30It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.
- John 3:15that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.
- Mark 16:16Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
- 2 John 1:9Anyone who runs ahead without remaining in the teaching of Christ does not have God. Whoever remains in His teaching has both the Father and the Son.
- Galatians 2:20I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.
- 1 John 2:23–24Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father, but whoever confesses the Son has the Father as well. As for you, let what you have heard from the beginning remain in you. If it does, you will also remain in the Son…
- Hebrews 3:14We have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly to the end the assurance we had at first.
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