1 John 5:12 BSB — MannaFest

1 John 5:12

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

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

He that hath the Son hath the life; he that hath not the Son of God hath not the life.

KJV

He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.

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Commentary

5 voices

Theophylact of Ohrid

Commentary on 1 John (1107)

Having said this, he confirms his words with a proof from the lesser. If we accept human testimony about something, should we not all the more justly accept the greater testimony, from God? For this testimony about the Son of God, that is Christ, is …

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The Church Fathers1 voice

Tertullian

Against Praxeas (220)

We believe not the testimony of God in which He testifies to us of His Son. "He that hath not the Son, hath not life." And that man has not the Son, who believes Him to be any other than the Son.

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

It plainly follows, he that hath the Son - Living and reigning in him by faith. Hath this life; he that hath not the Son of God hath not this life - Hath no part or lot therein.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

He that is united to the Son is united to life. He who hath a title to the Son hath a title to life, to eternal life. Such honour hath the Father put upon the Son: such honour must we put upon him too.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

In the former clause "has" bears the emphasis; in the second, life. To have the Son is to be able to say as the bride, "I am my Beloved's, and my Beloved is mine" [So 6:3]. Faith is the mean whereby the regenerate HAVE Christ as a present possession, and in having Him have life in its germ and reality now, and shall have life in its fully developed manifestation hereafter.

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ὁ	ho	The [one]	G3588 →
ἔχων	echōn	having	G2192 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
υἱὸν	huion	Son	G5207 →
ἔχει	echei	has	G2192 →
τὴν	tēn	<the>	G3588 →
ζωήν·	zōēn	life;	G2222 →
ὁ	ho	the [one]	G3588 →
μὴ	mē	not	G3361 →
ἔχων	echōn	having	G2192 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
υἱὸν	huion	Son	G5207 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
θεοῦ	theou	of God	G2316 →
τὴν	tēn	<the>	G3588 →
ζωὴν	zōēn	life	G2222 →
οὐκ	ouk	not	G3756 →
ἔχει.¶	echei	has.	G2192 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Mark 16:16
Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
leads to
- 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.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- John 11:25–26
  Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.
- Romans 10:9–14
  that if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
- John 3:18–19
  Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.
- John 3:15–16
  that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.
Through
John 1:12
But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God—
leads to
- Galatians 3:26
  You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
- Romans 8:14
  For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.
- 1 John 3:1
  Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is…

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About 1 John

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About 1 John