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The testimony is this, that God gave to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
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The Heart of the Gospel
Commentators agree that this verse summarizes the central testimony of God to humanity. The core of the Christian creed is reduced to a simple, powerful truth: God has given the gift of eternal life, and this life is found exclusively in His Son.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And this is the record. This is the sum, or the amount, of the testimony (marturia) which God has given concern…
That God gave (οτ εδωκεν ο θεος). Declarative οτ in apposition with μαρτυρια as in verse 14; John 3:19. Note aorist act…
19th Century
Anglican
FAITH THE TEST OF LOVE (1 John 5:1–12)
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Baptist
And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
Our only hope lies in Christ; but ther…
That Jesus is God’s Son is established by God’s own witness from the time of Jesus’ baptism up to and including his suffering and death. It is a te…
16th Century
Protestant
That God hath given us eternal life. Having now set forth the benefit, He invites us to believe. It is, indeed, a reverence due to God, to…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And this is the record The sum and substance of it, with respect to the person of Christ, and the security of salvat…
Nothing can be more absurd than the conduct of those who doubt as to the truth of Christianity, while in the common affairs of life they do not hes…
