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He who has the Son has the life. He who doesn`t have God`s Son doesn`t have the life.
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Life is a Person, Not a System
Commentators emphasize that "having the Son" is not about adhering to a religious system or being morally upright. It's about a personal, faith-based possession of Jesus Christ himself. Scholars note that true life and righteousness are found exclusively in a relationship with Christ as Savior and King, not in human virtue or religious observance.
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1 John
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18th Century
Presbyterian
He that hath the Son, hath life ().
John evidently designs to refer to that passage in the verse before us, and to state a principl…
Hath the life (εχε την ζωην). The life which God gave (verse 11). This is the position of Jesus himself (John 5:24; [R…
19th Century
Anglican
FAITH THE TEST OF LOVE (1 John 5:1–12)
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Baptist
He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
You exist, and you always will exist, but true li…
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
He that has not the Son — this is a confirmation of the last sentence. It ought, indeed, to have been sufficient that God made life to be …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
He that has the Son Has a spiritual and experimental knowledge of him, true faith in him; who has him dwelling in hi…
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…
