1 John 5:11

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And his witness is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

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  • 1 John 2:25 : 25 And this is the hope which he gave you, even eternal life.
  • John 1:4 : 4 What came into existence in him was life, and the life was the light of men.
  • 1 John 4:9 : 9 And the love of God was made clear to us when he sent his only Son into the world so that we might have life through him.
  • 1 John 5:20 : 20 And we are certain that the Son of God has come, and has given us a clear vision, so that we may see 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.
  • John 3:36 : 36 He who has faith in the Son has eternal life; but he who has not faith in the Son will not see life; God's wrath is resting on him.
  • Rom 6:23 : 23 For the reward of sin is death; but what God freely gives is eternal life in Jesus Christ our Lord.
  • John 6:68 : 68 Then Simon Peter gave this answer: Lord, to whom are we to go? you have the words of eternal life;
  • John 5:26 : 26 For even as the Father has life in himself, so he has given to the Son to have life in himself.
  • John 17:2-3 : 2 Even as you gave him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all those whom you have given to him. 3 And this is eternal life: to have knowledge of you, the only true God, and of him whom you have sent, even Jesus Christ.
  • John 19:35 : 35 And he who saw it has given witness (and his witness is true; he is certain that what he says is true) so that you may have belief.
  • 1 John 1:1-3 : 1 That which was from the first, which has come to our ears, and which we have seen with our eyes, looking on it and touching it with our hands, about the Word of life 2 (And the life was made clear to us, and we have seen it and are witnessing to it and giving you word of that eternal life which was with the Father and was seen by us); 3 We give you word of all we have seen and everything which has come to our ears, so that you may be united with us; and we are united with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ:
  • Matt 25:46 : 46 And these will go away into eternal punishment; but the upright into eternal life.
  • Rom 5:21 : 21 That, as sin had power in death, so grace might have power through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
  • 1 John 5:7 : 7 And the Spirit is the witness, because the Spirit is true.
  • 1 John 5:10 : 10 He who has faith in the Son of God has the witness in himself: he who has not faith in God makes him false, because he has not faith in the witness which God has given about his Son.
  • 1 John 5:12-13 : 12 He who has the Son has the life; he who has not the Son of God has not the life. 13 I have put these things in writing for you who have faith in the name of the Son of God, so that you may be certain that you have eternal life.
  • 3 John 1:12 : 12 Demetrius has the approval of all men and of what is true: and we give the same witness, and you are certain that our witness is true.
  • Jude 1:21 : 21 Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for life eternal through the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • Rev 1:2 : 2 Who gave witness of the word of God, and of the witness of Jesus Christ, even of all the things which he saw.
  • Rev 22:1 : 1 And I saw a river of water of life, clear as glass, coming out of the high seat of God and of the Lamb,
  • John 6:40 : 40 This, I say, is my Father's pleasure, that everyone who sees the Son and has faith in him may have eternal life: and I will take him up on the last day.
  • John 6:47 : 47 Truly I say to you, He who has faith in me has eternal life.
  • John 4:36 : 36 He who does the cutting now has his reward; he is getting together fruit for eternal life, so that he who did the planting and he who gets in the grain may have joy together.
  • John 5:21 : 21 In the same way, as the Father gives life to the dead, even so the Son gives life to those to whom he is pleased to give it.
  • John 1:32-34 : 32 And John gave this witness, saying, I saw the Spirit coming down from heaven like a dove and resting on him. 33 I had no knowledge who he was, but he who sent me to give baptism with water said to me, The one on whom you see the Spirit coming down and resting, it is he who gives baptism with the Holy Spirit. 34 This I saw myself and my witness is that he is the Son of God.
  • John 3:15-16 : 15 So that whoever has faith may have in him eternal life. 16 For God had such love for the world that he gave his only Son, so that whoever has faith in him may not come to destruction but have eternal life.
  • John 8:13-14 : 13 So the Pharisees said to him, The witness you give is about yourself: your witness is not true. 14 Jesus said in answer, Even if I give witness about myself, my witness is true, because I have knowledge of where I came from and where I am going; but you have no knowledge of where I come from or of where I am going.
  • John 10:28 : 28 And I give them eternal life; they will never come to destruction, and no one will ever take them out of my hand.
  • John 11:25-26 : 25 Jesus said to her, I am myself that day and that life; he who has faith in me will have life even if he is dead; 26 And no one who is living and has faith in me will ever see death. Is this your faith?
  • John 12:50 : 50 And I have knowledge that his order is eternal life: so that the things which I say, I say them even as the Father says them to me.
  • John 14:6 : 6 Jesus said to him, I am the true and living way: no one comes to the Father but by me.
  • Col 3:3-4 : 3 For your life on earth is done, and you have a secret life with Christ in God. 4 At the coming of Christ who is our life, you will be seen with him in glory.
  • 1 Tim 1:16 : 16 But for this reason I was given mercy, so that in me, the chief of sinners, Jesus Christ might make clear all his mercy, as an example to those who in the future would have faith in him to eternal life.
  • Titus 1:2 : 2 In the hope of eternal life, which was made certain before eternal time, by the word of God who is ever true;
  • John 1:19 : 19 And this is the witness of John when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to him with the question, Who are you?

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    12 He who has the Son has the life; he who has not the Son of God has not the life.

    13 I have put these things in writing for you who have faith in the name of the Son of God, so that you may be certain that you have eternal life.

    14 And we are certain that if we make any request to him which is right in his eyes, he will give ear to us:

  • 1 John 5:4-10
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    4 Anything which comes from God is able to overcome the world: and the power by which we have overcome the world is our faith.

    5 Who is able to overcome the world but the man who has faith that Jesus is the Son of God?

    6 This is he who came by water and by blood, Jesus Christ; not by water only but by water and by blood.

    7 And the Spirit is the witness, because the Spirit is true.

    8 There are three witnesses, the Spirit, the water, and the blood: and all three are in agreement.

    9 If we take the witness of men to be true, the witness of God is greater: because this is the witness which God has given about his Son.

    10 He who has faith in the Son of God has the witness in himself: he who has not faith in God makes him false, because he has not faith in the witness which God has given about his Son.

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    20 And we are certain that the Son of God has come, and has given us a clear vision, so that we may see 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.

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    25 And this is the hope which he gave you, even eternal life.

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    2 (And the life was made clear to us, and we have seen it and are witnessing to it and giving you word of that eternal life which was with the Father and was seen by us);

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    24 Truly I say to you, The man whose ears are open to my word and who has faith in him who sent me, has eternal life; he will not be judged, but has come from death into life.

    25 Truly I say to you, The time is coming, it has even now come, when the voice of the Son of God will come to the ears of the dead, and those hearing it will have life.

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    10 And this is love, not that we had love for God, but that he had love for us, and sent his Son to be an offering for our sins.

    11 My loved ones, if God had such love for us, it is right for us to have love for one another.

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    13 And his Spirit which he has given us is the witness that we are in him and he is in us.

    14 And we have seen and give witness that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.

    15 Everyone who says openly that Jesus is the Son of God, has God in him and is in God.

    16 And we have seen and had faith in the love which God has for us. God is love, and everyone who has love is in God, and God is in him.

    17 In this way love is made complete in us, so that we may be without fear on the day of judging, because as he is, so are we in this world.

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    15 So that whoever has faith may have in him eternal life.

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    47 Truly I say to you, He who has faith in me has eternal life.

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    5 This is the word which came to us from him and which we give to you, that God is light and in him there is nothing dark.

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    31 But these are recorded, so that you may have faith that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and so that, having this faith you may have life in his name.

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    14 We are conscious that we have come out of death into life because of our love for the brothers. He who has no love is still in death.

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    1 Everyone who has faith that Jesus is the Christ is a child of God: and everyone who has love for the Father has love for his child.

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    5 But in every man who keeps his word, the love of God is made complete. By this we may be certain that we are in him:

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    18 The man who has faith in him does not come up to be judged; but he who has no faith in him has been judged even now, because he has no faith in the name of the only Son of God.

  • John 1:4
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    4 What came into existence in him was life, and the life was the light of men.

  • 1 John 3:16
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    16 In this we see what love is, because he gave his life for us; and it is right for us to give our lives for the brothers.

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    2 Even as you gave him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all those whom you have given to him.

    3 And this is eternal life: to have knowledge of you, the only true God, and of him whom you have sent, even Jesus Christ.

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    33 He who so takes his witness has made clear his faith that God is true.

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    23 He who has no belief in the Son has not the Father: he who makes clear his belief in the Son has the Father.

  • John 5:39
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    39 You make search in the holy Writings, in the belief that through them you get eternal life; and it is those Writings which give witness about me.

  • 3 John 1:12
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    12 Demetrius has the approval of all men and of what is true: and we give the same witness, and you are certain that our witness is true.