1 John 5:11

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ μαρτυρία, ὅτι ζωὴν αἰώνιον ἔδωκεν ἡμῖν ὁ Θεός, καὶ αὕτη ἡ ζωὴ ἐν τῷ Υἱῷ αὐτοῦ ἐστιν.

Transliteration

And this estin the marturia, that zōēn aiōnion edōken to us the Theos, and this the zōē in the Huiō of him estin.

Grammar Details

• *hautē*: demonstrative pronoun, nominative, feminine, singular - this
• *estin*: present indicative, 3rd singular - is
• *marturia*: nominative, feminine, singular - witness/testimony
• *hoti*: conjunction - that
• *zōēn*: accusative, feminine, singular - life
• *aiōnion*: accusative, feminine, singular - eternal
• *edōken*: aorist active indicative, 3rd singular - gave
• *hēmin*: personal pronoun, dative, 1st plural - to us
• *Theos*: nominative, masculine, singular - God
• *zōē*: nominative, feminine, singular - life
• *en*: preposition with dative - in
• *Huiō*: dative, masculine, singular - Son
• *autou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of him

Word Meanings

• *marturia*: witness/testimony/evidence
• *zōēn*: life/existence/vitality
• *aiōnion*: eternal/everlasting/age-during
• *edōken*: gave/granted/bestowed
• *zōē*: life/existence/vitality

Referenced Verses

• 1 John 2:25 : 25 Now this is the promise that he himself made to us: eternal life.
• John 1:4 : 4 In him was life, and the life was the light of mankind.
• 1 John 4:9 : 9 By this the love of God is revealed in us: that God has sent his one and only Son into the world so that we may live through him.
• 1 John 5:20 : 20 And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us insight to know him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This one is the true God and eternal life.
• John 3:36 : 36 The one who believes in the Son has eternal life. The one who rejects the Son will not see life, but God’s wrath remains on him.
• Rom 6:23 : 23 For the payoff of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
• John 6:68 : 68 Simon Peter answered him,“Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.
• John 5:26 : 26 For just as the Father has life in himself, thus he has granted the Son to have life in himself,
• John 17:2-3 : 2 just as you have given him authority over all humanity, so that he may give eternal life to everyone you have given him. 3 Now this is eternal life– that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you sent.
• John 19:35 : 35 And the person who saw it has testified(and his testimony is true, and he knows that he is telling the truth), so that you also may believe.
• 1 John 1:1-3 : 1 ¶ The Prologue to the Letter This is what we proclaim to you: what was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and our hands have touched(concerning the word of life– 2 and the life was revealed, and we have seen and testify and announce to you the eternal life that was with the Father and was revealed to us). 3 What we have seen and heard we announce to you too, so that you may have fellowship with us(and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ).
• Matt 25:46 : 46 And these will depart into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
• Rom 5:21 : 21 so that just as sin reigned in death, so also grace will reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
• 1 John 5:7 : 7 For there are three that testify,
• 1 John 5:10 : 10 (The one who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself; the one who does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has testified concerning his Son.)
• 1 John 5:12-13 : 12 The one who has the Son has this eternal life; the one who does not have the Son of God does not have this eternal life. 13 Assurance of Eternal Life I have written these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.
• 3 John 1:12 : 12 Worthy Demetrius Demetrius has been testified to by all, even by the truth itself. We also testify to him, and you know that our testimony is true.
• Jude 1:21 : 21 maintain yourselves in the love of God, while anticipating the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that brings eternal life.
• Rev 1:2 : 2 who then testified to everything that he saw concerning the word of God and the testimony about Jesus Christ.
• Rev 22:1 : 1 Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life– water as clear as crystal– pouring out from the throne of God and of the Lamb,
• John 6:40 : 40 For this is the will of my Father– for everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him to have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”
• John 6:47 : 47 I tell you the solemn truth, the one who believes has eternal life.
• John 4:36 : 36 The one who reaps receives pay and gathers fruit for eternal life, so that the one who sows and the one who reaps can rejoice together.
• John 5:21 : 21 For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whomever he wishes.
• John 1:32-34 : 32 Then John testified,“I saw the Spirit descending like a dove from heaven, and it remained on him. 33 And I did not recognize him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water said to me,‘The one on whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining– this is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’ 34 I have both seen and testified that this man is the Chosen One of God.”
• John 3:15-16 : 15 so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.” 16 For this is the way God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.
• John 8:13-14 : 13 So the Pharisees objected,“You testify about yourself; your testimony is not true!” 14 Jesus answered,“Even if I testify about myself, my testimony is true, because I know where I came from and where I am going. But you people do not know where I came from or where I am going.
• John 10:28 : 28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish; no one will snatch them from my hand.
• John 11:25-26 : 25 Jesus said to her,“I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live even if he dies, 26 and the one who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?”
• John 12:50 : 50 And I know that his commandment is eternal life. Thus the things I say, I say just as the Father has told me.”
• John 14:6 : 6 Jesus replied,“I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
• Col 3:3-4 : 3 for you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ(who is your life) appears, then you too will be revealed in glory with him.
• 1 Tim 1:16 : 16 But here is why I was treated with mercy: so that in me as the worst, Christ Jesus could demonstrate his utmost patience, as an example for those who are going to believe in him for eternal life.
• Titus 1:2 : 2 in hope of eternal life, which God, who does not lie, promised before time began.
• John 1:19 : 19 The Testimony of John the Baptist Now this was John’s testimony when the Jewish leaders sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him,“Who are you?”