1 John 5:6-12 NIV

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 5:10

He that believeth on the Son of God ,.... As a divine person who came in the flesh, and obeyed the law, and brought in everlasting righteousness, and obtained life and salvation for men: he that with the heart believes in him for righteousness, and eternal life, he being the Son of God, truly and properly God, and so able to save all that believe in him, hath the witness in himself ; of the need he stands in of Christ, and of the suitableness, fulness, and excellency of him; the Spirit... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 5:11

And this is the record ,.... The sum and substance of it, with respect to the person of Christ, and the security of salvation in him, who is the true God, and eternal life: that God hath given to us eternal life ; which is a life of glory and happiness hereafter; in the present state is unseen, but will in the world to come be a life of vision, free from all the sorrows and imperfections of this; and will be of the utmost perfection and pleasure, and for ever. This is a pure free grace... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 5:12

He that hath the Son ,.... Has a spiritual and experimental knowledge of him, true faith in him; who has him dwelling in his heart, and living in him: hath life : not only spiritual life, being quickened by him, and living by faith on him, but eternal life; the knowledge he has of him is eternal life; he has it in faith and hope, and has a right unto it, and the earnest of it, as well as has it in Christ his representative, whom he has, and in whom this life is: and he that hath not... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 John 5:6

This is he that came by water and blood - Jesus was attested to be the Son of God and promised Messiah by water, i.e. his baptism, when the Spirit of God came down from heaven upon him, and the voice from heaven said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Jesus Christ came also by blood. He shed his blood for the sins of the world; and this was in accordance with all that the Jewish prophets had written concerning him. Here the apostle says that the Spirit witnesses this; that... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 John 5:7

There are three that bear record - The Father, who bears testimony to his Son; the Word or Λογος , Logos, who bears testimony to the Father; and the Holy Ghost, which bears testimony to the Father and the Son. And these three are one in essence, and agree in the one testimony, that Jesus came to die for, and give life to, the world. But it is likely this verse is not genuine. It is wanting in every MS. of this epistle written before the invention of printing, one excepted, the Codex... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 John 5:8

The Spirit, and the water, and the blood - This verse is supposed to mean "the Spirit - in the word confirmed by miracles; the water - in baptism, wherein we are dedicated to the Son, (with the Father and the Holy Spirit), typifying his spotless purity, and the inward purifying of our nature; and the blood - represented in the Lord's Supper, and applied to the consciences of believers: and all these harmoniously agree in the same testimony, that Jesus Christ is the Divine, the complete, the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 John 5:9

If we receive the witness of men - Which all are obliged to do, and which is deemed a sufficient testimony to truth in numberless cases; the witness of God is greater - he can neither be deceived nor deceive, but man may deceive and be deceived. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 John 5:10

He that believeth on the Son of God - This is God's witness to a truth, the most important and interesting to mankind. God has witnessed that whosoever believeth on his Son shall be saved, and have everlasting life; and shall have the witness of it in himself, the Spirit bearing witness with his spirit that he is a child of God. To know, to feel his sin forgiven, to have the testimony of this in the heart from the Holy Spirit himself, is the privilege of every true believer in Christ. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 John 5:11

This is the record - The great truth to which the Spirit, the water, and the blood bear testimony. God hath given us eternal life - a right to endless glory, and a meetness for it. And this life is in his Son; it comes by and through him; he is its author and its purchaser; it is only in and through Him. No other scheme of salvation can be effectual; God has provided none other, and in such a case a man's invention must be vain. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 John 5:12

He that hath the Son hath life - As the eternal life is given In the Son of God, it follows that it cannot be enjoyed without him. No man can have it without having Christ; therefore he that hath the Son hath life, and he that hath not the Son hath not life. It is in vain to expect eternal glory, if we have not Christ in our heart. The indwelling Christ gives both a title to it, and a meetness for it. This is God's record. Let no man deceive himself here. An indwelling Christ and Glory; no... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 5:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 5:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 5:12

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 John 5:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 John 5:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 John 5:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 John 5:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 John 5:10

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 John 5:11

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 John 5:12

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