1 John 5:12

12 Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.

1 John 5:12 in Other Translations

12 He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.

12 Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.

12 Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have God’s Son does not have life.

12 So, whoever has the Son, has life; whoever rejects the Son, rejects life.

12 He that hath the Son hath the life; he that hath not the Son of God hath not the life.

12 The person who has the Son has this life. The person who doesn't have the Son of God doesn't have this life.

12 The one who has the Son has life. The one who doesn't have the Son of God does not have life.

12 Those who belong to the Son have life. Those who do not belong to the Son of God do not have life.

1 John 5:12 Meaning and 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 the Son of God;
no knowledge of him, nor faith in him, nor enjoyment of him:

hath not life;
he is dead in sin, he is alienated from the life of God, has no title to eternal life, nor meetness for it, nor shall enjoy it, but shall die the second death.

1 John 5:12 In-Context

10 Whoever believes in the Son of God accepts this testimony. Whoever does not believe God has made him out to be a liar, because they have not believed the testimony God has given about his Son.

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

12 Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.

13 I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.

14 This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.

Cross References

• 1. Jn 3:15,16,36