Study it in the app“Whoever believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. Whoever does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has testified about his Son.”
Whoeverὁbelievesπιστεύωνinεἰςthe Sonτὸν υἱὸνof Godτοῦ θεοῦhasἔχειthe testimonyτὴν μαρτυρίανinἐνhimself.αὑτῷWhoeverὁdoes notμὴbelieveπιστεύωνGodτῷ θεῷhas madeπεποίηκενhimαὐτόνa liar,ψεύστηνbecauseὅτιhe has notοὐbelievedπεπίστευκενinεἰςthe testimonyτὴν μαρτυρίανthatἣνGodὁ θεὸςhas testifiedμεμαρτύρηκενaboutπερὶhis Son.τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ
trust
To trust in God or in Jesus.
Where else “pisteuōn” appearsSon
Jesus, the Son of God.
Where else “huion” appearsGod
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theou” appearshave
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echei” appearstestimony
Testimony, witness.
Where else “martyrian” appearsmake into
To make someone into something: "I will make you fishers".
Where else “pepoiēken” appearsliar
Liar, someone who tells lies.
Where else “pseustēn” appearstestify
To tell what one knows or has seen.
Where else “memartyrēken” appears9If we receive the testimony of people, the testimony of God is greater, because this is the testimony of God, that he has testified about his Son.
10 · This verse (above)
11And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
1. What it says
What does John say God has given us, and where is that life found (v. 11-12)?
2. What it means
John says he writes "so that you may know that you have eternal life" (v. 13). What connection does he see between believing and knowing?
3. How I live it
John speaks of confidence in prayer (v. 14-15). What do you want to tell God honestly today?
