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I have writtenἔγραψαthese thingsΤαῦταto youὑμῖνso thatἵναyou may knowεἰδῆτεthatὅτιyou haveἔχετεeternalαἰώνιονlife,ζωὴνyou whoτοῖςbelieveπιστεύουσινinεἰςthe nameτὸ ὄνομαof the Sonτοῦ υἱοῦof God.τοῦ θεοῦ
1 John 5:13
Study it in the app“I have written these things to you so that you may know that you have eternal life, you who believe in the name of the Son of God.”
John writes so that those who believe may know they have eternal lifeDeath and Eternal Life
With the Greek beneath
1 John 5:13, word by word
- I have writtenἔγραψαegrapsa
write
To set down words in writing: letters, laws, books.
Where else “egrapsa” appears- you may knowεἰδῆτεeidēte
know
To hold a fact as certain, to be aware of it.
Where else “eidēte” appears- you haveἔχετεechete
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echete” appears- eternalαἰώνιονaiōnion
eternal
Without end, like the life God gives.
Where else “aiōnion” appears- lifeζωὴνzōēn
eternal life
What God gives to live with him without end.
Where else “zōēn” appears- believeπιστεύουσινpisteuousin
trust
To trust in God or in Jesus.
Where else “pisteuousin” appears- the nameὄνομαonoma
name
The word by which a person or thing is called, which often says who they are.
Where else “onoma” appears- of the Sonυἱοῦhuiou
Son
Jesus, the Son of God.
Where else “huiou” appears- of Godθεοῦtheou
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theou” appears
Translation note· on the manuscripts
Many manuscripts expand the verse: “…so that you may know that you have eternal life and that you may believe in the name of the Son of God.”
The context
12Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.
13 · This verse (above)
14And this is the confidence that we have toward him: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.
To study 1 John 5 in a group
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?