1 John 5:9-15

9 ¹If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater; for the testimony of God is this, that ²He has testified concerning His Son.

10 The one who believes in the Son of God ³has the testimony in himself; the one who does not believe God has ⁴made Him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given concerning His Son.

11 And the testimony is this, that God has given us ⁵eternal life, and ⁶this life is in His Son.

12 ⁷He who has the Son has the life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have the life.

This Is Written That You May Know

13 ⁸These things I have written to you who ⁹believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have ¹⁰eternal life.

14 This is ¹¹the confidence which we have before Him, that, ¹²if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.

15 And if we know that He hears us in whatever * we ask, ¹³we know that we have the requests which we have asked from Him.

Cross References

• 1. John 5:34, 37; John 8:18
• 2. Matthew 3:17; John 5:32, 37
• 3. Romans 8:16; Gal 4-6; Revelation 12:17
• 4. John 3:18, 33; 1 John 1:10
• 5. John 3:36; 1 John 1:2; 1 John 2:25; 1 John 4:9; 1 John 5:13, 20
• 6. John 1:4
• 7. John 3:15f, 36
• 8. John 20:31
• 9. 1 John 3:23
• 10. 1 John 1:2; 1 John 2:25; 1 John 4:9; 1 John 5:11, 20
• 11. 1 John 2:28; 1 John 3:21
• 12. Matthew 7:7; John 14:13; 1 John 3:22
• 13. 1 John 5:18-20

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "toward"