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This is the testimony in essence: God gave us eternal life; the life is in his Son.
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So, whoever has the Son, has life; whoever rejects the Son, rejects life.
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My purpose in writing is simply this: that you who believe in God's Son will know beyond the shadow of a doubt that you have eternal life, the reality and not the illusion.
Published by permission. Originally published by NavPress in English as THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language copyright 2002 by Eugene Peterson. All rights reserved.