1 John 5:11-21

11 And the testimony is this, that God has given us ¹eternal life, and ²this life is in His Son.

12 ³He 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 ⁴These things I have written to you who ⁵believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have ⁶eternal life.

14 This is ⁷the confidence which we have before Him, that, ⁸if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.

15 And if we know that He hears us in whatever * we ask, ⁹we know that we have the requests which we have asked from Him.

16 If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, ¹⁰he shall ask and God will for him give life to those who commit sin not leading to death. ¹¹There is a sin leading to death; ¹²I do not say that he should make request for this.

17 ¹³All unrighteousness is sin, and ¹⁴there is a sin not leading to death.

18 ¹⁵We know that ¹⁶no * one who is born of God sins; but He who was born of God ¹⁷keeps him, and ¹⁸the evil one does not ¹⁹touch him.

19 ²⁰We know that ²¹we are of God, and that ²²the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.

20 And ²³we know that ²⁴the Son of God has come, and has ²⁵given us understanding so that we may know ²⁶Him who is true; and we ²⁷are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. ²⁸This is the true God and ²⁹eternal life.

21 ³⁰Little children, guard yourselves from ³¹idols.

Cross References

• 1. John 3:36; 1 John 1:2; 1 John 2:25; 1 John 4:9; 1 John 5:13, 20
• 2. John 1:4
• 3. John 3:15f, 36
• 4. John 20:31
• 5. 1 John 3:23
• 6. 1 John 1:2; 1 John 2:25; 1 John 4:9; 1 John 5:11, 20
• 7. 1 John 2:28; 1 John 3:21
• 8. Matthew 7:7; John 14:13; 1 John 3:22
• 9. 1 John 5:18-20
• 10. James 5:15
• 11. Numbers 15:30; Hebrews 6:4-6; Hebrews 10:26
• 12. Jeremiah 7:16; Jeremiah 14:11
• 13. 1 John 3:4
• 14. 1 John 2:1; 1 John 5:16
• 15. 1 John 5:15, 19, 20
• 16. 1 John 3:9
• 17. James 1:27; Jude 21
• 18. 1 John 2:13
• 19. John 14:30
• 20. 1 John 5:15, 18, 20
• 21. 1 John 4:6
• 22. John 12:31; John 17:15; Galatians 1:4
• 23. 1 John 5:15, 18, 19
• 24. John 8:42; 1 John 5:5
• 25. Luke 24:45
• 26. John 17:3; Revelation 3:7
• 27. John 1:18; John 14:9; 1 John 2:23; Revelation 3:7
• 28. 1 John 1:2
• 29. 1 John 5:11
• 30. 1 John 2:1
• 31. 1 Corinthians 10:7, 14; 1 Thessalonians 1:9

Footnotes

• [a] Lit "toward"
• [b] Lit "sinning"
• [c] Or "God will give him life," that is, "to those who..."
• [d] Or "begotten"
• [e] Or "begotten"