# 1 John 05 đź“–: Assurance of Eternal Life
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> [!info] Table of Contents
> [[#đź“ś Scripture Text (NET)]]
> [[#đź“– Verse-by-Verse Commentary]]
> [[#🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights]]
> [[#🧠Chapter Summary]]
> [[#✝️ Christ in This Chapter]]
> [[#🔎 Key Observations / 🛟 Life Application]]
> [[#đź’¬ Discussion Questions]]
> [[#✍️ Key Verses to Remember]]
> [[#đź”— Related Passages]]
> [[#🙏 Devotional Reflection]]
> [[#đź“‚ Internal Notes]]
## đź“ś Scripture Text (NET)
(The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005)
[[#Verse 01.]] Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been fathered by God, and everyone who loves the father loves the child fathered by him.Â
[[#Verse 02.]]Â By this we know that we love the children of God: whenever we love God and obey his commandments.Â
[[#Verse 03.]] For this is the love of God: that we keep his commandments. And his commandments do not weigh us down,Â
[[#Verse 04.]] because everyone who has been fathered by God conquers the world.
### Testimony About the Son
This is the conquering power that has conquered the world: our faith.
[[#Verse 05.]] Now who is the person who has conquered the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
[[#Verse 06.]] Jesus Christ is the one who came by water and blood—not by the water only, but by the water and the blood. And the Spirit is the one who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.Â
[[#Verse 07.]] For there are three that testify,Â
[[#Verse 08.]]Â the Spirit and the water and the blood, and these three are in agreement.
[[#Verse 09.]] If we accept the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater, because this is the testimony of God that he has testified concerning his Son.Â
[[#Verse 10.]]Â (The one who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself; the one who does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has testified concerning his Son.)Â
[[#Verse 11.]] And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.Â
[[#Verse 12.]] The one who has the Son has this eternal life; the one who does not have the Son of God does not have this eternal life.
### Assurance of Eternal Life
[[#Verse 13.]] I have written these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.
[[#Verse 14.]] And this is the confidence that we have before him: that whenever we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.Â
[[#Verse 15.]] And if we know that he hears us in regard to whatever we ask, then we know that we have the requests that we have asked from him.Â
[[#Verse 16.]] If anyone sees his fellow Christian committing a sin not resulting in death, he should ask, and God will grant life to the person who commits a sin not resulting in death. There is a sin resulting in death. I do not say that he should ask about that.Â
[[#Verse 17.]] All unrighteousness is sin, but there is sin not resulting in death.
[[#Verse 18.]] We know that everyone fathered by God does not sin, but God protects the one he has fathered, and the evil one cannot touch him.Â
[[#Verse 19.]] We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.Â
[[#Verse 20.]] And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us insight to know him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This one is the true God and eternal life.Â
[[#Verse 21.]]Â Little children, guard yourselves from idols.
## đź“– Verse-by-Verse Commentary
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## 🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights
1. The word for victory in 5:4 (*nikē*) appears only here in the New Testament. Nike was also the name of the Greek goddess of victory.
2. Many see "water and blood" (5:6) as Jesus' baptism and His death on the cross.
3. The extra Trinitarian words in some older English Bibles at 5:7-8 do not appear in the early Greek manuscripts. They are known as the Johannine Comma.
4. Erasmus added the Johannine Comma to his third edition of the Greek New Testament in 1522, and from there it entered the King James Version.
5. The three witnesses in 5:8 recall the law that a matter is established by two or three witnesses (Deuteronomy 19:15).
6. John's purpose in 5:13 mirrors the purpose of his Gospel in John 20:31.
7. The "sin that leads to death" (5:16) is debated, and John does not define it.
8. Many scholars read 5:20 as calling Jesus Christ "the true God and eternal life."
9. The letter ends abruptly with a warning against idols (5:21), fitting for believers in Ephesus, home of the great temple of Artemis.
10. "His commands are not burdensome" (5:3) contrasts with the heavy burdens Jesus said the Pharisees placed on people (Matthew 23:4).
## 🧠Chapter Summary
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## ✝️ Christ in This Chapter
Christ is the Son of God who came by water and blood (5:6). Eternal life is in Him, and whoever has the Son has life (5:11-12). He is the true God and eternal life (5:20).
## 🔎 Key Observations / 🛟 Life Application
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## đź’¬ Discussion Questions
1. John says God's commands are not burdensome (5:3). Why might obeying God feel heavy at times, and what changes that?
2. John writes so we may know we have eternal life (5:13). How confident are you in your salvation, and why?
3. John says if we ask according to God's will, He hears us (5:14-15). How does this shape the way you pray?
## ✍️ Key Verses to Remember
- đź“– verse 4: Everyone born of God overcomes the world, and our faith is the victory.
- đź“– verses 11-12: God gave us eternal life in His Son. Whoever has the Son has life.
- đź“– verse 13: John writes so we may know we have eternal life.
- đź“– verses 14-15: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.
- đź“– verse 21: Little children, guard yourselves from idols.
## đź”— Related Passages
- 🔗 5:1 → John 1:12-13 – Born not of human will but of God.
- 🔗 5:3 → Matthew 11:30 – My yoke is easy and My burden is light.
- 🔗 5:3 → John 14:15 – If you love Me, keep My commandments.
- 🔗 5:4-5 → John 16:33 – I have overcome the world.
- 🔗 5:6 → Matthew 3:16-17 – The Father and Spirit testify at Jesus' baptism.
- 🔗 5:6 → John 19:34 – Blood and water flow from Jesus' side.
- 🔗 5:9 → John 5:36-37 – The Father Himself has testified about the Son.
- 🔗 5:11-12 → John 3:36 – Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life.
- 🔗 5:13 → John 20:31 – Written so you may believe and have life in His name.
- 🔗 5:14-15 → John 14:13-14 – Ask anything in My name and I will do it.
- 🔗 5:16 → James 5:15-16 – Pray for one another so that you may be healed.
- 🔗 5:18 → John 17:15 – Jesus prays that the Father will protect us from the evil one.
- 🔗 5:20 → John 17:3 – Eternal life is knowing the only true God and Jesus Christ.
- 🔗 5:21 → 1 Corinthians 10:14 – Flee from idolatry.
- đź”— [[John 20#Verse 31.|John 20:31]] - These are written so that you may believe and have life.
- đź”— [[John 16#Verse 33.|John 16:33]] - Take courage, I have overcome the world.
- đź”— [[John 10#Verse 27.|John 10:27-29]] - No one can snatch them out of My hand.
- đź”— [[Matthew 03#Verse 16.|Matthew 3:16-17]] - The Father testifies at Jesus' baptism.
- đź”— [[John 19#Verse 34.|John 19:34]] - Blood and water flow from Jesus' side.
## 🙏 Devotional Reflection
đź“ť SOAP: [[1 John 05 - SOAP|He Holds Us Securely]]
## đź“‚ Internal Notes