11And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
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For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.
He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 10-13)In those words we may observe, I. The privilege and stability of the real Christian: He that believeth on the Son of God , hath been prevailed with unfeignedly to cleave to him for salvation, hath the witness in himself , 1 John 5:10. He hath not only the outward evidence that others have, but he hath in his own heart a testimony for Jesus Christ. He can allege what Christ and the truth of Christ…
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