1 John 5:12-20

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - 1 John 5:11-12

ETERNAL LIFE‘And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in His son. He that hath the Son hath life.’ 1 John 5:11-2 Kings : When the words ‘eternal life’ are uttered in our hearing, we turn instinctively to the opening of the great High Priestly prayer recorded in the seventeenth chapter of St. John’s Gospel, where we find our Lord saying: ‘This is life eternal, that they might know Thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, Whom Thou hast sent.’ I. How do... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - 1 John 5:12

THE SOURCE OF CHRISTIAN LIFE‘He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.’ 1 John 5:12 To live for God on earth, and with Him in heaven; to work for His glory here and reign in it hereafter, is the chief end of man. The source of this life is Jesus Christ dwelling in the heart by His Holy Spirit. Its work is to guide all actions to the praise and glory of God; its influence is to give light to the whole world, and its end to transform man into the image... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 John 5:10-12

‘He who believes on the Son of God has the witness in him. He who does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the witness that God has borne concerning his Son. And the witness is this, that God gave to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He who has the Son has the life. He who does not have the Son of God does not have the life.’ So the one who believes on the Son of God has the witness in Him. He too was a witness. He witnessed to the truth while He was... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 John 5:13

‘These things have I written to you, that you may know that you have eternal life, even to you who believe on the name of the Son of God.’ And these things are written to his hearers and readers so that they might know that they have eternal life (John 5:24), because they believe on the name of the Son of God. This faith in Him and all He has done for them, has produced eternal life now within them. They are born from above (John 3:6; James 1:18; 1 Peter 1:23; 2 Peter 1:4). They are children of... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 John 5:14-15

They Are to Continue In Prayer As They seek To Establish God’s Kingly Rule (1 John 5:14-15 ) ‘And this is the boldness which we have towards him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us, and if we know that he hears us whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him.’ Our knowing of Jesus Christ through the Spirit by the Father then fills us with boldness. If He is with us who will say us nay? Thus we know that we can approach Him (God/Jesus... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 John 5:14-21

Conclusion (1 John 5:14-21 ). John concludes his letter with four major points. 1) The certainty that Christians can have of victory through prayer. In the face of all that confronts them they can be bold for they have access to the All-powerful One Who hears their prayers as they go about doing His will, and will respond to what they ask which is within His will.. 2) This is an extension of 1). That they must pray for each other when they fall into sin. For Christians must be ever... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 John 5:16-17

They Are To Be watchful For One Another And continue Instant In Prayer For One Another (1 John 5:16-17 ). ‘If any man see his brother sinning a sin not unto death, he shall ask, and God will give him life for those who do not sin unto death. There is a sin unto death. Not concerning this do I say that he should make request. All unrighteousness is sin, and there is a sin not unto death.’ As John had made clear at the beginning he knew that Christians would still continue to sin. Indeed he... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 John 5:18-20

They Are To Look To The One Who Has Begotten Them to Eternal Life Through Jesus Christ And Keep Themselves from Sin And From The World (1 John 5:18-20 ). ‘We know that whoever is begotten of God does not continue in sin, but he who was begotten of God keeps himself (or ‘him’), and the evil one touches him not. We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in the evil one. And we know that the Son of God is come, and has given us an understanding, that we know him that is true, and we... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - 1 John 5:6-12

1 John 5:6-2 Kings : . Reference to the faith held by the Church concerning Christ leads John to specify in symbolic terms what that faith was and the witness by which it was sustained. The truth belongs to the sphere of revelation and so has its source in God, but it is confirmed by the spiritual experience which it creates in the believer. 1 John 5:6 . by water and blood: i.e. by the water of His baptism and the blood of His death. The reference is to two events in Christ’ s ministry,... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - 1 John 5:13-21

1 John 5:13-Ecclesiastes : . Conclusion.— A reminder of the writer’ s purpose, an assertion of the value and also the limitations of intercessory prayer, and a summary of the teaching of the epistle. 1 John 5:13 . that . . . life: John wishes his readers to have no misgiving as to the reality of their religious experience, though the appended clause (“ even . . . God” ) indicates that the security is bound up with a right view of Jesus. 1 John 5:14 f. When our prayers for ourselves or for... read more

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