12He who has the Son has the life. He who doesn't have God's Son doesn't have the life.


In Context

9 If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater; for this is God's testimony which he has testified concerning his Son.

10 He who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. He who doesn't believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given concerning his Son.

11 The testimony is this, that God gave to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

12 He who has the Son has the life. He who doesn't have God's Son doesn't have the life.

13 These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.

14 This is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he listens to us.

1 John 5:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:12He that hath the Son hath life; [and] he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:12He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:12He that has the Son has life; and he that has not the Son of God has not life.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:12He that hath the Son, hath life. He that hath not the Son, hath not life.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:12He that hath the Son hath the life; he that hath not the Son of God hath not the life.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:12He that has the Son has life: he that has not the Son of God has not life.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:12He that hath the Son hath the life; he that hath not the Son of God hath not the life.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:12He that hath the Son, hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God, hath not life.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:12he who is having the Son, hath the life; he who is not having the Son of God — the life he hath not.