1 John 5:12 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

¹² The person who has the Son [in his heart] possesses this “life;” the one who does not have the Son of God does not possess this “life.”

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² He who possesses the Son has that life; he who does not possess the Son of God does not have that life.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

¹² The one who has the Son has life. The one who doesn’t have God’s Son does not have life.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² Whoever has the Son, has Life. Whoever does not have the Son, does not have Life.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

1 John 5:12 Cross References

Mark 16:16

The person who believes [i.e., the Gospel] and is immersed will be saved [i.e., from condemnation], but whoever does not believe it will be condemned.

John 1:12

But He gave all those who did welcome Him the opportunity of becoming children of God by believing in His name [i.e., as the Messiah].

John 3:15

so that whoever believes in Him would have never ending life.” [Note: Some translations extend Jesus’ conversation with Nicodemus through verse 21].

John 3:36

The person who believes in the Son has never ending life, but the person who disobeys the Son will not see life [i.e., will not experience never ending life], but [instead], God’s wrath remains on him.

John 5:24

“Truly, truly, I tell you, the person who listens to my message and believes [in] the One who sent me [i.e., God] has never ending life [i.e., as a hope. See Titus 1:2; 3:7]. He will not be judged [and condemned], but has [already] passed from being [spiritually] dead to being [spiritually] alive.

1 Corinthians 1:30

But God brought you into [fellowship with] Christ Jesus, who was made to be God’s wisdom for us. Through Christ you have received a right relationship with God, [as well as] holiness and redemption [i.e., being bought back from Satan].

Galatians 2:20

I have been crucified [i.e., died] with Christ, and so I am not the one who lives [anymore] but rather, it is Christ who lives in my heart. And [now] my entire life is being lived by trusting in the Son of God [to save and keep me], because He loved me and gave Himself up for me.

Hebrews 3:14

For we have become sharers with Christ, if we hold firmly onto the confidence [we had in Him] from the beginning until the end [of our lives].

2 John 1:9

Every person who does not continue to follow the teaching of Christ, but goes beyond it, does not have God [in his life]. [But], the person who continues to follow in the teaching [of Christ] has both the Father and the Son [in his life].