5:11a–b

God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son: (Alternative Interpretations) There are two views about how this sentence relates to the term “testimony”:

(1) This sentence is probably stating how God puts his testimony in our hearts.

(2) Some think that it is stating what the testimony is.

5:11a

this is: (Pronoun Reference) This refers to the rest of the verse.

5:11b

this life is in His Son: (Collocation) This does not just mean that Christ has eternal life. John is saying that we only get eternal life through Christ. God gives it to us by means of uniting us with his Son.

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