1 John 5:12
He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
Note d'étude
Study Note
The stark antithesis 'he that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life' states the christocentric soteriology of 1 John with maximum clarity: spiritual life is not a generic divine gift but is constituted specifically by union with the Son. The repetition of 'hath' (echōn) in both halves creates a precise zero-sum equation — life is coextensive with having the Son, not life-plus-something or life-available-to-all. This verse anticipates the following verses (5:13-15), where the purpose of writing is to enable assurance: since life is inseparably connected to having the Son, and the Son is confessed, life is confidently claimed. John 14:6 ('I am the way, the truth, and the life') provides the Christological ground, and Acts 4:12 ('no other name') the exclusivist implication that has shaped Christian soteriology and missiology.
Autres traductions
He that hath the Son hath the life; he that hath not the Son of God hath not the life.
he who is having the Son, hath the life; he who is not having the Son of God--the life he hath not.
He who has the Son has the life; he who has not the Son of God has not the life.
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