1 John 5:13
These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
הערת לימוד
Study Note
The statement 'these things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life' declares the letter's explicit purpose: not primarily instruction about ethics or Christology but the grounding of assurance in those who already believe. The perfect tense 'ye have eternal life' (echete zōēn aiōnion) presents eternal life as a present possession rather than a future hope alone — the characteristically Johannine 'realised eschatology.' The parallel with John 20:31 ('these are written that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ…and that believing ye might have life') suggests both the Gospel and the Epistle were written with life-giving faith as their ultimate pastoral goal. The verse became the primary New Testament text for the Reformed doctrine of assurance of salvation grounded in the external word rather than in introspective experience.
תרגומים נוספים
These things have I written unto you, that ye may know that ye have eternal life, even unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God.
These things I did write to you who are believing in the name of the Son of God, that ye may know that life ye have age-during, and that ye may believe in the name of the Son of God.
I have put these things in writing for you who have faith in the name of the Son of God, so that you may be certain that you have eternal life.
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