The Epistle of John C. 5

[MatthewG]

May God give the increase to you.
The Epistle of John C. 4
The Epistle of John C. 3
The Epistle of John C. 2
First Epistle of John C. 1 - Introduction
The book of Hebrews C. 3
The Book of Hebrews C. 2
The Book of Hebrews C. 1 - Introduction

Hello and welcome; This is a in-depth study of 1 John C.5 you can view the previous chapters from before if you would like. These will be verse by verse comments, and added Greek words from time to time.

Check the word of God to what is being said and you judge for yourself between you and God what is true. Anything that is bad throw it away, hold on to those things that are good! Believe and trust the Father and the Son.

1 John 5
Young's Literal Translation

5 Every one who is believing that Jesus is the Christ, of God he hath been begotten, and every one who is loving Him who did beget, doth love also him who is begotten of Him:

Verse 1: Everyone who is believing (trust/entrust/faith in) that Jesus is the Christ (Anointed one ~ Messiah. of God

Has he been begotten: Anyone who believes on the Lord Jesus Christ; God has adopted, and believers are now children of God through faith, and believing. Everyone is loving Him who God did (begot) (reborn again by the spirit by turning towards God) ~ God love also him who is born again of Christ Jesus? ~ Through the spirit of truth by hearing the Gospel of the life, death. burial and resurrection.​

2 in this we know that we love the children of God, when we may love God, and His commands may keep;

Verse 2: In this we know that we love the children of God, when we may love God,
and his commands may keep,

Love:
HELPS Word-studies
Cognate: 25 agapáō – properly, to prefer, to love; for the believer, preferring to "live through Christ" (1 Jn 4:9,10), i.e. embracing God's will (choosing His choices) and obeying them through His power. 25 (agapáō) preeminently refers to what God prefers as He "is love" (1 Jn 4:8,16). See 26 (agapē).

With the believer, 25 /agapáō ("to love") means actively doing what the Lord prefers, with Him (by His power and direction). True 25 /agapáō ("loving") is always defined by God – a "discriminating affection which involves choice and selection" (WS, 477). 1 Jn 4:8,16,17 for example convey how loving ("preferring," 25 /agapáō) is Christ living His life through the believer.

Children:
HELPS Word-studies
5043 téknon – properly, a child; (figuratively) anyone living in full dependence on the heavenly Father, i.e. fully (willingly) relying upon the Lord in glad submission. This prompts God to transform them into His likeness.

5043 /téknon ("a child living in willing dependence") illustrates how we must all live in utter dependence upon the Lord (moment-by-moment), drawing guidance (care, nurture) from our heavenly Father. 5043 (téknon) emphasizes the childlike (not childish) attitude of heart that willingly (gladly) submits to the Father's plan. We profoundly learn this as we are receptive to Christ speaking His rhēma-word within to impart faith (cf. Ro 8:16,17 with Ro 10:17, Gk text).

Commandments:
HELPS Word-studies
1785 entolḗ (a feminine noun derived from 1722 /en, "in," which intensifies 5056 /télos, "reach the end, consummation") – properly, "in the end," focusing on the end-result (objective) of a command.

[1785 /entolḗ (a feminine noun) highlights the nature of a specific order (charge), i.e. its "in-context objective."]
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3 for this is the love of God, that His commands we may keep, and His commands are not burdensome;

Verse 3: for because of this; the love of God ~ That His Commands we may keep; and His commands are not burdensome;

What are the commands of the Lord Jesus Christ and what did he tells his disciples?

To Love God, and to Love Others.

Burdensome:
HELPS Word-studies
Cognate: 926 barýs – (an adjective, also used substantively) – properly, heavy (weighty); (figuratively) what is grievous (burdensome), pressing down on a person with oppressive force. Such a grievous burden makes a person unable to function (enjoy free movement). See 922 (baros).​

4 because every one who is begotten of God doth overcome the world, and this is the victory that did overcome the world -- our faith;

Verse 4: Because every person who is reborn of God; does overcome the world (by and through living by the spirit of Christ/Holy Spirit.

And is the victory that did over come the world -- our faith

Overcome: 3528 nikáō(from 3529 /níkē, "victory") – properly, conquer (overcome); " 'to carry off the victory, come off victorious.' The verb implies a battle" (K. Wuest).

Victory: Cognate: 3529 níkē (a feminine noun) – conquest; a particular expression of victory, resulting from receiving (obeying) the faith Christ imparts (i.e. His inworked persuasion). See 3528 (nikáō).

Faith: 4102 pístis (from 3982/peithô, "persuade, be persuaded") – properly, persuasion (be persuaded, come to trust); faith.

Faith (4102/pistis) is always a gift from God, and never something that can be produced by people. In short, 4102/pistis ("faith") for the believer is "God's divine persuasion" – and therefore distinct from human belief (confidence), yet involving it. The Lord continuously births faith in the yielded believer so they can know what He prefers, i.e. the persuasion of His will (1 Jn 5:4).

[4102 (pistis) in secular antiquity referred to a guarantee (warranty). In Scripture, faith is God's warranty, certifying that the revelation He inbirthed will come to pass (His way).

Faith (4102/pistis) is also used collectively – of all the times God has revealed (given the persuasion of) His will, which includes the full revelation of Scripture (Jude 3). Indeed, God the Lord guarantees that all of this revelation will come to pass! Compare Mt 5:18 with 2 Tim 3:16.]

1. The root of 4102/pistis ("faith") is 3982/peithô ("to persuade, be persuaded") which supplies the core-meaning of faith ("divine persuasion"). It is God's warranty that guarantees the fulfillment of the revelation He births within the receptive believer (cf. 1 Jn 5:4 with Heb 11:1).

Faith (4102/pistis) is always received from God, and never generated by us.​

 

[MatthewG]

5 who is he who is overcoming the world, if not he who is believing that Jesus is the Son of God?

Verse 5: who is who is overcoming the world -; day by day ~ if not those who are believers that Jesus is the Son of God?​

6 This one is he who did come through water and blood -- Jesus the Christ, not in the water only, but in the water and the blood; and the Spirit it is that is testifying, because the Spirit is the truth,

This one is he who did come through water and blood. ``

Jesus the Christ not in the water only, buy in the water and the blood; and the Spirit it is that is testifying because the Spirit is the truth.

Spirit:
HELPS Word-studies
4151 pneúma – properly, spirit (Spirit), wind, or breath. The most frequent meaning (translation) of 4151 (pneúma) in the NT is "spirit" ("Spirit"). Only the context however determines which sense(s) is meant.

[Any of the above renderings (spirit-Spirit, wind, breath) of 4151 (pneúma) is always theoretically possible (spirit, Spirit, wind, breath). But when the attributive adjective ("holy") is used, it always refers to the Holy Spirit. "Spirit" ("spirit") is by far the most common translation (application) of 4151 (pneúma).

The Hebrew counterpart (rûach) has the same range of meaning as 4151 (pneúma), i.e. it

Truth:
Definition: truth
Usage: truth, but not merely truth as spoken; truth of idea, reality, sincerity, truth in the moral sphere, divine truth revealed to man, straightforwardness.
HELPS Word-studies

225 alḗtheia (from 227 /alēthḗs, "true to fact") – properly, truth (true to fact), reality.

[In ancient Greek culture, 225 (alḗtheia) was synonymous for "reality" as the opposite of illusion, i.e. fact.]
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7 because three are who are testifying [in the heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit, and these -- the three -- are one;

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Verse 7: Because three who are testifying in truth: from in the heaven is the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit and these `` the three `` are one; all bearing truth of the heavens and testifying in truth of the existence of the Father, the Word and the Holy Spirit which are all one which testify about the heavens in truth. ( I might be wrong here ~ This is the way I see it though)

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Testifying:
martureó: to bear witness, testify
Original Word: μαρτυρέω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: martureó
Phonetic Spelling: (mar-too-reh'-o)
Definition: to bear witness, testify
Usage: I witness, bear witness, give evidence, testify, give a good report.

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heaven:​

ouranos: heaven

Original Word: οὐρανός, οῦ, ὁ

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Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: ouranos
Phonetic Spelling: (oo-ran-os')
Definition: heaven
Usage: heaven, (a) the visible heavens: the atmosphere, the sky, the starry heavens, (b) the spiritual heavens.

HELPS Word-studies


3772 ouranós – heaven (singular), and nearly as often used in the plural ("heavens"). "The singular and plural have distinct overtones and therefore should be distinguished in translation (though unfortunately they rarely are)" (G. Archer).

Father:
Strong's Concordance
patér: a father
Original Word: πατήρ, πατρός, ὁ
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: patér
Phonetic Spelling: (pat-ayr')
Definition: a father
Usage: father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior.
HELPS Word-studies
3962 patḗr – father; one who imparts life and is committed to it; a progenitor, bringing into being to pass on the potential for likeness.

3962 /patḗr ("father") is used of our heavenly Father. He imparts life, from physical birth to the gift of eternal life through the second birth (regeneration, being born again). Through ongoing sanctification, the believer more and more resembles their heavenly Father – i.e. each time they receive faith from Him and obey it, which results in their unique glorification.

[3962 /patḗr ("father") refers to a begetter, originator, progenitor – one in "intimate connection and relationship" (Gesenius). Just as in the NT, the OT never speaks of universal fatherhood of God toward men (see. G. B. Steven's concession, The Theology of the New Testament, p 70; see p 68) (TWOT 1, 6).

For more on the Fatherhood of God see: Bruce, F. F., NIDNTT 2. 655-656; Burton, E. de W., The Epistle to the Galatians (Edinburgh: Clark 1921) 384-392; Jeremias, J., The Prayers of Jesus (ET) (London: SCM, 1967) 11-65.]


the Word:
HELPS Word-studies
3056 lógos (from 3004 /légō, "speaking to a conclusion") – a word, being the expression of a thought; a saying. 3056 /lógos ("word") is preeminently used of Christ (Jn 1:1), expressing the thoughts of the Father through the Spirit.

[3056 (lógos) is a common term (used 330 times in the NT) with regards to a person sharing a message (discourse, "communication-speech"). 3056 (lógos) is a broad term meaning "reasoning expressed by words."]

Holy:
40 hágios – properly, different (unlike), other ("otherness"), holy; for the believer, 40 (hágios) means "likeness of nature with the Lord" because "different from the world."

The fundamental (core) meaning of 40 (hágios) is "different" – thus a temple in the 1st century was hagios ("holy") because different from other buildings (Wm. Barclay). In the NT, 40 /hágios ("holy") has the "technical" meaning "different from the world" because "like the Lord."

[40 (hágios) implies something "set apart" and therefore "different (distinguished/distinct)" – i.e. "other," because special to the Lord.]

Spirit:
4151 pneúma – properly, spirit (Spirit), wind, or breath. The most frequent meaning (translation) of 4151 (pneúma) in the NT is "spirit" ("Spirit"). Only the context however determines which sense(s) is meant.

[Any of the above renderings (spirit-Spirit, wind, breath) of 4151 (pneúma) is always theoretically possible (spirit, Spirit, wind, breath). But when the attributive adjective ("holy") is used, it always refers to the Holy Spirit. "Spirit" ("spirit") is by far the most common translation (application) of 4151 (pneúma).

The Hebrew counterpart (rûach) has the same range of meaning as 4151 (pneúma), i.e. it likewise can refer to spirit/Spirit, wind, or breath.]

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[MatthewG]

1 John 5
Young's Literal Translation

7 because three are who are testifying [in the heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit, and these -- the three -- are one;

8 and three are who are testifying in the earth], the Spirit, and the water, and the blood, and the three are into the one.

verse 8: three are also testifying in the earth and that is : the Spirit, the water, and the blood, and the three are into the one. The Spirit of man? can become known of the truth by the Father, from Hearing the Word and Believing and receiving the holy spirit? Which of these three all bear witness of the one truth of the Lord Jesus Christ, who came, died, was buried, and resurrected.​

9 If the testimony of men we receive, the testimony of God is greater, because this is the testimony of God that He hath testified concerning His Son.

Verse 9: If the testimony of men we receive

The testimony of God is greater; Because this is the testimony of God

That God has testified concerning His Son.​

10 He who is believing in the Son of God, hath the testimony in himself; he who is not believing God, a liar hath made Him, because he hath not believed in the testimony that God hath testified concerning His Son;

Verse 10: He who is believing in the Son of God; Has the testimony in Himself

Who ever so believes in the Son of God ~ Has the testimony of the Lord Jesus Christ with-in along with the spirit of Christ, and the holy spirit from God. A believer has the testimony of the Father, the Word, and The Holy Spirit as they are testifying things about heaven which are true. That by believing we can become children of God, partaker of heavenly things, from a heavenly kingdom, from above and not here on earth.

Whoever so is not believing in God, they do not believe in the testimony concerning his son, because they do not care, and have no desire to have anything to do with God, (Our flesh naturally hates anything having to do with faith/spirit because the spirit and flesh fight each other daily.)​

11 and this is the testimony, that life age-during did God give to us, and this -- the life -- is in His Son;

Verse 11: This is the testimony: that life age-during did God give to us

A relationship of life did God give to us, while we are taped into the vine, and know we are the branches and God gives the increase, life will be given to us by the spiritual aspect of life.

Having patience, peace, gentleness, love, kindness, by the spirit through faith in the Lord JEsus Christ and the Father.

And this -- the life-- is in His Son. ~~ Life is found inside of the Lord Jesus Christ​

12 he who is having the Son, hath the life; he who is not having the Son of God -- the life he hath not.

Verse 12: A believer who is having the Son ~ Fellowship ~ Hath the life (Light - can see)

He who is not having the Son of God ~~ The life he hath not. (Darkness - blind)

Having: Have: Hold:
echó: to have, hold
Original Word: ἔχω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: echó
Phonetic Spelling: (ekh'-o)
Definition: to have, hold
Usage: I have, hold, possess.


Life:
HELPS Word-studies
2222 zōḗ – life (physical and spiritual). All life (2222 /zōḗ), throughout the universe, is derived – i.e. it always (only) comes from and is sustained by God's self-existent life. The Lord intimately shares His gift of life with people, creating each in His image which gives all the capacity to know His eternal life.

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13 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.

Verse 13: These things I (John) did write to you who are believing in the name of the Son of God that you may know

that life you may have age-during - walking with God - Eternal life

and that you may believe in the name of the Son of God - Yeshua, Jesus.​

14 And this is the boldness that we have toward Him, that if anything we may ask according to his will, He doth hear us,

And this is the boldness that we have toward Him;

that if anything we may ask

according to Gods will -

He does hear us - believers when we pray because we believe and trust in the Father and the Son who are there for us always and desire to hear from us if you are a believer remember that you are a child of God and that you are loved. (Spiritual needs) Peace, love, joy, comfort, forgiveness, mercy, kindness, gentleness, patience.​

15 and if we have known that He doth hear us, whatever we may ask, we have known that we have the requests that we have requested from Him.

Verse 15: If we have know that the Father does hear us, whatever me ask (according to his will ~ living by the spirit) ~ We have know that we have the request that we have requested from Him. (Confirmation of the help of God, and the Lord Jesus Christ helping you with-in by the spirit) The truth of heavenly things which the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit testify about in truth.​

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[MatthewG]

16 If any one may see his brother sinning a sin not unto death, he shall ask, and He shall give to him life to those sinning not unto death; there is sin to death, not concerning it do I speak that he may beseech;

Verse 16: If any one may see his brother; sinning a sin ` that is not unto death

The brother shall ask; and He shall give him life to those sinning not unto death - Prayer for others who are struggling in their life; but maybe they are believers and not fallen away from the living God.

There is sin to death, not concerning it Do I speak that he may ask?​

17 all unrighteousness is sin, and there is sin not unto death.

Verse 17: all unrighteousness is sin, and there is sin not unto death.

unrighteousness -
Definition: injustice, unrighteousness
Usage: injustice, unrighteousness, hurt.

HELPS Word-studies
93 adikía (a feminine noun derived from 1 /A "not" and 1349 /díkē, "justice") – properly, the opposite of justice; unrighteousness, as a violation of God's standards (justice) which brings divine disapproval; a count (violation) of God's justice, i.e. what is contrary to His righteous judgments (what He approves).

Sin -
hamartia: a sin, failure
Original Word: ἁμαρτία, ας, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: hamartia
Phonetic Spelling: (ham-ar-tee'-ah)
Definition: a sin, failure
Usage: prop: missing the mark; hence: (a) guilt, sin, (b) a fault, failure (in an ethical sense), sinful deed.

HELPS Word-studies
266 hamartía (a feminine noun derived from 1 /A "not" and 3313 /méros, "a part, share of") – properly, no-share ("no part of"); loss (forfeiture) because not hitting the target; sin (missing the mark).

266 /hamartía ("sin, forfeiture because missing the mark") is the brand of sin that emphasizes its self-originated (self-empowered) nature – i.e. it is not originated or empowered by God (i.e. not of faith, His inworked persuasion, cf. Ro 14:23).

Death -
thanatos: death
Original Word: θάνατος, ου, ὁ
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: thanatos
Phonetic Spelling: (than'-at-os)
Definition: death
Usage: death, physical or spiritual.

HELPS Word-studies
2288 thánatos (derived from 2348 /thnḗskō, "to die") – physical or spiritual death; (figuratively) separation from the life (salvation) of God forever by dying without first experiencing death to self to receive His gift of salvation.
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18 We have known that every one who hath been begotten of God doth not sin, but he who was begotten of God doth keep himself, and the evil one doth not touch him;

Verse 18: We have known that every one who has been reborn again of God does not sin, but he who was reborn of God - Keeps himself with relationship with God by and through the spirit that the evil one does not touch him

Those reborn of God do not sin (Willingly) - continues to sin,

Strong's Concordance
hamartanó: to miss the mark, do wrong, sin
Original Word: ἁμαρτάνω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: hamartanó
Phonetic Spelling: (ham-ar-tan'-o)
Definition: to miss the mark, do wrong, sin
Usage: originally: I miss the mark, hence (a) I make a mistake, (b) I sin, commit a sin (against God); sometimes the idea of sinning against a fellow-creature is present.

HELPS Word-studies
Cognate: 264 hamartánō (from 1 /A "not" and 3313 /méros, "a part, share") – properly, having no share in; to sin, which always brings forfeiture – i.e. eternal loss due to missing God's mark. Like 266 /hamartía, 264 (hamartánō) is regularly used in ancient times of an archer missing the target (Homer, Aesch., etc). Every decision (action) done apart from faith (4102 /pístis) is sin (Ro 14:23; cf. Heb 11:6). See 266 (hamartia).​

19 we have known that of God we are, and the whole world in the evil doth lie;

Verse 19: We believers have known that of God ~ We are his children,

and the whole world in evil(one) does lie.

Evil one -
ponéros: toilsome, bad
Original Word: πονηρός, ά, όν
Part of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: ponéros
Phonetic Spelling: (pon-ay-ros')
Definition: toilsome, bad
Usage: evil, bad, wicked, malicious, slothful.
HELPS Word-studies
4190 ponērós (an adjective which is also used substantively, derived from 4192 /pónos, "pain, laborious trouble") – properly, pain-ridden, emphasizing the inevitable agonies (misery) that always go with evil.​

 

[MatthewG]

20 and we have known that the Son of God is come, and hath given us a mind, that we may know Him who is true, and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ; this one is the true God and the life age-during!

Verse 20: And we know that the Son of God is come, and has given us a mind

that we may know Him who is true

and we are in Him (Gods Holy Spirit/Spirit of Christ) who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ; this one is the true God and the life age during.

The Son of God has given us a mind -

Strong's Concordance
dianoia: the mind, disposition, thought
Original Word: διάνοια, ας, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: dianoia
Phonetic Spelling: (dee-an'-oy-ah)
Definition: the mind, disposition, thought
Usage: understanding, intellect, mind, insight.

HELPS Word-studies
1271 diánoia (from 1223 /diá, "thoroughly, from side-to-side," which intensifies 3539 /noiéō, "to use the mind," from 3563 /noús, "mind") – properly, movement from one side (of an issue) to the other to reach balanced-conclusions; full-orbed reasoning (= critical thinking), i.e. dialectical thinking that literally reaches "across to the other side" (of a matter).

1271 /diánoia ("critical thinking"), literally "thorough reasoning," incorporates both sides of a matter to reach a meaningful (personal) conclusion. Such "full-breadth reasoning" is essential to loving (25 /agapáō) the Lord and our neighbor (see Mk 12:30). It is also the instrument of self-destruction when exercised without God's light and power (Lk 1:51; Eph 2:3, 4:18; Col 1:21).

[1271 /diánoia (dianoia) is also used of "reasoning and speech between characters in ancient dramas" (LS; cf. Aristotle, Rh 1, 404). But 1271 (diánoia) works to a person's own undoing when it operates apart from the light of God's word (Eph 4:18).]
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21 Little children, guard yourselves from the idols! Amen.

Verse 21: Little Children, guard yourselves from idols! amen​

Children​

Strong's Concordance
teknion: a little child
Original Word: τεκνίον, ου, τό
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Transliteration: teknion
Phonetic Spelling: (tek-nee'-on)
Definition: a little child
Usage: a little child.
HELPS Word-studies
5040 tekníon(the diminutive form of 5043 /téknon, "child") – a little child; (figuratively) someone deeply loved (endeared).​

Guard:​

Strong's Concordance
phulassó: to guard, watch
Original Word: φυλάσσω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: phulassó
Phonetic Spelling: (foo-las'-so)
Definition: to guard, watch
Usage: (a) I guard, protect; mid: I am on my guard, (b) act. and mid. of customs and regulations: I keep, observe.
HELPS Word-studies
5442 phylássō (akin to 5441 /phýlaks, "a military guard") – properly, preserve by "having an eye on" (J. Thayer), referring to the uninterrupted vigilance shepherds show in keeping their flocks (see Lk 2:8, used with 5438 /phylakḗ, "a military guard," i.e. exercising unbroken vigilance as a military guard).

5442 /phylássō ("keep watch over, keep secure") emphasizes the needed vigilance to keep what is entrusted. Thus 5442 (phylássō) is often used in the NT in the Greek middle voice meaning, "Personally be on guard against," stressing the constant, personal interest involved with the guarding.

[Examples: Lk 12:15, "Beware of," (RV, "Keep yourselves from," cf. Ac 21:25); 2 Tim 4:15, "Be thou aware" (see Vine, Unger, White, NT, 65).]​

Idols:

Strong's Concordance
eidólon: an image (i.e. for worship), by impl. a false god
Original Word: εἴδωλον, ου, τό
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Transliteration: eidólon
Phonetic Spelling: (i'-do-lon)
Definition: an image (for worship), by implication a false god
Usage: an idol, false god.​

 

[MatthewG]

Key Verses: 5:9-12

9 If the testimony of men we receive, the testimony of God is greater, because this is the testimony of God that He hath testified concerning His Son.

Verse 9: If the testimony of men we receive

The testimony of God is greater; Because this is the testimony of God

That God has testified concerning His Son.​

10 He who is believing in the Son of God, hath the testimony in himself; he who is not believing God, a liar hath made Him, because he hath not believed in the testimony that God hath testified concerning His Son;

Verse 10: He who is believing in the Son of God; Has the testimony in Himself

Who ever so believes in the Son of God ~ Has the testimony of the Lord Jesus Christ with-in along with the spirit of Christ, and the holy spirit from God. A believer has the testimony of the Father, the Word, and The Holy Spirit as they are testifying things about heaven which are true. That by believing we can become children of God, partaker of heavenly things, from a heavenly kingdom, from above and not here on earth.

Whoever so is not believing in God, they do not believe in the testimony concerning his son, because they do not care, and have no desire to have anything to do with God, (Our flesh naturally hates anything having to do with faith/spirit because the spirit and flesh fight each other daily.)​

11 and this is the testimony, that life age-during did God give to us, and this -- the life -- is in His Son;

Verse 11: This is the testimony: that life age-during did God give to us​

A relationship of life did God give to us, while we are taped into the vine, and know we are the branches and God gives the increase, life will be given to us by the spiritual aspect of life.

Having patience, peace, gentleness, love, kindness, by the spirit through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and the Father.

And this -- the life-- is in His Son. ~~ Life is found inside of the Lord Jesus Christ​

12 he who is having the Son, hath the life; he who is not having the Son of God -- the life he hath not.

Verse 12: A believer who is having the Son ~ Fellowship ~ Hath the life (Light - can see)

He who is not having the Son of God ~~ The life he hath not. (Darkness - blind)​