1 John 5:11 in every translation
Leer en españolThe same verse in each translation we publish, grouped by language and by the tradition that made it. Numbering is matched for each text (for example, Psalms in the Septuagint).
English
Catholic
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
The testimony is this: that God gave to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
The testimony is this: that God gave to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
And the witness is this, that God gave unto us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
MSB Majority Standard Bible
And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
And the witness is this, that God gave unto us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
LSV Literal Standard Version
and this is the testimony, that God gave continuous life to us, and this life is in His Son;
Read in context · Literal Standard Version. Copyright © 2020 Covenant Press. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/englsv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Darby Darby Translation
And this is the witness, that God has given to us eternal life; and this life is in his Son.
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
And this is the testimony, that God hath given to us eternal life: and this life is in his Son.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
And this is that record, to wit, that God hath giuen vnto vs eternall life, and this life is in that his Sonne.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
And the witness is this: God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
Read in context · Unlocked Literal Bible. Copyright © 2017 Door43 World Missions Community. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engULB/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tyndale Tyndale New Testament (1534)
And this ys that recorde how that god hath geven vnto vs eternall lyfe and this lyfe is in his sonne.
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
and this is the testimony, that life age-during did God give to us, and this — the life — is in His Son;
FBV Free Bible Version
The evidence is this: God has given eternal life to us, and we have this life through his Son.
Read in context · Free Bible Version. Copyright © 2018 Dr. Jonathan Gallagher. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engfbv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Scholarly edition
BBE Bible in Basic English
And his witness is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Y éste es el testimonio, que Dios nos ha dado vida eterna. Y ésta vida está en su Hijo.
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Y este es el testimonio: Que Dios nos ha dado vida eterna; y esta vida está en su Hijo.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
¿Y qué es lo que ha dicho? Que nos ha dado vida eterna, y que esta vida está en su Hijo.
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Éste es el testimonio: Que Dios nos dio vida eterna, y esta vida está en su Hijo.
Read in context · Palabra de Dios para ti © 2020 Asociación Bíblica Latinoamericana. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spapddpt/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
Individual translator
VBL Free Bible Version (Spanish)
Y la evidencia es esta: Dios nos ha dado vida eterna por medio de su Hijo.
Read in context · Versión Biblia Libre. Copyright © 2018-2020 Jonathan Gallagher y Shelly Barrios de Avila. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spavbl/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
BES Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Y este es el testimonio: Dios nos ha dado vida eterna, y esta vida está en su Hijo.
Read in context · La Biblia en Español Sencillo, traducida y editada por Irma Flores (AudioBiblia.org).
Greek
Orthodox
PT1904 Patriarchal Text 1904 (accented, eBible edition)
καὶ αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ μαρτυρία, ὅτι ζωὴν αἰώνιον ἔδωκεν ἡμῖν ὁ Θεός, καὶ αὕτη ἡ ζωὴ ἐν τῷ υἱῷ αὐτοῦ ἐστιν.
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
και αυτη εστιν η μαρτυρια, οτι ζωην αιωνιον εδωκεν ημιν ο θεος, και αυτη η ζωη εν τω υιω αυτου εστιν.
Read in context · Patriarchal Text, Antoniades 1904/1912 edition, verified by Maurice A. Robinson and Jussi Ala-Konni (https://github.com/byztxt/greektext-antoniades). Public domain.
Individual translator
TR Textus Receptus (Boyd collation)
Καὶ αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ μαρτυρία, ὅτι ζωὴν αἰώνιον ἔδωκεν ἡμῖν ὁ Θεός, καὶ αὕτη ἡ ζωὴ ἐν τῷ υἱῷ αὐτοῦ ἐστίν.
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
και αυτη εστιν η μαρτυρια οτι ζωην αιωνιον εδωκεν ημιν ο θεοσ και αυτη η ζωη εν τω υιω αυτου εστιν
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
καὶ αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ μαρτυρία, ὅτι ζωὴν αἰώνιον ἔδωκεν ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῖν, καὶ αὕτη ἡ ζωὴ ἐν τῷ Υἱῷ αὐτοῦ ἐστιν.
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
καὶ αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ μαρτυρία, ὅτι ζωὴν αἰώνιον ἔδωκεν ⸂ὁ θεὸς ἡμῖν, καὶ αὕτη ἡ ζωὴ ἐν τῷ υἱῷ αὐτοῦ ἐστιν.
Read in context · The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition. Copyright 2010 by the Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/grcsbl/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Latin
Catholic
VUL Clementine Vulgate
Et hoc est testimonium, quoniam vitam æternam dedit nobis Deus: et hæc vita in Filio ejus est.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
И҆ сїѐ є҆́сть свидѣ́тельство, ꙗ҆́кѡ живо́тъ вѣ́чный да́лъ є҆́сть на́мъ бг҃ъ, и҆ се́й живо́тъ въ сн҃ѣ є҆гѡ̀ є҆́сть.
Read in context · Church Slavonic text: Ponomar Project (github.com/typiconman/ponomar), © 2006–2018 Aleksandr Andreev and others, licensed under the GNU General Public License v3 or later. Changes for this site (2026-10-18): lectionary pericope markers, marginal glosses and the closing note of Genesis removed, Psalm verses renumbered to the Russian Synodal numbering, joined verses noted; the words are unchanged.
Russian
Orthodox
Synodal Russian Synodal Bible (1876)
Свидетельство сие состоит в том, что Бог даровал нам жизнь вечную, и сия жизнь в Сыне Его.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Και αύτη είναι μαρτυρία, ότι ζωήν αιώνιον έδωκεν εις ημάς ο Θεός, και αύτη η ζωή είναι εν τω Υιώ αυτού.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
И ово је сведочанство да нам је Бог дао живот вечни; и овај живот вечни у Сину је Његовом.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
I ovo je svedočanstvo da nam je Bog dao život večni; i ovaj život večni u Sinu je Njegovom.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
وَهَذِهِ هِيَ ٱلشَّهَادَةُ: أَنَّ ٱللهَ أَعْطَانَا حَيَاةً أَبَدِيَّةً، وَهَذِهِ ٱلْحَيَاةُ هِيَ فِي ٱبْنِهِ.
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC