Does 1 John 5:13 mean I can know now that I have eternal life?
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Chuck Smith summed up the verse as the reason the letter exists: "So the purpose of the epistle: to bring you assurance of that eternal life." John writes it in the present tense: "that ye may know that ye have eternal life" (1 John 5:13). Read Chuck on 1 John 5:13 in the reader. Chuck Smith commentary used by permission of The Word For Today.
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