1 John 5:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

These things have I written unto you The things contained in the former part of this chapter concerning the fruits of regenerating faith, and the water and the blood, and the witnesses in heaven and on earth, and especially concerning the things which they have witnessed, mentioned in the two last verses; to you that believe on the name of the Son of God With a faith grounded on a saving knowledge of him, and productive of the fruits spoken of 1 John 5:1-4; that ye may know On the testimony of all the evangelists and apostles, and of Christ himself; that ye have eternal life That ye are heirs of it, notwithstanding your past sins and present infirmities, and the imperfection of your knowledge and holiness, and the various defects of your love and obedience; and that you may believe That is, may persevere in believing; on the name of the Son of God May continue in the faith grounded and settled, and not be moved away from the hope of the gospel; knowing that the just man shall live by faith, but if he draw back, God's soul will have no pleasure in him. See John 15:6, and Romans 11:22.