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1 John 1
1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched—this we proclaim concerning the Word of life. 2 The life appeared; we have seen it and testify to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and has appeared to us. 3 We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ. 4 We write this to make our[a] joy complete.
Notice the bold in black above and what John calls Jesus and also notice that John is speaking of two referents here and not just one and those referents are the Father (The Only True God as per John 17:3 and 1 John 5:20) and the Son whom John here calls "The Eternal life that was with the Father".
Now lets return to 1 John 5:20 and see how the precedent and context of 1 John 1:1-3 makes it very obvious that when John says "This is the True God and Eternal life" he is speaking of two referents, The Father who is "him who is True, and the Son of him who is true and who John is referring to as "The Eternal life".
It really should be obvious that John is not calling Jesus the True God here being he already identified him as "His Son" by whom we are in him who is True and with is the Father period.
1 John 5:20
20 And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.
So then, John is summing up what he wrote in the first chapter and he is revealing two referents here, the Father who is the True God and His Son Jesus Christ who John calls the Eternal life.
Therefore all that John is saying in 1 John 5:20, is that we are in the True God and Father through also being in the Son whom he calls the Eternal Life of the believer.
Now, why do you suppose that John is calling Jesus the Eternal life?
It is because the only way that we can have God's Eternal life, is through Jesus and his death on the cross for our sins and because God gave Jesus that Eternal life to live by and also to give unto all who believe and just as Jesus himself said in John 5:26 and John 6:57 as is very clearly seen below.
John 5:26 For as the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have life in Himself,
John 6:57 As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who feeds on Me will live because of Me.
1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched—this we proclaim concerning the Word of life. 2 The life appeared; we have seen it and testify to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and has appeared to us. 3 We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ. 4 We write this to make our[a] joy complete.
Notice the bold in black above and what John calls Jesus and also notice that John is speaking of two referents here and not just one and those referents are the Father (The Only True God as per John 17:3 and 1 John 5:20) and the Son whom John here calls "The Eternal life that was with the Father".
Now lets return to 1 John 5:20 and see how the precedent and context of 1 John 1:1-3 makes it very obvious that when John says "This is the True God and Eternal life" he is speaking of two referents, The Father who is "him who is True, and the Son of him who is true and who John is referring to as "The Eternal life".
It really should be obvious that John is not calling Jesus the True God here being he already identified him as "His Son" by whom we are in him who is True and with is the Father period.
1 John 5:20
New King James Version
20 And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.So then, John is summing up what he wrote in the first chapter and he is revealing two referents here, the Father who is the True God and His Son Jesus Christ who John calls the Eternal life.
Therefore all that John is saying in 1 John 5:20, is that we are in the True God and Father through also being in the Son whom he calls the Eternal Life of the believer.
Now, why do you suppose that John is calling Jesus the Eternal life?
It is because the only way that we can have God's Eternal life, is through Jesus and his death on the cross for our sins and because God gave Jesus that Eternal life to live by and also to give unto all who believe and just as Jesus himself said in John 5:26 and John 6:57 as is very clearly seen below.
John 5:26 For as the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have life in Himself,
John 6:57 As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who feeds on Me will live because of Me.