[ThisLittleLightofMine]

1 John 5:13, we can know we have eternal life.

[Genoa]

1 John 5:13, we can know we have eternal life.

Let's look at the passage:

These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.

Does that say we can know we will always have eternal life? Or is it saying that someone can have present assurance based on the fact that they believe? If someone can think they're saved, but then it turns out they were never really saved, what kind of assurance is that?