[opus86]

"12 He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. 13 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." - I John 5:12-13

Why would John say "that you may know you have eternal life" if we couldn't?

[adiaireton8]

Knowing that one *now* has (i.e. shares in) eternal life is not the same as knowing *now* that on the Day of Judgment one will be let into heaven.

-A8