<p>5:12 <i>He that has the Son has life. He that does not have the Son of God does not have life</i>- John is at pains to stress that the gift of life (see on :11) is the life of God's Son. Hence the Greek reads literally &quot;<i>the </i>life&quot;- the life of Jesus. There can be no legitimate spiritual life or spirituality outside of Him. And he writes this against the background of the Judaist infiltrators arguing that there was spiritual life to be had from legalistic obedience, even if the Lord's Divine Sonship was denied. The Lord Jesus and His life are intimately connected; &quot;the Son has life in Himself&quot; (Jn. 5:26). To have Him is to have His life. And to 'have' the Son is to 'have' the Father (2 Jn. 9).</p>