1 John 5:12
He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
Cross-reference
1 John 2:24 teaches that abiding in the word leads to abiding in the Son—linking possession of the Son to continued faithfulness.
1 John 2:23 reinforces that having the Son means having the Father—complementing the truth that having the Son gives life.
2 John 1:9 says abiding in Christ's teaching gives both the Father and the Son—directly connects to having the Son.
Mark 16:16 ties belief and baptism to salvation—faith in the Son yields life, matching 1 John's 'has the Son has life'.
John 1:12 shows that receiving Christ through belief grants the right to become God's children—the basis for having the Son and life.
John 3:36 directly parallels: belief in the Son gives eternal life; unbelief means no life—identical dichotomy.
John 5:24 echoes that hearing and believing grants eternal life and passage from death to life—the same promised result.
Galatians 2:20 describes Christ living in the believer—the very life that comes from having the Son.
In John 17:3, eternal life is defined as knowing God and Jesus — exactly what having the Son means here.
Revelation 20:15 shows the ultimate consequence for those without the Son—the lake of fire—reinforcing the life-or-death stakes of having eternal life.
1 Timothy 1:16 ties believing in Christ to receiving eternal life — the same life from having the Son.
Colossians 3:4 calls Christ 'our life' — directly identifying Him as the life given by having the Son.
Colossians 2:6 urges walking in Christ after receiving Him — the same receiving that means having the Son and life.
Romans 6:23 contrasts death (sin's wage) with eternal life in Christ — exactly the life given only to those who have the Son here.
Acts 4:12 declares no other name for salvation — the same exclusivity as life only through having the Son here.
Acts 3:15 calls Jesus the author of life — the source of life that only those who have the Son possess here.
In John 14:6, Jesus identifies himself as the life — the exclusive source, mirroring that life is only in the Son here.
In John 11:25, Jesus declares he is the life — the same life that comes only through having the Son here.
In John 6:53, Jesus says that without eating his flesh and drinking his blood, you have no life — the same condition as lacking the Son here.
John 6:47 promises eternal life to believers, directly paralleling the promise of life to those who have the Son.
John 3:18 links belief in the Son to no condemnation, directly paralleling the life/death outcome of having or lacking the Son.
Matthew 25:46 contrasts eternal life and punishment, reinforcing the decisive outcome of having or not having the Son.
Hebrews 3:14 conditions sharing in Christ on holding firm—a parallel call to persevere in possessing the Son.
Deuteronomy 30:15 sets life and death before Israel—the OT backdrop for the ultimate choice: having the Son means life.
2 Timothy 3:15 says Scriptures lead to salvation through faith in Christ — the same faith that gives the Son and life.
Mark 9:7 declares Jesus as God's beloved Son, affirming the one we must have for life.
Mark 1:1 identifies Jesus as the Son of God, clarifying who the Son is in 1 John 5:12.
Proverbs 8:35 promises life to those who find Wisdom, paralleling the promise of life through having the Son.