5:11 And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

1 John 5:11

What an unimaginable thing -- that those of us who have "believed in the testimony that God has borne to his Son" (v. 10) have been given (past tense) eternal life in his Son!  Our God truly is "an awesome God, who reigns in heaven above, with wisdom, power and love, our God is an awesome God!" -- Rich Mullins