OET interlinear 1YHN (1JHN) 5:20

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: guidelines-sonofgodprinciples

ὁ Υἱὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ

the Son ¬the ˱of˲_God

Son of God is an important title for Jesus that describes his relationship to God.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἥκει

/is/_coming

If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state more explicitly what this means, as you may have done in 5:6. Alternate translation: “has come to earth from God”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

δέδωκεν ἡμῖν διάνοιαν

/has/_given ˱to˲_us /a/_mind

If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea behind the abstract noun understanding with a verb such as “understand.” Alternate translation: “has enabled us to understand”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

δέδωκεν ἡμῖν διάνοιαν

/has/_given ˱to˲_us /a/_mind

If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state explicitly what Jesus has enabled us to understand. Alternate translation: “has enabled us to understand the truth” or “has enabled us to understand the truth about God”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

τὸν Ἀληθινόν & τῷ Ἀληθινῷ

the True_‹One› & the True_‹One›

John is using the adjective True as a noun in order to indicate a specific being. ULT adds One to show this. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you could translate this with an equivalent expression. Alternate translation: “the One who is true … the One who is true”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

τὸν Ἀληθινόν & τῷ Ἀληθινῷ

the True_‹One› & the True_‹One›

John is speaking of God by association with the way that he is True. This could mean: (1) The God who is genuine, in contrast to false gods. Alternate translation: “the real God … the real God” (2) The God who is true in all that he says and does. Alternate translation: “God, who always tells the truth and does what he says he will do … God, who always tells the truth and does what he says he will do”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἐσμὲν ἐν τῷ Ἀληθινῷ, ἐν τῷ Υἱῷ αὐτοῦ, Ἰησοῦ Χριστῷ

˱we˲_are in the True_‹One› in the Son ˱of˲_him Jesus Christ

As in 2:5, John is speaking as if believers could be inside of God and Jesus. This expression describes having a close relationship with God and Jesus. Alternate translation: “we have a close relationship with the true God, with his Son Jesus Christ”

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἐσμὲν ἐν τῷ Ἀληθινῷ, ἐν τῷ Υἱῷ αὐτοῦ, Ἰησοῦ Χριστῷ

˱we˲_are in the True_‹One› in the Son ˱of˲_him Jesus Christ

This second occurrence of the True One could refer to: (1) Jesus, as the rest of the clause makes clear. In this case, John is saying that both God and Jesus are the true God, and we are in both. See the UST. (2) God, just as the first occurrence of the True One refers to God. In this case, John is saying that we are in God because of being in Jesus. Alternate translation: “we are in the True One through being in Jesus Christ, his Son”

Note 9 topic: guidelines-sonofgodprinciples

τῷ Υἱῷ αὐτοῦ

the the Son ˱of˲_him

Son is an important title for Jesus that describes his relationship to God.

Note 10 topic: writing-pronouns

οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ ἀληθινὸς Θεὸς

this_‹one› is the true God

This could refer either to (1) Jesus, who was mentioned just before, or (2) God, who was mentioned earlier.

Note 11 topic: figures-of-speech / hendiadys

ὁ ἀληθινὸς Θεὸς καὶ ζωὴ αἰώνιος

the the true God and life eternal

John is expressing a single idea by using two noun phrases connected with and. The phrase eternal life describes a quality of the true God, that he gives eternal life. Alternate translation: “the true God, who gives eternal life”

Note 12 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ζωὴ αἰώνιος

life eternal

As in 4:9, eternal life means both receiving power from God in this life to live in a new way and living forever in the presence of God after death. See how you translated the expression eternal life there.