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Hath life (ἔχει τὴν ζωὴν)
More strictly, as Rev., the life; i.e., the life which God gave (1Jo 5:11). See on Joh 16:22. Compare Christ who is our life (Col 3:4).
The Son of God
Hath the Son, hath not the Son of God, pointing back to God as the giver of life in His Son. Bengel observes: “The verse has two clauses: in the former, of God is not added, because believers know the Son; in the other it is added, that unbelievers may know at length how serious it is not to have Him.”
Hath not life
Note the inversion “He that hath the Son hath the life. He that hath not the Son of God, the life hath he not.”