1 John 5

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Overcoming the World

¹Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father also loves those born of Him.^a

¹Everyone believing that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone loving the One having begotten also loves the one having been born of Him.

²By this we know that we love the children of God: when we love God and keep His commandments.

²In this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep His commandments.

³For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome,

³For this is the love of God, that we should keep His commandments; and His commandments are not burdensome.

⁴because everyone born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world: our faith.

⁴For everyone having been born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory having overcome the world: our faith.

⁵Who then overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.

⁵Now who is the one overcoming the world, except the one believing that Jesus is the Son of God?

⁶This is the One who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ—not by water alone, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies to this, because the Spirit is the truth.

⁶This is the One having come by water and blood, Jesus Christ—not in water only, but in water and in blood. And the Spirit is the One testifying, because the Spirit is the truth.

⁷For there are three that testify:^a

⁷For there are three testifying:

⁸the Spirit, the water, and the blood—and these three are in agreement.

⁸the Spirit and the water and the blood—and the three are into the one.

God’s Testimony about His Son

⁹Even if we accept human testimony, the testimony of God is greater. For this is the testimony that God has given about His Son.

⁹If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater, because this is the testimony of God that He has testified concerning His Son.

¹⁰Whoever believes in the Son of God has this testimony within him; whoever does not believe God has made Him out to be a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given about His Son.

¹⁰The one believing in the Son of God has the testimony in himself; the one not believing God has made Him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has testified concerning His Son.

¹¹And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.

¹¹And this is the testimony: that God has given to us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.

¹²Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.

¹²The one having the Son has life; the one not having the Son of God does not have life.

Effective Prayer

¹³I have written these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life.^a

¹³I wrote these things to you, the ones believing in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life.

¹⁴And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.

¹⁴And this is the confidence that we have toward Him, that if we may ask anything according to His will, He hears us.

¹⁵And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we already possess what we have asked of Him.

¹⁵And if we know that He hears us, whatever we may ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked from Him.

¹⁶If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he should ask God, who will give life to those who commit this kind of sin. There is a sin that leads to death; I am not saying he should ask regarding that sin.

¹⁶If anyone should see his brother sinning a sin not unto death, he shall ask, and He will give to him life—to those sinning not unto death. There is a sin unto death; I do not say that he should implore concerning that.

¹⁷All unrighteousness is sin, yet there is sin that does not lead to death.

¹⁷All unrighteousness is sin, and there is sin not unto death.

The True God

¹⁸We know that anyone born of God does not keep on sinning; the One who was born of God protects him,^a and the evil one^b cannot touch him.

¹⁸We know that everyone having been born of God does not sin, but the One having been begotten of God keeps him, and the evil one does not touch him.

¹⁹We know that we are of God, and that the whole world is under the power of the evil one.

¹⁹We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in the evil one.

²⁰And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

²⁰Now we know that the Son of God is come, and He has given to us understanding, so that we may know the One who is true; and we are in the One who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

²¹Little children, keep yourselves from idols.^a

²¹Little children, guard yourselves from idols.