1 John 5Book 62 of 66 · 21 verses · MBT primary, NKJV fallback where MBT pending
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God. And everyone who loves the Father loves the One born of Him.
By this we know that we love the children of God: when we love God and keep His commandments.
For this is the love of God: that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome,
because everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world: our faith.
And who is the one who overcomes the world, except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
This is the One who came by water and blood — Jesus Christ. He came not by water alone, but by the water and the blood. And the Spirit is the One who testifies — because the Spirit is the truth.
For there are three who testify:
the Spirit, and the water, and the blood — and these three agree as one.
If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater. For this is the testimony of God: that He has testified concerning His Son.
The one who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. The one who does not believe God has made Him a liar — because he has not believed in the testimony that God has borne concerning His Son.
And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life — and this life is in His Son.
The one who has the Son has the life. The one who does not have the Son of God does not have the life.
These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God — so that you may know that you have eternal life.
And this is the confidence that we have toward Him: that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.
And if we know that He hears us — whatever we ask — we know that we have the requests we have asked of Him.
If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and God will give him life — for those committing sin not leading to death. There is a sin that leads to death; I do not say that he should pray about that.
All unrighteousness is sin — and there is sin not leading to death.
We know that everyone who has been born of God does not keep on sinning. But the One who was born of God keeps him, and the evil one does not touch him.
We know that we are of God, and that the whole world lies under the sway of the evil one.
And 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.