1 John 5:18-20

J.B. Phillips New Testament

Our certain knowledge

¹⁸ We know that the true child of God does not sin, he is in the charge of God’s own Son and the evil one must keep his distance.

^19-20 We know that we ourselves are children of God, and we also know that the world around us is under the power of the evil one. We know too that the Son of God has actually come to this world, and has shown us the way to know the one who is true. We know that our real life is in the true one, and in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the real God and this is real, eternal life.