1 John 5:4-6

Contemporary English Version

⁴Every child of God can defeat the world, and our faith is what gives us this victory. ⁵No one can defeat the world without having faith in Jesus as the Son of God.

Who Jesus Is

⁶Water and blood came out from the side of Jesus Christ. It wasn't just water, but water and blood.^[a] The Spirit tells about this, because the Spirit is truthful.

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Footnotes

5.6 Water and blood came out from the side of Jesus Christ. It wasn't just water, but water and blood: See John 19.34. It is also possible to translate, “Jesus Christ came by the water of baptism and by the blood of his death! He was not only baptized, but he bled and died.” The purpose of the verse is to tell that Jesus was truly human and that he really died.