1 John 5:1-2
New King James Version
Obedience by Faith
5 Whoever believes that (A)Jesus is the Christ is (B)born of God, and everyone who loves Him who begot also loves him who is begotten of Him. 2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and (C)keep His commandments.
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1 John 5:1-2
New American Standard Bible
Overcoming the World
5 (A)Everyone who believes that Jesus is the [a]Christ has been (B)born of God, and everyone who loves the [b]Father (C)loves the child born of Him. 2 (D)By this we know that (E)we love the children of God, when we love God and [c]follow His commandments.
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- 1 John 5:1 I.e., Messiah
- 1 John 5:1 Lit one who has fathered
- 1 John 5:2 Lit do
1 John 5:4-5
New King James Version
4 For (A)whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that (B)has overcome the world—[a]our faith. 5 Who is he who overcomes the world, but (C)he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
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- 1 John 5:4 M your
1 John 5:4-5
New American Standard Bible
4 For [a]whoever has been (A)born of God (B)overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world: our faith.
5 Who is the one who overcomes the world, but the one who (C)believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
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- 1 John 5:4 Lit everything that
1 John 5:8
New King James Version
8 And there are three that bear witness on earth: (A)the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree as one.
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1 John 5:8
New American Standard Bible
8 [a]the Spirit and the water and the blood; and the three are [b]in agreement.
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- 1 John 5:8 A few late mss add ...in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit, and these three are one. And there are three that testify on earth, the Spirit
- 1 John 5:8 Lit for the one thing
1 John 5:10
New King James Version
10 He who believes in the Son of God (A)has the witness in himself; he who does not believe God (B)has made Him a liar, because he has not believed the testimony that God has given of His Son.
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1 John 5:10
New American Standard Bible
10 The one who believes in the Son of God (A)has the testimony in himself; the one who does not believe God has (B)made Him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given concerning His Son.
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