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 5:1-2
Amplified Bible
Overcoming the World
5 Everyone who believes [with a deep, abiding trust in the fact] that Jesus is the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed) is born of God [that is, reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, and set apart for His purpose], and everyone who loves the Father also loves [a]the child born of Him. 2 By this we know [without any doubt] that we love the children of God: [expressing that love] when we love God and obey His commandments.
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- 1 John 5:1 This could refer either to other born-again believers or to Jesus.
1 John 5:1-2
New International Version
1 John 5:1-2
King James Version
5 Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.
2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.
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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 5:4-5
Amplified Bible
4 For [a]everyone born of God is victorious and overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has conquered and overcome the world—our [continuing, persistent] faith [in Jesus the Son of God].
5 Who is the one who is victorious and overcomes the world? It is the one who believes and recognizes the fact that Jesus is the Son of God.
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- 1 John 5:4 Lit everything that is. John uses the Greek neuter to underscore the fact that everyone who has been born again, regardless of gender or age, is victorious over the world.
1 John 5:4-5
New International Version
4 for everyone born of God(A) overcomes(B) the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. 5 Who is it that overcomes the world? Only the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.(C)
1 John 5:4-5
King James Version
4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
5 Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?
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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 5:8
Amplified Bible
8 the Spirit and the water and the blood; and these three are in agreement [their testimony is perfectly consistent].
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1 John 5:8
New International Version
8 the[a] Spirit, the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement.
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- 1 John 5:8 Late manuscripts of the Vulgate testify in heaven: the Father, the Word and the Holy Spirit, and these three are one. 8 And there are three that testify on earth: the (not found in any Greek manuscript before the fourteenth century)
1 John 5:8
King James Version
8 And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.
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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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1 John 5:10
Amplified Bible
10 The one who believes in the Son of God [who adheres to, trusts in, and relies confidently on Him as Savior] has the testimony within himself [because he can speak authoritatively about Christ from his own personal experience]. The one who does not believe God [in this way] has made Him [out to be] a liar, because he has not believed in the evidence that God has given regarding His Son.
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1 John 5:10
New International Version
10 Whoever believes in the Son of God accepts this testimony.(A) Whoever does not believe God has made him out to be a liar,(B) because they have not believed the testimony God has given about his Son.
1 John 5:10
King James Version
10 He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.
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