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For everything that has been [a](A)born of God (B)overcomes the world; and this is the overcoming that has overcome the world—our faith.

Who is the one who overcomes the world, but he who (C)believes that Jesus is the Son of God? This is the One who came (D)by water and blood, Jesus Christ; not [b]with the water only, but [c]with the water and [d]with the blood. It is (E)the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is the truth.

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  1. 1 John 5:4 Or begotten
  2. 1 John 5:6 Lit in
  3. 1 John 5:6 Lit in
  4. 1 John 5:6 Lit in

for everyone born of God(A) overcomes(B) the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. Who is it that overcomes the world? Only the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.(C)

This is the one who came by water and blood(D)—Jesus Christ. He did not come by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.(E)

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