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1 John 5:4
New King James Version
1 John 5:4
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.
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- 1 John 5:4 M your
1 John 5:4
New American Standard Bible
1 John 5:4
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.
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- 1 John 5:4 Lit everything that
1 John 5:4
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1 John 5:4
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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].
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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
New International Version
1 John 5:4
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.
1 John 5:4
King James Version
1 John 5:4
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.
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1 John 5:1
New King James Version
1 John 5:1
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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.
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1 John 5:1
New American Standard Bible
1 John 5:1
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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.
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- 1 John 5:1 I.e., Messiah
- 1 John 5:1 Lit one who has fathered
1 John 5:1
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1 John 5:1
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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.
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- 1 John 5:1 This could refer either to other born-again believers or to Jesus.
1 John 5:1
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1 John 5:1
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Faith in the Incarnate Son of God
5 Everyone who believes(A) that Jesus is the Christ(B) is born of God,(C) and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well.(D)
1 John 5:1
King James Version
1 John 5:1
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.
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