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1 JOHN 5
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3 But if someone claims to be a prophet and does
not acknowledge the truth about Jesus, that
person is not from God. Such a person has the
spirit of the Antichrist, which you heard is coming into the world and indeed is already here.
4 But you belong to God, my dear children.
You have already won a victory over those
people, because the Spirit who lives in you is
greater than the spirit who lives in the world.
5 Those people belong to this world, so they
speak from the world’s viewpoint, and the
world listens to them. 6 But we belong to God,
and those who know God listen to us. If they
do not belong to God, they do not listen to us.
That is how we know if someone has the Spirit
of truth or the spirit of deception.
Loving One Another
7 Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who
loves is a child of God and knows God. 8 But
anyone who does not love does not know God,
for God is love.
9 God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that
we might have eternal life through him. 10 This
is real love—not that we loved God, but that he
loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take
away our sins.
11 Dear friends, since God loved us that much,
we surely ought to love each other. 12 No one has
ever seen God. But if we love each other, God
lives in us, and his love is brought to full expression in us.
13 And God has given us his Spirit as proof
that we live in him and he in us. 14 Furthermore,
we have seen with our own eyes and now testify
that the Father sent his Son to be the Savior of
the world. 15 All who declare that Jesus is the Son
of God have God living in them, and they live in
God. 16 We know how much God loves us, and
we have put our trust in his love.
God is love, and all who live in love live in
God, and God lives in them. 17 And as we live
in God, our love grows more perfect. So we will
not be afraid on the day of judgment, but we can
face him with confidence because we live like
Jesus here in this world.
18 Such love has no fear, because perfect love
expels all fear. If we are afraid, it is for fear of
punishment, and this shows that we have not
fully experienced his perfect love. 19 We love
each other* because he loved us first.
20 If someone says, “I love God,” but hates a
fellow believer,* that person is a liar; for if we
don’t love people we can see, how can we love
4:19 Greek We love. Other manuscripts read We love God;
still others read We love him. 4:20 Greek hates his brother.
4:21 Greek The one who loves God must also love his brother.
5:1 Or the Messiah. 5:6 Greek This is he who came by water
and blood. 5:7 A few very late manuscripts add in heaven—
the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit, and these three are one.
And we have three witnesses on earth. 5:16 Greek a brother.
God, whom we cannot see? 21 And he has given
us this command: Those who love God must
also love their fellow believers.*
— promises —
from God
He has given us eternal life,
and this life is in his Son.
Whoever has the
Son has life.
1 JO H N 5:1 1-1 2
Faith in the Son of God
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the
Christ* has become a child of God. And
everyone who loves the Father loves his children, too. 2 We know we love God’s children if we
love God and obey his commandments. 3 Loving
God means keeping his commandments, and
his commandments are not burdensome. 4 For
every child of God defeats this evil world, and
we achieve this victory through our faith. 5 And
who can win this battle against the world? Only
those who believe that Jesus is the Son of God.
6 And Jesus Christ was revealed as God’s Son
by his baptism in water and by shedding his
blood on the cross*—not by water only, but by
water and blood. And the Spirit, who is truth,
confirms it with his testimony. 7 So we have
these three witnesses*—8 the Spirit, the water,
and the blood—and all three agree. 9 Since we
believe human testimony, surely we can believe the greater testimony that comes from
God. And God has testified about his Son. 10 All
who believe in the Son of God know in their
hearts that this testimony is true. Those who
don’t believe this are actually calling God a liar
because they don’t believe what God has testified about his Son.
11 And this is what God has testified: He has
given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
12 Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does
not have God’s Son does not have life.
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Conclusion
13 I have written this to you who believe in the
name of the Son of God, so that you may know
you have eternal life. 14 And we are confident
that he hears us whenever we ask for anything
that pleases him. 15 And since we know he hears
us when we make our requests, we also know
that he will give us what we ask for.
16 If you see a fellow believer* sinning in a
way that does not lead to death, you should
pray, and God will give that person life. But
there is a sin that leads to death, and I am not
saying you should pray for those who commit it.
