{"book":"1 John","slug":"1-john","ch":5,"genre":"letter","sub":"1 John","prev":"1-john/4","next":"2-john/1","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the [Father] also loves those born of Him.","f":["Literally and everyone loving the One having begotten also loves the one having been begotten from Him."],"h":"Overcoming the World","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"By this we know that we love the children of God: when we love God and keep His commandments.","f":[]},{"v":3,"t":"For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome,","f":[]},{"v":4,"t":"because everyone born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world: our faith.","f":[]},{"v":5,"t":"Who then overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":6,"t":"This is the [One who] came by water and blood, Jesus Christ — not by water alone, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies [to this], because the Spirit is the truth.","f":[]},{"v":7,"t":"For there are three that testify:","f":["TR and PT three that testify in heaven: The Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one. 8And there are three that testify on earth:"]},{"v":8,"t":"the Spirit, the water, and the blood — and [these] three are in agreement.","f":[]},{"v":9,"t":"[Even] if we accept human testimony, the testimony of God is greater. For this is the testimony that God has [given] about His Son.","f":[],"h":"God’s Testimony about His Son","style":"reg"},{"v":10,"t":"Whoever believes in the Son of God has [this] testimony within him; whoever does not believe God has made Him [out to be] a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given about His Son.","f":[]},{"v":11,"t":"And this is [that] testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":12,"t":"Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.","f":[]},{"v":13,"t":"I have written these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life.","f":["BYZ and TR include and that you may believe in the name of the Son of God."],"h":"Effective Prayer","style":"reg"},{"v":14,"t":"And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.","f":[]},{"v":15,"t":"And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we already possess what we have asked of Him.","f":[]},{"v":16,"t":"If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he should ask [God], who will give life to those who commit [this kind of] sin. There is a sin that leads to death; I am not saying he should ask regarding that [sin].","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":17,"t":"All unrighteousness is sin, yet there is sin that does not lead to death.","f":[]},{"v":18,"t":"We know that anyone born of God does not keep on sinning; the [One who] was born of God protects him, and the evil [one] cannot touch him.","f":["Or the one who was born of God protects himself or God protects the one born of Him","Or evil; similarly in verse 19"],"h":"The True God","style":"reg"},{"v":19,"t":"We know that we are of God, and [that] the whole world is under the power of the evil [one].","f":[]},{"v":20,"t":"And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who [is] true; and we are in Him who [is] true — in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.","f":[]},{"v":21,"t":"Little children, keep yourselves from idols.","f":["BYZ and TR include Amen."],"style":"reg"}]}