1 John Chapter 5
Showing all 21 verses for 1 John Chapter 5.
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"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. "
"Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been spiritually reborn as a child of God, and everyone who loves the Father also loves his other children."
Jesus: If you truly love the Father, that love will naturally spill over onto his other children too - you can't claim one without the other.
"By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments. "
"This is how we know we truly love God's children: by loving God and doing what he commands."
Jesus: Loving people well and loving me well aren't competing priorities - they check and strengthen each other.
"For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous. "
"Loving God means keeping his commands - and his commands aren't a heavy burden."
Jesus: My yoke really is easy and my burden really is light - when you love, obedience stops feeling like a chore and starts feeling natural.
"For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. "
"Everyone born of God overcomes the world - and this is the victory that conquers the world: our faith."
Jesus: The world's pressure to conform, to fear, to chase status - you don't have to be ruled by it. Trust is what sets you free from its grip.
"Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God? "
"Who overcomes the world? Only the person who believes that Jesus is the Son of God."
Jesus: Anchoring your trust in me isn't a small, abstract thing - it's the very thing that gives you real freedom from what the world tries to make you fear or chase.
"This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth. "
"This is the one who came by water and blood - Jesus Christ - not by water only, but by water and blood; and the Spirit testifies to this, because the Spirit is truth."
Jesus: My whole story - beginning and end, water and blood - was real, for you. Nothing about my life or death was a performance; it was genuine, and it was for your sake.
"For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. "
"There are three witnesses in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit - and these three are one."
Jesus: Everything that is truly God stands united behind who I am and what I came to do for you - you're not relying on a single, shaky source.
"And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one. "
"And there are three witnesses on earth: the Spirit, the water, and the blood - and all three agree."
Jesus: You don't have to take this on blind faith alone - the truth about me was backed up from more than one direction, so you can trust it with a settled mind.
"If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son. "
"We accept human testimony readily enough - but God's testimony is even greater, and this is that testimony: God himself has testified about his Son."
Jesus: You trust people's word about things every day - trust, too, that what's been testified about me carries real weight, worth resting your confidence on.
"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. "
"Whoever believes in the Son of God carries this testimony within themselves; whoever doesn't believe God has effectively called God a liar, by refusing to accept what God has testified about his Son."
Jesus: When you trust me, you'll find that trust confirmed from the inside, not just argued from the outside - that inner conviction is real and worth honouring.
"And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. "
"And here's the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is found in his Son."
Jesus: This life I'm offering isn't a prize dangled far off for you to chase - it's already given, available to you now, found simply in knowing me.
"He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. "
"Whoever has the Son has life; whoever doesn't have the Son doesn't have life."
Jesus: I'm not offering you one option among many for a meaningful life - I'm offering you the real thing itself, freely, if you'll receive it.
"These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God. "
"I've written all this to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know for certain that you have eternal life, and so you may go on believing in his name."
Jesus: I don't want you spending your life wondering and worrying whether you're 'in' or good enough - this whole letter exists so you can rest, certain, in what's already yours.
"And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: "
"And this is the confidence we have in approaching him: that if we ask anything in line with his will, he hears us."
Jesus: Come to me honestly with what's on your heart - you don't need special words, just an aligned, honest ask, and know that you're heard.
"And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him. "
"And if we know he hears whatever we ask, we know we already have what we've asked for."
Jesus: Ask, then let go of the anxious checking-back - trust does the resting for you.
"If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it. "
"If you see a fellow believer committing a sin that doesn't lead to death, pray for them, and God will give them life - for those whose sin isn't 'unto death.' There is a sin that leads to death; I'm not saying you should pray about that one."
Jesus: Don't be afraid to pray for a friend who's stumbled - that kind of prayer really does something. Save your worry for wilful, hardened rejection of love and truth, not for ordinary human failure.
"All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death. "
"All wrongdoing is sin - but there is sin that doesn't lead to death."
Jesus: Take your failures seriously, but don't let them convince you that you're beyond reach - most of what trips you up isn't the unforgivable kind, so don't carry it like it is.
"We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not. "
"We know that whoever is born of God doesn't keep on sinning - the one born of God keeps themselves safe, and the evil one cannot touch them."
Jesus: You're not left defenceless - there's a real protection over your life as you stay close to what's true and good, even amid an imperfect world.
"And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness. "
"We know we belong to God, while the whole world lies in the grip of the evil one."
Jesus: Don't measure your security by the state of the world around you - you can know, settled and sure, exactly where you stand with me.
"And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life. "
"And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us understanding, so that we can know the one who is true - and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life."
Jesus: I came so you could actually understand and know what's real and true - not be left guessing. That clarity, and the life that comes with it, is my gift to you.
"Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen. "
"Dear children, keep yourselves from idols."
Jesus: After everything I've said about love, this is my last request: don't let anything less than the real thing take its place in your life - not fear, not approval, not status, not comfort. Keep your heart free for what's real.