1 John 5:1-8

1 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born from God. Whoever loves someone who is a parent loves the child born to the parent.

2 This is how we know that we love the children of God: when we love God and keep God's commandments.

3 This is the love of God: we keep God's commandments. God's commandments are not difficult,

4 because everyone who is born from God defeats the world. And this is the victory that has defeated the world: our faith.

5 Who defeats the world? Isn't it the one who believes that Jesus is God's Son?

Testimony about Jesus

6 This is the one who came by water and blood: Jesus Christ. Not by water only but by water and blood. And the Spirit is the one who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.

7 The three are testifying—

8 the Spirit, the water, and the blood—and the three are united in agreement.