1 John 5:1-5

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Overcoming the World

1 ¹Everyone who believes that ²Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and ³everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him.

2 ⁴By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments.

3 For ⁵this is the love of God, that we ⁶keep his commandments. And ⁷his commandments are not burdensome.

4 For ⁸everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world— ⁹our faith.

5 Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes ¹⁰that Jesus is the Son of God?

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1 John 5:13-14

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1. 5:1 John 1:12
2. 5:1 ch. 2:22
3. 5:1 John 8:42
4. 5:2 ch. 2:5; 3:24; 4:13
5. 5:3 2 John 6; See John 14:15
6. 5:3 See ch. 2:3
7. 5:3 Matt. 11:30
8. 5:4 ch. 3:9; 4:4; John 16:33
9. 5:4 [1 Cor. 15:57; Eph. 6:16]
10. 5:5 ch. 4:15

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