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.
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4By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments.
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For
5this is the love of God, that we
6keep his commandments. And
7his commandments are not burdensome.
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For
8everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world--
9our faith.
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Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes
10that Jesus is the Son of God?
Testimony Concerning the Son of God
6 This is he who came
11by water and blood--Jesus Christ; not by the water only but by the water and the blood. And
12the Spirit is the one who testifies, because
13the Spirit is the truth.
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For there are three that testify: