1 John 5:1-9

1 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been fathered by God, and everyone who loves {the father} also loves the [child] fathered by him.

2 By this we know that we love the children of God: whenever we love God and keep his commandments.

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

4 because everyone who is fathered by God conquers the world.

God Has Given Us Eternal Life in the Son

5 Now who is the one who conquers the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

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

7 For [there] are three that testify,

8 the Spirit and the water and the blood, and the three are {in agreement}.

9 If we receive the testimony of people, the testimony of God is greater, because this is the testimony of God that he has testified concerning his Son.

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "the one who fathers"
• [b]. Later Latin manuscripts add the following words to v. 7 and v. 8: "in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit, and these three are one. 8 And there are three that testify on earth"
• [c]. Literally "for the one"