11Whoeverbelieves that Jesus is the Christ is 2born of God, and whoeverloves the Father3loves the child born of Him.
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4By this we know that 5we love the children of God, when we loveGod and observe His commandments.
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For 6this is the love of God, that we 7keep His commandments; and 8His commandments are not burdensome.
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For whatever is 9born of God10overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world -our faith.
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Who is the one who overcomes the world, but he who 11believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
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This is the One who came12by water and blood, JesusChrist; not with the wateronly, but with the water and with the blood. It is 13the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.
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the Spirit and the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement.
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15If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater; for the testimony of God is this, that 16He has testifiedconcerning His Son.
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The one who believes in the Son of God17has the testimony in himself; the one who does not believeGod has 18made Him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has givenconcerning His Son.
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A few late mss add "...in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit, and these three are one. And there are three that testify on earth, the Spirit"