1 John 5:13-19

This Is Written That You May Know

13 ¹These things I have written to you who ²believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have ³eternal life.

14 This is ⁴the confidence which we have before Him, that, ⁵if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.

15 And if we know that He hears us in whatever * we ask, ⁶we know that we have the requests which we have asked from Him.

16 If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, ⁷he shall ask and God will for him give life to those who commit sin not leading to death. ⁸There is a sin leading to death; ⁹I do not say that he should make request for this.

17 ¹⁰All unrighteousness is sin, and ¹¹there is a sin not leading to death.

18 ¹²We know that ¹³no * one who is born of God sins; but He who was born of God ¹⁴keeps him, and ¹⁵the evil one does not ¹⁶touch him.

19 ¹⁷We know that ¹⁸we are of God, and that ¹⁹the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.

Cross References

• 1. John 20:31
• 2. 1 John 3:23
• 3. 1 John 1:2; 1 John 2:25; 1 John 4:9; 1 John 5:11, 20
• 4. 1 John 2:28; 1 John 3:21
• 5. Matthew 7:7; John 14:13; 1 John 3:22
• 6. 1 John 5:18-20
• 7. James 5:15
• 8. Numbers 15:30; Hebrews 6:4-6; Hebrews 10:26
• 9. Jeremiah 7:16; Jeremiah 14:11
• 10. 1 John 3:4
• 11. 1 John 2:1; 1 John 5:16
• 12. 1 John 5:15, 19, 20
• 13. 1 John 3:9
• 14. James 1:27; Jude 21
• 15. 1 John 2:13
• 16. John 14:30
• 17. 1 John 5:15, 18, 20
• 18. 1 John 4:6
• 19. John 12:31; John 17:15; Galatians 1:4

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "toward"
• [b]. Lit "sinning"
• [c]. Or "God will give him life," that is, "to those who..."
• [d]. Or "begotten"
• [e]. Or "begotten"