1 John 5:1-7

1 Every one that believes that Jesus is the Christ is begotten of God; and every one that loves him that has begotten loves also him that is begotten of him.
2 Hereby know we that we love the children of God, when 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 grievous.
4 For all that has been begotten of God gets the victory over the world; and this is the victory which has gotten the victory over the world, our faith.
5 Who is he that gets the victory over the world, but he that believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
6 This is he that came by water and blood, Jesus [the] Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that bears witness, for the Spirit is the truth.
7 For they that bear witness are three:

Footnotes 3

  • [a]. Or 'is born.' as ch. 3.9.
  • [b]. Or 'truth:' the proposition is reciprocal, as ch. 3.4, John 1.4. And 'truth' amounts only to true; whereas 'the truth' is the whole thing.
  • [c]. What is omitted here has no real manuscript authority.
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