| Chapter 5 |
| 1 | Whosoever believeth that Jesus
is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth
him also that is begotten of him. |
| 2 | By this we know 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. |
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4 | For whatsoever is born of God
overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even
our faith. |
| 5
| Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that
believeth that Jesus is the Son of God? |
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6 | This is he that came by
water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood.
And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth.
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| 7 | For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word,
and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. |
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8 | And there are three that
bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these
three agree in one. |
| 9 | If we receive the witness of men, the witness
of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of
his Son. |
| 10
| He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in
himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth
not the record that God gave of his Son. |
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11 | And this is the record,
that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. |
| 12 |
He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not
life. |
| 13 |
These things have I written unto you that believe on the name
of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may
believe on the name of the Son of God. |
| 14 | And this is the confidence
that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he
heareth us: |
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15 | And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask,
we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him. |
| 16 | If any
man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he
shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto
death: I do not say that he shall pray for it. |
| 17 | All
unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death. |
| 18 | We know
that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God
keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not. |
| 19 | And we know
that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness. |
| 20 | And
we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that
we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son
Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life. |
| 21 | Little
children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen. |
