1 John 5

1 Everyone who has faith that Jesus is the Christ is a child of God: and everyone who has love for the Father has love for his child.

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father also loves those born of Him.

2 In this way, we are certain that we have love for the children of God, when we have love for God and keep his laws.

By this we know that we love the children of God: when we love God and keep His commandments.

3 For loving God is keeping his laws: and his laws are not hard.

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

4 Anything which comes from God is able to overcome the world: and the power by which we have overcome the world is our faith.

because everyone born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world: our faith.

5 Who is able to overcome the world but the man who has faith that Jesus is the Son of God?

Who then overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.

6 This is he who came by water and by blood, Jesus Christ; not by water only but by water and by blood.

This is the One who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ—not by water alone, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies to this, because the Spirit is the truth.

7 And the Spirit is the witness, because the Spirit is true.

For there are three that testify:

8 There are three witnesses, the Spirit, the water, and the blood: and all three are in agreement.

the Spirit, the water, and the blood—and these three are in agreement.

9 If we take the witness of men to be true, the witness of God is greater: because this is the witness which God has given about his Son.

Even if we accept human testimony, the testimony of God is greater. For this is the testimony that God has given about His Son.

10 He who has faith in the Son of God has the witness in himself: he who has not faith in God makes him false, because he has not faith in the witness which God has given about his Son.

Whoever believes in the Son of God has this testimony within him; whoever does not believe God has made Him out to be a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given about His Son.

11 And his witness is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. (aiōnios g166)

And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. (aiōnios g166)

12 He who has the Son has the life; he who has not the Son of God has not the life.

Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.

13 I have put these things in writing for you who have faith in the name of the Son of God, so that you may be certain that you have eternal life. (aiōnios g166)

I have written these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life. (aiōnios g166)

14 And we are certain that if we make any request to him which is right in his eyes, he will give ear to us:

And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.

15 And if we are certain that he gives ear to all our requests, we are equally certain that we will get our requests.

And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we already possess what we have asked of Him.

16 If a man sees his brother doing a sin which is not bad enough for death, let him make a prayer to God, and God will give life to him whose sin was not bad enough for death. There is a sin whose punishment is death: I do not say that he may make such a request then.

If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he should ask God, who will give life to those who commit this kind of sin. There is a sin that leads to death; I am not saying he should ask regarding that sin.

17 All evil-doing is sin: but death is not the punishment for every sort of sin.

All unrighteousness is sin, yet there is sin that does not lead to death.

18 We are certain that one who is a child of God will do no sin, but the Son of God keeps him so that he is not touched by the Evil One.

We know that anyone born of God does not keep on sinning; the One who was born of God protects him, and the evil one cannot touch him.

19 We are certain that we are of God, but all the world is in the power of the Evil One.

We know that we are of God, and that the whole world is under the power of the evil one.

20 And we are certain that the Son of God has come, and has given us a clear vision, so that we may see him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life. (aiōnios g166)

And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life. (aiōnios g166)

21 My little children, keep yourselves from false gods.

Little children, keep yourselves from idols.