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.

Every one who believes that Jesus is the Christ, has been begotten by God; and every one who loves the begetter, loves also the begotten by 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, every one that is begotten by God, overcomes the world. And this is the victory which overcomes the world, even our faith.

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

Who is he that overcomes the world, but 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 her who came by water and blood, even Jesus the Christ; not by the water only, but by the water and the blood.

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

And it is the Spirit who testified; because the Spirit is the truth.

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

Indeed, there are three who bear testimony: the Spirit, and the water, and the blood; and these three agree in one.

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.

If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater. Now, this is the testimony of God, which he has testified concerning 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.

(He who believes on the Son of God, has the testimony in himself. He who believes not God, has made him a liar, because he has not believed the testimony, which God has testified concerning his Son.)

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

Now this is the testimony, that God has given to 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.

He who has the Son, has this life; he who has not the Son of God, has not this 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)

These things I have written to you, that you may know that you have eternal life--that you may continue to believe on the name of the Son of God. (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 which we have with him, that if we ask anything according to his will, he hearkens to 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 hearkens to us, concerning whatever we ask; we know that we shall obtain the petitions which we have asked from 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 any one see his brother sinning a sin, not to death, let him ask, and he will grant to him life, for those who sin not to death. There is a sin leading to death. I do not say concerning it, that you should ask.

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

All unrighteousness is sin: but there is a sin not 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 whoever has been begotten by God, does not sin; but he who is begotten by God, guards himself, and the wicked on does not lay hold on 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 lies under the wicked 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)

Moreover, we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us understanding, that we might know him that is true; and we are in him that is true--in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and the eternal life. (aiōnios g166)

21 My little children, keep yourselves from false gods.

Little children, keep yourselves from idols.