1 John 5

1 EVERY one who believeth that Jesus is the Messiah, is born of God; and every one who loveth him that begat, loveth him also who is begotten by him.

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.

2 Hereby we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.

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.

3 For this is the love of God, that we should keep his commandments: and his commandments are not burdensome.

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

4 Because every one that is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory which overcometh the world, our faith.

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

5 Who is he that overcometh the world, except he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?

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

6 This is he who came by water and blood, Jesus the Messiah; not by the water only, but by the water and the blood: and the Spirit is the witnessing person, because the Spirit is the truth.

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

7 For they are three who bear witness in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit, and these, even the three, are one.

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

8 And there are three which bear witness upon earth, the spirit, and the water, and the blood, and the three are for the same one object.

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

9 If we receive the testimony of man, the testimony of God is stronger: for this is the testimony of God which he testified concerning his Son.

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.

10 He that believeth on the Son of God, hath the testimony in himself; he that believeth not God, hath made him a liar, because he hath not believed on the testimony which God testified of his Son.

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.

11 And this is the testimony, that God hath given life eternal to us; and this life is in his Son. (aiōnios g166)

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

12 He that hath the Son, hath this life; and he that hath not the Son of God, hath not this life.

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

13 These things have I written to you who believe on the name of the Son of God, that ye may know that ye have life eternal, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God. (aiōnios g166)

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)

14 And this is the confidence that we have towards him, that whatsoever we ask according to his will, he heareth us.

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

15 And if we know that he heareth us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we receive the petitions, which we have requested, from him.

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

16 If any person see his brother committing a sin not unto death, he shall request, and God will grant him life for those that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I say not that he should request for that.

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.

17 All unrighteousness is sin; and there is sin not unto death.

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

18 We know that every one who is born of God sinneth not; but he that is born of God preserveth himself, and the wicked one toucheth him not.

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.

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

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

20 But we know that the Son of God hath come, and hath given to us understanding, that we might know the true God; and we are in him that is true, in his Son Jesus the Messiah. HE is the true God, and the life eternal. (aiōnios g166)

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)

21 My dear children, guard yourselves against idols. Amen.

My little children, keep yourselves from false gods.