1 Yochanan 5

1 Whoever believes that Yeshua is the Messiah has been born of God. Whoever loves the Father also loves the child who is born of him.

Every one who believes that Jesus is the Christ has received the new Life from God; and every one who loves him who gave that Life loves him who has received it.

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

By this we know that we love God’s Children — when we love God and carry out his commands.

3 For this is loving God, that we keep his commandments. His commandments are not grievous.

For to love God is to lay his commands to heart; and his commands are not burdensome,

4 For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world: your faith.

because all that has received the new Life from God conquers the world. And this is the power that has conquered the world — our faith!

5 Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Yeshua is the Son of God?

Who is he that conquers the world but the man who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

6 This is he who came by water and blood, Yeshua the Messiah; not with the water only, but with the water and the blood. It is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.

He it is whose Coming was attested by means of Water and Blood — Jesus Christ himself; not by Water only, but by Water and by Blood. And there is the Spirit also to bear testimony, and the Spirit is Truth itself.

7 For there are three who testify:

It is a three-fold testimony —

8 the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and the three agree as one.

that of the Spirit, the Water, and the Blood — and these three are at one.

9 If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater; for this is God’s testimony which he has testified concerning his Son.

We accept the testimony of men, but God’s testimony is still stronger; and there is the testimony of God — the fact that he has already borne testimony about his Son.

10 He who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. He who doesn’t believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given concerning his Son.

He who believes in the Son of God has that testimony within him. He who does not believe God has made God a liar, by refusing to believe in that testimony which he has borne about his Son.

11 The testimony is this: that God gave to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. (aiōnios g166)

And that testimony is that God gave us Immortal Life, and that this Life is in his Son. (aiōnios g166)

12 He who has the Son has the life. He who doesn’t have God’s Son doesn’t have the life.

He who finds the Son finds Life; he who does not find the Son of God does not find Life.

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

I write this to you, that you may realise that you have found Immortal Life — you who believe in the Name of the Son of God. (aiōnios g166)

14 This is the boldness which we have towards him, that if we ask anything according to his will, he listens to us.

And this is the confidence with which we approach him, that whenever we ask anything that is in accordance with his will, he listens to us.

15 And if we know that he listens to us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him.

And if we realise that he listens to us — whatever we ask — we realise that we have what we have asked from him.

16 If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and God will give him life for those who sin not leading to death. There is sin leading to death. I don’t say that he should make a request concerning this.

If any one sees his Brother committing some sin that is not a deadly sin, he will ask, and so be the means of giving Life to him — to any whose sin is not deadly. There is such a thing as deadly sin; about that I do not say that a man should pray.

17 All unrighteousness is sin, and there is sin not leading to death.

Every wrong action is sin, and there is sin that is not deadly.

18 We know that whoever is born of God doesn’t sin, but he who was born of God keeps himself, and the evil one doesn’t touch him.

We know that no one who has received the new Life from God lives in sin. No, he who has received the new Life from God keeps the thought of God in his heart, and then the Evil One does not touch him.

19 We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.

We realise that we come from God, while all the world is under the influence of the Evil One.

20 We know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Yeshua the Messiah. This is the true God and eternal life. (aiōnios g166)

We realise, too, that the Son of God has come among us, and has given us the discernment to know the True God; and we are in union with the True God by our union with his Son, Jesus Christ. He is the True God and he is Immortal Life. (aiōnios g166)

21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols.

My Children, guard yourselves against false ideas of God.