1 John 5:1

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

¶Πᾶς ὁ πιστεύων ὅτι Ἰησοῦς ἐστιν ὁ Χριστὸς ἐκ τοῦ Θεοῦ γεγέννηται: καὶ πᾶς ὁ ἀγαπῶν τὸν γεννήσαντα ἀγαπᾷ καὶ τὸν γεγεννημένον ἐξ αὐτοῦ.

Transliteration

Every pisteuōn that Iēsous estin the Christos from the Theou has been gegennētai: and every agapōn the one having gennēsanta agapa also the one having been gegennēmenon from him.

Grammar Details

*pas*: nominative, masculine, singular - every/all
*pisteuōn*: present active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - believing/one who believes
*estin*: present indicative, 3rd singular - is
*Iēsous*: nominative, masculine, singular - Jesus
*Christos*: nominative, masculine, singular - Christ/Anointed One
*ek*: preposition with genitive - from/out of
*Theou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of God
*gegennētai*: perfect passive indicative, 3rd singular - has been born/begotten
*agapōn*: present active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - loving/one who loves
*gennēsanta*: aorist active participle, accusative, masculine, singular - the one who begat/fathered
*agapa*: present active indicative, 3rd singular - loves
*gegennēmenon*: perfect passive participle, accusative, masculine, singular - the one having been born/begotten
*ex*: preposition with genitive - from/out of
*autou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of him

Word Meanings

*pisteuōn*: believing/trusting/having faith
*Christos*: Anointed One/Messiah
*gegennētai*: has been born/has been begotten/has been brought forth
*agapōn*: loving/showing love/caring for
*gennēsanta*: begetter/father/one who brought forth
*agapa*: loves/shows love toward/cares for
*gegennēmenon*: begotten one/born one/offspring

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

John 8:42 : 42 Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.
John 1:12-13 : 12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: 13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
1 John 5:4 : 4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
1 John 2:22-23 : 22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. 23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father:(but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.
1 John 2:29 : 29 If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.
John 15:23 : 23 He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
Rom 10:9-9 : 9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Matt 16:16 : 16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
John 3:3 : 3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
1 John 3:17 : 17 But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
1 John 4:2 : 2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
1 John 4:7 : 7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
1 John 4:14-15 : 14 And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world. 15 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
1 John 4:20 : 20 If a man say , I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?
John 6:69 : 69 And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God.
Jas 1:18 : 18 Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
1 Pet 1:3 : 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
1 Pet 1:22-23 : 22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently: 23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
1 John 2:10 : 10 He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.
1 John 3:9 : 9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
1 John 3:14 : 14 We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.

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