1 John 5:1

KJV1611 – Modern English

Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the parent loves the child born of them.

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  • John 8:42 : 42 Jesus said to them, If God were your Father, you would love me: for I came out and came from God; neither did I come of myself, but he sent me.
  • John 1:12-13 : 12 But as many as received him, to them he gave power to become the children of God, to those who believe in his name: 13 Who 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 whatever is born of God overcomes the world, and this is the victory that overcomes the world, even our faith.
  • 1 John 2:22-23 : 22 Who is a liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist who denies the Father and the Son. 23 Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father either; he who acknowledges the Son has the Father also.
  • 1 John 2:29 : 29 If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness is born of him.
  • John 15:23 : 23 He who hates me hates my Father also.
  • Rom 10:9-9 : 9 that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
  • Matt 16:16 : 16 And Simon Peter answered and said, You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.
  • John 3:3 : 3 Jesus answered and said to him, Truly, truly, I say to you, except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
  • 1 John 3:17 : 17 But whoever has this world's goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his compassion from him, how does the love of God abide in him?
  • 1 John 4:2 : 2 By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God.
  • 1 John 4:7 : 7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.
  • 1 John 4:14-15 : 14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son to be the Savior of the world. 15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwells in him, and he in God.
  • 1 John 4:20 : 20 If someone says, 'I love God,' and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?
  • John 6:69 : 69 And we believe and are sure that you are that Christ, the Son of the living God.
  • Jas 1:18 : 18 Of His own will He brought us forth by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.
  • 1 Pet 1:3 : 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
  • 1 Pet 1:22-23 : 22 Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart, 23 Having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever,
  • 1 John 2:10 : 10 He who loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him.
  • 1 John 3:9 : 9 Whoever is born of God does not commit sin; for his seed remains 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 to life, because we love the brothers. He who does not love his brother abides in death.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 John 4:7-9
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    7Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.

    8He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.

    9In this the love of God was manifested toward us, because God sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him.

  • 1 John 2:29
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    29If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness is born of him.

  • 1 John 5:2-6
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    2By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep His commandments.

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

    4For whatever is born of God overcomes the world, and this is the victory that overcomes the world, even our faith.

    5Who is the one who overcomes the world, but the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

    6This is the One who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ, not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is truth.

  • 1 John 3:9-11
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    9Whoever is born of God does not commit sin; for his seed remains in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.

    10In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: whoever does not do righteousness is not of God, nor he who does not love his brother.

    11For this is the message that you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.

  • 1 John 5:18
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    18We know that whoever is born of God does not sin, but he who is born of God keeps himself, and the wicked one does not touch him.

  • 1 John 4:15-16
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    15Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwells in him, and he in God.

    16And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who dwells in love dwells in God, and God in him.

  • 1 John 3:1-2
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    1Behold, what kind of love the Father has given us, that we should be called the children of God: therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know him.

    2Beloved, now we are the children of God, and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be: but we know that when he appears, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

  • John 3:15-16
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    15that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

    16For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

  • 2 John 1:9
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    9Whoever transgresses and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God. He who abides in the doctrine of Christ has both the Father and the Son.

  • John 1:12-13
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    12But as many as received him, to them he gave power to become the children of God, to those who believe in his name:

    13Who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

  • 1 John 2:5
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    5But whoever keeps his word, truly the love of God is perfected in him: by this we know that we are in him.

  • Eph 5:1
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    1Be therefore followers of God, as beloved children;

  • 1 John 5:10-13
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    10He who believes in the Son of God has the witness in himself; he who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he does not believe the testimony that God has given of His Son.

    11And this is the testimony, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.

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

    13These 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 believe in the name of the Son of God.

  • 1 John 4:11-12
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    11Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

    12No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwells in us, and His love is perfected in us.

  • 1 John 3:14
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    14We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brothers. He who does not love his brother abides in death.

  • 1 Pet 1:22-23
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    22Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart,

    23Having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever,

  • 1 John 5:20
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    20And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.

  • 1 John 4:19-21
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    19We love Him because He first loved us.

    20If someone says, 'I love God,' and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?

    21And this commandment we have from Him: that he who loves God must love his brother also.

  • 1 John 3:23-24
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    23And this is his commandment: that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, as he gave us commandment.

    24And he who keeps his commandments abides in him, and he in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit which he has given us.

  • 1 Pet 1:3
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    3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

  • Jas 1:18
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    18Of His own will He brought us forth by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.

  • 1 John 3:6-7
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    6Whoever abides in him does not sin: whoever sins has not seen him, nor known him.

    7Little children, let no one deceive you: he who does righteousness is righteous, just as he is righteous.

  • 1 John 4:4
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    4You are from God, little children, and have overcome them, because greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world.

  • Gal 3:26
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    26For you are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.

  • 1 John 4:2
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    2By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God.

  • John 1:18
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    18No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him.

  • 1 John 2:23
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    23Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father either; he who acknowledges the Son has the Father also.

  • John 3:18
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    18He who believes in him is not condemned, but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

  • John 3:6
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    6That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.