1 John 5:13

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Assurance of Eternal Life I have written these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.

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  • John 20:31 : 31 But these are recorded so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.
  • John 1:12 : 12 But to all who have received him– those who believe in his name– he has given the right to become God’s children
  • Gal 4:6 : 6 And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, who calls“Abba! Father!”
  • 1 John 3:23 : 23 Now this is his commandment: that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he gave us the commandment.
  • Rom 8:15-17 : 15 For you did not receive the spirit of slavery leading again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry,“Abba, Father.” 16 The Spirit himself bears witness to our spirit that we are God’s children. 17 And if children, then heirs(namely, heirs of God and also fellow heirs with Christ)– if indeed we suffer with him so we may also be glorified with him.
  • 2 Cor 5:1 : 1 Living by Faith, Not by Sight For we know that if our earthly house, the tent we live in, is dismantled, we have a building from God, a house not built by human hands, that is eternal in the heavens.
  • John 2:23 : 23 Jesus at the Passover Feast Now while Jesus was in Jerusalem at the Feast of the Passover, many people believed in his name because they saw the miraculous signs he was doing.
  • John 3:18 : 18 The one who believes in him is not condemned. The one who does not believe has been condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God.
  • John 21:24 : 24 A Final Note This is the disciple who testifies about these things and has written these things, and we know that his testimony is true.
  • Acts 3:16 : 16 And on the basis of faith in Jesus’ name, his very name has made this man– whom you see and know– strong. The faith that is through Jesus has given him this complete health in the presence of you all.
  • Acts 4:12 : 12 And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved.”
  • 1 Tim 1:15-16 : 15 This saying is trustworthy and deserves full acceptance:“Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners”– and I am the worst of them! 16 But here is why I was treated with mercy: so that in me as the worst, Christ Jesus could demonstrate his utmost patience, as an example for those who are going to believe in him for eternal life.
  • 1 Pet 5:12 : 12 Final Greetings Through Silvanus, whom I know to be a faithful brother, I have written to you briefly, in order to encourage you and testify that this is the true grace of God. Stand fast in it.
  • 2 Pet 1:10-11 : 10 Therefore, brothers and sisters, make every effort to be sure of your calling and election. For by doing this you will never stumble into sin. 11 For thus an entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, will be richly provided for you.
  • 1 John 1:1-2 : 1 ¶ The Prologue to the Letter This is what we proclaim to you: what was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and our hands have touched(concerning the word of life– 2 and the life was revealed, and we have seen and testify and announce to you the eternal life that was with the Father and was revealed to us).
  • 1 John 1:4 : 4 Thus we are writing these things so that our joy may be complete.
  • 1 John 2:1 : 1 (My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin.) But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the Righteous One,
  • 1 John 2:13-14 : 13 I am writing to you, fathers, that you have known him who has been from the beginning. I am writing to you, young people, that you have conquered the evil one. 14 I have written to you, children, that you have known the Father. I have written to you, fathers, that you have known him who has been from the beginning. I have written to you, young people, that you are strong, and the word of God resides in you, and you have conquered the evil one.
  • 1 John 2:21 : 21 I have not written to you that you do not know the truth, but that you do know it, and that no lie is of the truth.
  • 1 John 2:26 : 26 These things I have written to you about those who are trying to deceive you.
  • 1 John 5:10 : 10 (The one who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself; the one who does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has testified concerning his Son.)

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  • 1 John 5:9-12
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    9If we accept the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater, because this is the testimony of God that he has testified concerning his Son.

    10(The one who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself; the one who does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has testified concerning his Son.)

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

    12The one who has the Son has this eternal life; the one who does not have the Son of God does not have this eternal life.

  • 1 John 5:20-21
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    20And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us insight to know him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This one is the true God and eternal life.

    21Little children, guard yourselves from idols.

  • John 20:31
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    31But these are recorded so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.

  • 1 John 2:23-25
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    23Everyone who denies the Son does not have the Father either. The person who confesses the Son has the Father also.

    24As for you, what you have heard from the beginning must remain in you. If what you heard from the beginning remains in you, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father.

    25Now this is the promise that he himself made to us: eternal life.

  • 1 John 5:14-15
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    14And this is the confidence that we have before him: that whenever we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.

    15And if we know that he hears us in regard to whatever we ask, then we know that we have the requests that we have asked from him.

  • 1 John 5:4-7
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    4because everyone who has been fathered by God conquers the world. Testimony About the SonThis is the conquering power that has conquered the world: our faith.

    5Now who is the person who has conquered the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

    6Jesus Christ is the one who came by water and blood– not by the water only, but by the water and the blood. And the Spirit is the one who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.

    7For there are three that testify,

  • John 3:36
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    36The one who believes in the Son has eternal life. The one who rejects the Son will not see life, but God’s wrath remains on him.

  • John 6:47
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    47I tell you the solemn truth, the one who believes has eternal life.

  • John 3:15-16
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    15so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.”

    16For this is the way God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.

  • 1 John 1:2-4
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    2and the life was revealed, and we have seen and testify and announce to you the eternal life that was with the Father and was revealed to us).

    3What we have seen and heard we announce to you too, so that you may have fellowship with us(and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ).

    4Thus we are writing these things so that our joy may be complete.

  • John 5:24
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    24“I tell you the solemn truth, the one who hears my message and believes the one who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned, but has crossed over from death to life.

  • 1 John 4:13
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    13By this we know that we reside in God and he in us: in that he has given us of his Spirit.

  • John 17:3
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    3Now this is eternal life– that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you sent.

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

    16And we have come to know and to believe the love that God has in us. God is love, and the one who resides in love resides in God, and God resides in him.

  • 1 John 2:13-14
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    13I am writing to you, fathers, that you have known him who has been from the beginning. I am writing to you, young people, that you have conquered the evil one.

    14I have written to you, children, that you have known the Father. I have written to you, fathers, that you have known him who has been from the beginning. I have written to you, young people, that you are strong, and the word of God resides in you, and you have conquered the evil one.

  • John 5:38-39
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    38nor do you have his word residing in you, because you do not believe the one whom he sent.

    39You study the scriptures thoroughly because you think in them you possess eternal life, and it is these same scriptures that testify about me,

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

    24And the person who keeps his commandments resides in God, and God in him. Now by this we know that God resides in us: by the Spirit he has given us.

  • 1 John 3:14
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    14We know that we have crossed over from death to life because we love our fellow Christians. The one who does not love remains in death.

  • John 3:18
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    18The one who believes in him is not condemned. The one who does not believe has been condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God.

  • 1 John 2:3
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    3Keeping God’s Commandments Now by this we know that we have come to know God: if we keep his commandments.

  • 1 John 2:5
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    5But whoever obeys his word, truly in this person the love of God has been perfected. By this we know that we are in him.

  • 1 John 3:19
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    19And by this we will know that we are of the truth and will convince our conscience in his presence,

  • 2 John 1:9
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    9Everyone who goes on ahead and does not remain in the teaching of Christ does not have God. The one who remains in this teaching has both the Father and the Son.

  • 1 John 5:1-2
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    1Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been fathered by God, and everyone who loves the father loves the child fathered by him.

    2By this we know that we love the children of God: whenever we love God and obey his commandments.

  • 1 John 2:20-21
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    20Nevertheless you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all know.

    21I have not written to you that you do not know the truth, but that you do know it, and that no lie is of the truth.

  • 1 John 2:1
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    1(My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin.) But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the Righteous One,

  • 1 John 3:1
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    1(See what sort of love the Father has given to us: that we should be called God’s children– and indeed we are! For this reason the world does not know us: because it did not know him.

  • 1 John 2:28
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    28Children of God And now, little children, remain in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not shrink away from him in shame when he comes back.

  • John 6:69
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    69We have come to believe and to know that you are the Holy One of God!”

  • 1 Pet 1:21
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    21Through him you now trust in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.

  • John 14:20
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    20You will know at that time that I am in my Father and you are in me and I am in you.