1 John 5:1

World English Bible (2000)

Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God. Whoever loves the Father also loves the child who is born of him.

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  • John 8:42 : 42 Therefore Jesus said to them, "If God were your father, you would love me, for I came out and have come from God. For I haven't come of myself, but he sent me.
  • John 1:12-13 : 12 But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God's children, 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. This is the victory that has overcome the world: your faith.
  • 1 John 2:22-23 : 22 Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the Antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son. 23 Whoever denies the Son, the same doesn't have the Father. He who confesses 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 will confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God 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 Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."
  • John 3:3 : 3 Jesus answered him, "Most certainly, I tell you, unless one is born anew, he can't see the Kingdom of God."
  • 1 John 3:17 : 17 But whoever has the world's goods, and sees his brother in need, and closes his heart of compassion against him, how does the love of God remain in him?
  • 1 John 4:2 : 2 By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit who confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God,
  • 1 John 4:7 : 7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God, and knows God.
  • 1 John 4:14-15 : 14 We have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as the Savior of the world. 15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him, and he in God.
  • 1 John 4:20 : 20 If a man says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who doesn't love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?
  • John 6:69 : 69 We have come to believe and know that you are the 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 should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.
  • 1 Pet 1:3 : 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy became our father again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
  • 1 Pet 1:22-23 : 22 Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth through the Spirit in sincere brotherly affection, love one another from the heart fervently: 23 having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which lives and remains forever.
  • 1 John 2:10 : 10 He who loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no occasion for stumbling in him.
  • 1 John 3:9 : 9 Whoever is born of God doesn't commit sin, because his seed remains in him; and he can't sin, because he is born of God.
  • 1 John 3:14 : 14 We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. He who doesn't love his brother remains in death.

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

    8 He who doesn't love doesn't know God, for God is love.

    9 By this God's love was revealed in us, that God has sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.

  • 1 John 2:29
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    29 If 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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    2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep his commandments.

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

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

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

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

  • 1 John 3:9-11
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    9 Whoever is born of God doesn't commit sin, because his seed remains in him; and he can't sin, because he is born of God.

    10 In this the children of God are revealed, and the children of the devil. Whoever doesn't do righteousness is not of God, neither is he who doesn't love his brother.

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

  • 1 John 5:18
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    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.

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

    16 We know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and he who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.

  • 1 John 3:1-2
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    1 Behold, how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn't know us, because it didn't know him.

    2 Beloved, now we are children of God, and it is not yet revealed what we will be. But we know that, when he is revealed, we will be like him; for we will see him just as he is.

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

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

  • 2 John 1:9
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    9 Whoever transgresses and doesn't remain in the teaching of Christ, doesn't have God. He who remains in the teaching, the same has both the Father and the Son.

  • John 1:12-13
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    12 But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God's children, 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 2:5
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    5 But whoever keeps his word, God's love has most certainly been perfected in him. This is how we know that we are in him:

  • Eph 5:1
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    1 Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.

  • 1 John 5:10-13
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    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.

    11 The testimony is this, that God gave to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

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

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

    12 No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love has been perfected in us.

  • 1 John 3:14
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    14 We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. He who doesn't love his brother remains in death.

  • 1 Pet 1:22-23
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    22 Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth through the Spirit in sincere brotherly affection, love one another from the heart fervently:

    23 having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which lives and remains forever.

  • 1 John 5:20
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    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 Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

  • 1 John 4:19-21
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    19 We love him, because he first loved us.

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

    21 This commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should also love his brother.

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

    24 He who keeps his commandments remains in him, and he in him. By this we know that he remains in us, by the Spirit which he gave us.

  • 1 Pet 1:3
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    3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy became our father again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

  • Jas 1:18
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    18 Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.

  • 1 John 3:6-7
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    6 Whoever remains in him doesn't sin. Whoever sins hasn't seen him, neither knows him.

    7 Little children, let no one lead you astray. He who does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.

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

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

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

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

  • 1 John 2:23
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    23 Whoever denies the Son, the same doesn't have the Father. He who confesses the Son has the Father also.

  • John 3:18
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    18 He who believes in him is not judged. He who doesn't believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God.

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