1 John 5
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1Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, # 5:1 1Jn 2:29 and everyone who loves the Father # 5:1 Or loves the one who has given birth also loves the one born of him. 2This is how we know that we love God’s children: when we love God and obey # 5:2 Other mss read keep his commands. 3For this is what love for God is: to keep his commands. And his commands are not a burden, # 5:3 Dt 30:11; Mt 11:30; 23:4,23 4because everyone who has been born of God conquers the world. This is the victory that has conquered the world: our faith.
The Certainty of God’s Testimony
5Who is the one who conquers the world # 5:5 1Co 15:57; 2Pt 2:20 but the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? # 5:5 Jn 5:19; 14:1; Heb 1:2 6Jesus Christ — he is the one who came by water and blood, not by water only, but by water # 5:6 Mk 1:11; Jn 1:34 and by blood. # 5:6 Jn 17:1; 1Jn 1:7; 4:10 And the Spirit is the one who testifies, # 5:6 Jn 15:26; Ac 26:5 because the Spirit is the truth. 7For there are three that testify: # 5:7–8 A few late Gk mss and some late Vg mss add testify in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit, and these three are one. 8And there are three who bear witness on earth:,# 5:7 Dt 19:15; Mt 18:16; Jn 8:17–18 8the Spirit, # 5:8 Jn 1:32; 19:30; 20:22 the water, and the blood # 5:8 Jn 19:34 — and these three are in agreement. 9If we accept human testimony, God’s testimony # 5:9 Jn 5:36–37; 8:18 is greater, because it is God’s testimony that he has given about his Son. 10The one who believes in the Son of God has this testimony within himself. The one who does not believe God has made him a liar, # 5:10 Gn 3:4 because he has not believed in the testimony God has given about 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 life. # 5:12 Jn 3:15,36; 5:24; 6:40,47 The one who does not have the Son of God does not have life. 13I have written these things to you who believe in the name # 5:13 1Jn 3:23 of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.
Effective Prayer
14This is the confidence we have before him: If we ask # 5:14 Mt 7:7; Jn 14:13; 1Jn 3:22 anything according to his will, he hears us. # 5:14 Mt 7:8; Jn 9:31; 11:22 15And if we know that he hears whatever we ask, # 5:15 Jms 1:5 we know that we have what we have asked of him. # 5:15 Jn 11:22; 16:24
16If anyone sees a fellow believer # 5:16 Lit sees his brother or sister committing a sin that doesn’t lead to death, he should ask, and God will give life to him — to those who commit sin that doesn’t lead to death. There is sin # 5:16 Or is a sin that leads to death. I am not saying he should pray about that. 17All unrighteousness is sin, and there is sin that doesn’t lead to death.
Conclusion
18We know that everyone who has been born of God does not sin, but the one who is born of God keeps him, # 5:18 Other mss read himself,# 5:18 Jn 17:12; 1Pt 1:5; Jd 24; Rv 3:10 and the evil one does not touch him. 19We know that we are of God, and the whole world is under the sway of the evil one. 20And we know that the Son of God has come # 5:20 Jn 1:14; 8:42; 1Jn 1:2; 3:5,8 and has given us understanding so that we may know the true one. # 5:20 Other mss read the true God We are in the true one — that is, in his Son, Jesus Christ. # 5:20 Jn 10:38; 15:9; 17:21; 1Th 1:1; 1Jn 2:23–24 He is the true God and eternal life.
21Little children, guard yourselves from idols.
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1 Yochanan 5
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1Everyone with emunah that Yehoshua (Yeshua) is the Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach has been born of Hashem, and everyone having ahavah for the One having begotten has also ahavah for the one begotten by Him. 2By this we have da'as that we have ahavah for the yeladim of Hashem, when we have ahavas Hashem and we are shomer over His mitzvot. 3For this is the ahavas Hashem, that we are shomer over His mitzvot, and His mitzvot are not burdensome.#5:3 Dt 30:11 4Because whatever#5:4 refers to every believer that has been born of Hashem obtains nitzachon (victory) over the Olam Hazeh. And this is the nitzachon (victory), the nitzachon that overcomes the Olam Hazeh, even#5:4 what makes us a believer our emunah (faith). 5And who is the one overcoming the Olam Hazeh except the one with emunah that Yehoshua is the Zun fun der Oybershter?
6This One is the One having come by mayim and dahm, Yehoshua, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach; not by the mayim only, but by the mayim and by the dahm; and the Ruach Hakodesh is the one giving solemn eidus, because the Ruach Hakodesh is HaEmes. 7Because there are shloshah giving solemn eidus: 8the Ruach Hakodesh and the mayim and the dahm, and the shloshah are for solemn eidus. 9If the solemn eidus of Bnei Adam we receive, the solemn eidus of Hashem is greater, because this is the eidus of Hashem that He has testified concerning the Son of the Oybeshter. 10The one with emunah in the Zun fun der Oybershter has the eidus, even the eidus (witness), in himself; the one without emunah in Hashem has made Hashem a shakran (liar), because he has not had emunah in the eidus which Hashem has testified concerning His Zun fun der Oybershter. 11And this is the eidus, that Hashem gave Chayyei Olam to us, and this Chayyim is in His Zun fun der Oybershter. 12The one having HaBen has HaChayyim; the one not having the Zun fun der Oybershter does not have Chayyim.
13These things I wrote to you who have emunah b'Shem the Zun fun der Oybershter, that you vada (with certainty) may have da'as that you have Chayyei Olam.#5:13 Yn 20:31 14And this is the bitachon which we have with Him, that if we daven and request anything according to His ratzon (will), He hears us. 15And if we have da'as that He hears us, whatever we ask, we have da'as that we have the requests which we asked from Him.#5:15 1Kgs 3:12
16If anyone sees his Ach b'Moshiach sinning an averah not leading to mavet, he will ask and Hashem will give to him Chayyim, to the ones sinning a chet not leading to mavet. There is an averah leading to mavet. I do not say we should make request concerning that averah. 17Kol avon is chet, and there is chet not leading to mavet.
18We have da'as that everyone having been born of Hashem does not continually sin, but the One having been born of G-d (Zun fun der Oybershter Moshiach) is shomer over him and HaSatan does not touch him.
19We have da'as that we are of Hashem and the whole Olam Hazeh lies under HaSatan.
20And we have da'as that the Zun fun der Oybershter has come and has given us binah that we may have da'as of the One who is the True One, The Omein, and we are in the One who is The Omein, even in HaBen of Him, Moshiach Yehoshua. This one is the El HaAmitti and Chayyei Olam.#5:20 Jer 24:7 21Yeladim, keep yourselves from elilim.#5:21 Jer 5:18
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