The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Letter 05
1 Whoever believes that Jesus is the
Christ has been born of God. Whoever
loves the Father also loves the child who is
born of him.
2 By this we know that we love the children
of God, when we love God and keep
his commandments.
3 For this is loving 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.
7 For there are three who testify:†
8 the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and
the three agree as one.
9 If we receive the witness of men, the
witness of God is greater; for this is God’s
testimony which he has testified
concerning his Son.
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 inthe
name of the Son of God.
14 This is the boldness which we have
toward him, that if we ask anything
according to his will, he listens to us.
15 And if we know that he listens to us,
whatever we ask, we know that we have
the petitions which we have asked of him.
16 If anyone sees his brother sinning a
sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and
God will give him life for those who sin not
leading to death. There is sin leading to
death. I don’t say that he should make a
request concerning this.
17 All unrighteousness is sin, and there is
sin not leading to death.
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.
19 We know that we are of God, and the
whole world lies in the power of the evil
one.
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.
21 Little children, keep yourselves from
idols