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New Testament
1 John 5
Faith, Love, and Obedience
51Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the God who has given birth[] also loves one who has been born of him. 2This is how we know that we love the children of God: when we love God and keep his commands. 3In fact, this is love for God: that we keep his commands. And his commands are not burdensome, 4because everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world: namely, our faith. 5Who is the one who overcomes the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
6This is the one who came by water and blood: Jesus Christ. He did not come by the water alone but by the water and by the blood. The Spirit is the one who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. 7In fact, there are three that testify:[] 8the Spirit, the water, and the blood, and these three are one.
9If we accept the testimony of people, God's testimony is even greater, because it is the testimony that God gave about his Son. 10The one who believes in the Son of God has this testimony in him, but the one who does not believe has made God out to be a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God gave about his Son. 11This is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12The one who has the Son has life. 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 of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.
14This is the confidence that we have before him: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. 15And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we also know that we receive the things we have asked from him.
16If anyone sees his brother committing a sin that does not result in death, he will ask, and God will give life—to those who commit sin that does not result in death. There is sin that results in death; I am not saying that he should ask about that. 17All unrighteousness is sin, but there is sin that does not result in death.
18We know that anyone who has been born of God does not go on sinning. But the one who was born of God protects him,[] and the Evil One cannot take hold of him. 19We know that we are from God and that the whole world lies in the grip of the Evil One. 20We know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him who is true, in his Son, Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
21Dear children, guard yourselves from idols.