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Christ (Jesus) 5 Jesus 4 Lord (Jesus) Immanuel (Jesus) Messiah (Jesus)

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Sin (Act) 12 Believe 11 Bear Witness 9 To Love 6 Blood 6 Testimony (Evidence) 6 Life (State) 6 World 4 True 4 Commandment 3 Ask (Request) 3 Eternal (Time) 2 Faith Love Love (Appreciation) Ability (Skill) Ability (Power) Wisdom Universe Miracle Ability (Spiritual) Lordship Spiritually Testimony (Content) Always Since All Time End of the World Eternal Inner Self Life (Existence) To Live Life (Span) Name To Sin Sin Guilt (State) Transgression Sin (Incur Guilt) Guilty (Responsible) Guilt (Consequence) Guiltiness Trespass (Sin) Sinful Sin (Offense) To Stand Guilty Sin (Guilty) Sin (Wrongdoing) Guilty Considered Guilty Guilty Of Sin Previously Sin Against Ask for (Earnestly) Fervently Ask Ask (Beg) Earnest Request Unjust Deed Mind (Understanding) Truly (Genuine)

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Overcoming the World

ⓘ Those who believe that Jesus is the Christ...

Those who believe that Jesus is the Christ and the Son of God have been born spiritually as children of God (see John 20:31). Such people are empowered by the Spirit of God to love him and others, and by their faith to obey God and overcome the evil temptations of the world. Through faith, they can love God and live in obedience to him.

1Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father also loves those born of Him.† 2By this we know that we love the children of God: when we love God and keep His commandments. 3For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome, 4because everyone born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world: our faith.

5Who then overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God. 6This is the One who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ—not by water alone, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies to this, because the Spirit is the truth.

ⓘ three witnesses: The Spirit descended on Christ at...
  • three witnesses: The Spirit descended on Christ at his baptism (see John 1:32–34). The water is the water in which Christ was baptized (see Matt 3:13–15; Mark 1:9–11). The blood is the blood that Christ shed at his crucifixion (see Mark 15:37–39). All three proclaim Jesus as God’s Son (1 Jn 5:6).
  • After the phrase three witnesses, a few very late manuscripts add in heaven—the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit, and these three are one. And we have three witnesses on earth. The longer version was written in Latin several centuries after John to explain the three elements (water, blood, and Spirit) as symbols of the Trinity. This explanation found its way into some Latin editions of 1 John, including later copies of the Latin Vulgate. Eventually, Erasmus translated it into Greek and included it in what became the Textus Receptus, the “received text,” which is why it was included in the King James Version. The longer version cannot be found in any Greek manuscript prior to the 1700s and was never cited by any of the early fathers of the church. For these reasons, few modern English translations recognize the longer version as part of the authentic text.

7For there are three that testify:† 8the Spirit, the water, and the blood—and these three are in agreement.

God’s Testimony about His Son

9Even if we accept human testimony, the testimony of God is greater. For this is the testimony that God has given about His Son. 10Whoever believes in the Son of God has this testimony within him; whoever does not believe God has made Him out to be a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given about His Son.

ⓘ Whoever has the Son has life: Those who...

Whoever has the Son has life: Those who have the Son of God living in them have God’s eternal life now—they enjoy the presence of God’s Spirit (2:20, 25, 27), and they have the guarantee of eternity with God (see Eph 1:13–14).

11And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. 12Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.

Effective Prayer

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.† 14And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 15And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we already possess what we have asked of Him.

16If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he should ask God, who will give life to those who commit this kind of sin. There is a sin that leads to death; I am not saying he should ask regarding that sin. 17All unrighteousness is sin, yet there is sin that does not lead to death.

The True God

18We know that anyone born of God does not keep on sinning; the One who was born of God protects him,† and the evil one† cannot touch him. 19We know that we are of God, and that the whole world is under the power of the evil one. 20And we 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.

21Little children, keep yourselves from idols.†