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    1 John · 21 verses

    1 John 5

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    The chapter crowns the Son of God as “the true God and eternal life,” then, with hardly a change of breath, says: “Little children, keep yourselves from idols.”

    Three witnesses, one testimonyvv. 1–12

    Belief in Jesus as the Christ binds love of the Father to love of those born of Him, while obedience is described as no great burden. The victory over the world is faith, and the testimony arrives in a wonderfully physical procession: water, blood, and the Spirit, all agreeing. God’s testimony is greater than human testimony; it says that eternal life is in His Son, so that having the Son means having life. The chapter leaves no middle shelf for the matter.

    Requests heard, one question withheldvv. 13–17

    The writing turns from testimony to confidence: requests made according to God’s will are heard, and what is asked is said already to be possessed. Then comes the chapter’s most deliberately unopened cupboard. A brother’s sin may be met with asking God for life, but there is also a sin that leads to death, and no instruction is supplied to ask about that one. All unrighteousness remains sin; the distinction is announced and left standing.

    Knowing, guarding, and the final joltvv. 18–21

    The closing knowledge is starkly arranged: those born of God are protected, while the whole world lies under the power of the evil one. The Son of God has come to give understanding, and the prose gathers itself around Him as the true God and eternal life. Then the grand conclusion is followed by a tiny, blunt fence at the edge of the garden: keep away from idols.

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    1. 1 John 5:1Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father also loves those born of Him.

    2. 1 John 5:2By this we know that we love the children of God: when we love God and keep His commandments.

    3. 1 John 5:3For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome,

    4. 1 John 5:4because everyone born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world: our faith.

    5. 1 John 5:5Who then overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.

    6. 1 John 5:6This 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.

    7. 1 John 5:7For there are three that testify:

    8. 1 John 5:8the Spirit, the water, and the blood—and these three are in agreement.

    9. 1 John 5:9Even if we accept human testimony, the testimony of God is greater. For this is the testimony that God has given about His Son.

    10. 1 John 5:10Whoever 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.

    11. 1 John 5:11And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.

    12. 1 John 5:12Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.

    13. 1 John 5:13I 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.

    14. 1 John 5:14And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.

    15. 1 John 5:15And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we already possess what we have asked of Him.

    16. 1 John 5:16If 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.

    17. 1 John 5:17All unrighteousness is sin, yet there is sin that does not lead to death.

    18. 1 John 5:18We 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.

    19. 1 John 5:19We know that we are of God, and that the whole world is under the power of the evil one.

    20. 1 John 5:20And 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.

    21. 1 John 5:21Little children, keep yourselves from idols.

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    • 14John 14:13And I will do whatever you ask in My name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
    • 14Jeremiah 29:12–13Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.
    • 14Jeremiah 33:3Call to Me, and I will answer and show you great and unsearchable things you do not know.
    • 141 John 3:21–22Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God,
    • 14John 15:7If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
    • 41 Corinthians 15:57But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!
    • 14Matthew 21:22If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”
    • 14Psalms 34:17The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears; He delivers them from all their troubles.
    • 41 John 4:4You, little children, are from God and have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.
    • 13John 20:31But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in His name.
    • 14Ephesians 3:12In Him and through faith in Him we may enter God’s presence with boldness and confidence.
    • 14James 4:3And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures.
    • 4John 16:33I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage; I have overcome the world!”
    • 15Luke 11:9–10So I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
    • 192 Corinthians 4:4The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
    • 20John 17:3Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.

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