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1 John 5:10-21
GOD’S WORD Translation
1 John 5:10-21
GOD’S WORD Translation
10 Those who believe in the Son of God have the testimony of God in them. Those who don’t believe God have made God a liar. They haven’t believed the testimony that God has given about his Son.
11 This is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is found in his Son. 12 The person who has the Son has this life. The person who doesn’t have the Son of God doesn’t have this life.
Conclusion
13 I’ve written this to those who believe in the Son of God so that they will know that they have eternal life.
14 We are confident that God listens to us if we ask for anything that has his approval. 15 We know that he listens to our requests. So we know that we already have what we ask him for.
16 If you see another believer committing a sin that doesn’t lead to death, you should pray that God would give that person life. This is true for those who commit sins that don’t lead to death. There is a sin that leads to death. I’m not telling you to pray about that. 17 Every kind of wrongdoing is sin, yet there are sins that don’t lead to death.
18 We know that those who have been born from God don’t go on sinning. Rather, the Son of God protects them, and the evil one can’t harm them.
19 We know that we are from God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one.
20 We know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we know the real God. We are in the one who is real, his Son Jesus Christ. This Jesus Christ is the real God and eternal life.
21 Dear children, guard yourselves from false gods.
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1 John 5:10-21
New International Version
1 John 5:10-21
New International Version
10 Whoever believes in the Son of God accepts this testimony.(A) Whoever does not believe God has made him out to be a liar,(B) because they have not believed the testimony God has given about his Son. 11 And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life,(C) and this life is in his Son.(D) 12 Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.(E)
Concluding Affirmations
13 I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God(F) so that you may know that you have eternal life.(G) 14 This is the confidence(H) we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.(I) 15 And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know(J) that we have what we asked of him.(K)
16 If you see any brother or sister commit a sin that does not lead to death, you should pray and God will give them life.(L) I refer to those whose sin does not lead to death. There is a sin that leads to death.(M) I am not saying that you should pray about that.(N) 17 All wrongdoing is sin,(O) and there is sin that does not lead to death.(P)
18 We know that anyone born of God(Q) does not continue to sin; the One who was born of God keeps them safe, and the evil one(R) cannot harm them.(S) 19 We know that we are children of God,(T) and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one.(U) 20 We know also that the Son of God has come(V) and has given us understanding,(W) so that we may know him who is true.(X) And we are in him who is true by being in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.(Y)
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