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Faith in the Son of God

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ[a] has become a child of God. And everyone who loves the Father loves his children, too.

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  1. 5:1 Or the Messiah.

Faith in the Incarnate Son of God

Everyone who believes(A) that Jesus is the Christ(B) is born of God,(C) and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well.(D)

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42 Jesus told them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, because I have come to you from God. I am not here on my own, but he sent me.

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42 Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me,(A) for I have come here from God.(B) I have not come on my own;(C) God sent me.(D)

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12 But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God. 13 They are reborn—not with a physical birth resulting from human passion or plan, but a birth that comes from God.

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12 Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed(A) in his name,(B) he gave the right to become children of God(C) 13 children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.(D)

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14 If we love our brothers and sisters who are believers,[a] it proves that we have passed from death to life. But a person who has no love is still dead.

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  1. 3:14 Greek the brothers; similarly in 3:16.

14 We know that we have passed from death to life,(A) because we love each other. Anyone who does not love remains in death.(B)

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29 Since we know that Christ is righteous, we also know that all who do what is right are God’s children.

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29 If you know that he is righteous,(A) you know that everyone who does what is right has been born of him.(B)

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20 If someone says, “I love God,” but hates a fellow believer,[a] that person is a liar; for if we don’t love people we can see, how can we love God, whom we cannot see?

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  1. 4:20 Greek hates his brother.

20 Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister(A) is a liar.(B) For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen,(C) cannot love God, whom they have not seen.(D)

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Loving One Another

Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is a child of God and knows God.

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God’s Love and Ours

Dear friends, let us love one another,(A) for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God(B) and knows God.(C)

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22 And who is a liar? Anyone who says that Jesus is not the Christ.[a] Anyone who denies the Father and the Son is an antichrist.[b] 23 Anyone who denies the Son doesn’t have the Father, either. But anyone who acknowledges the Son has the Father also.

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  1. 2:22a Or not the Messiah.
  2. 2:22b Or the antichrist.

22 Who is the liar? It is whoever denies that Jesus is the Christ. Such a person is the antichrist—denying the Father and the Son.(A) 23 No one who denies the Son has the Father; whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also.(B)

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10 Anyone who loves a fellow believer[a] is living in the light and does not cause others to stumble.

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  1. 2:10 Greek loves his brother.

10 Anyone who loves their brother and sister[a] lives in the light,(A) and there is nothing in them to make them stumble.(B)

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  1. 1 John 2:10 The Greek word for brother and sister (adelphos) refers here to a believer, whether man or woman, as part of God’s family; also in 3:10; 4:20, 21.

If you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God, and it is by openly declaring your faith that you are saved.

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If you declare(A) with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,”(B) and believe(C) in your heart that God raised him from the dead,(D) you will be saved.(E) 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.

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23 Anyone who hates me also hates my Father.

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23 Whoever hates me hates my Father as well.

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16 Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah,[a] the Son of the living God.”

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  1. 16:16 Or the Christ. Messiah (a Hebrew term) and Christ (a Greek term) both mean “anointed one.”

16 Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.”(A)

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For every child of God defeats this evil world, and we achieve this victory through our faith.

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for everyone born of God(A) overcomes(B) the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith.

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