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Faith Conquers the World

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ[a] has been born of God, and everyone who loves the parent loves the child.(A)

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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 said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God, and now I am here. I did not come on my own, but he sent me.(A)

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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 received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God,(A) 13 who were born, not of blood or of the will of the flesh or of the will of man, but of God.(B)

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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 We know that we have passed from death to life because we love the brothers and sisters. Whoever does not love abides in death.(A)

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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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Children of God

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

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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 Those who say, “I love God,” and hate a brother or sister are liars, for those who do not love a brother or sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen.(A)

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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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God Is Love

Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God; everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.(A)

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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 Who is the liar but the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ?[a] This is the antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son. 23 No one who denies the Son has the Father; everyone who confesses the Son has the Father also.(A)

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  1. 2.22 Or the Messiah

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 Whoever loves a brother or sister abides in the light, and in such a person[a] there is no cause for stumbling.

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  1. 2.10 Or in it

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.

because[a] if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe[b] in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.(A) 10 For one believes[c] with the heart, leading to righteousness, and one confesses with the mouth, leading to salvation.

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  1. 10.9 Or namely, that
  2. 10.9 Or trust
  3. 10.10 Or trusts

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 Whoever hates me hates my Father also.(A)

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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.”(A)

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  1. 16.16 Or the Christ

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

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for whatever is born of God conquers the world. And this is the victory that conquers the world, our faith.(A)

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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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