1 John 5:20

New Living Translation

²⁰And we know that the Son of God has come, and he has given us understanding so that we can know the true God.^[a] And now we live in fellowship with the true God because we live in fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ. He is the only true God, and he is eternal life.

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5:20 Greek the one who is true.

1 John 5:20

New International Version

²⁰We know also that the Son of God has come^(A) and has given us understanding,^(B) so that we may know him who is true.^(C) And we are in him who is true by being in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.^(D)

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John 17:3

New Living Translation

³And this is the way to have eternal life—to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, the one you sent to earth.

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John 17:3

New International Version

³Now this is eternal life: that they know you,^(A) the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.^(B)

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Luke 24:45

New Living Translation

⁴⁵Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.

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Luke 24:45

New International Version

⁴⁵Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures.

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John 14:9

New Living Translation

⁹Jesus replied, “Have I been with you all this time, Philip, and yet you still don’t know who I am? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father! So why are you asking me to show him to you?

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John 14:9

New International Version

⁹Jesus answered: “Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father.^(A) How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?

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1 Timothy 3:16

New Living Translation

¹⁶Without question, this is the great mystery of our faith^[a]:

Christ^[b] was revealed in a human body
    and vindicated by the Spirit.^[c]
He was seen by angels
    and announced to the nations.
He was believed in throughout the world
    and taken to heaven in glory.

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3:16a Or of godliness.
3:16b Greek He who; other manuscripts read God.
3:16c Or in his spirit.

1 Timothy 3:16

New International Version

¹⁶Beyond all question, the mystery^(A) from which true godliness^(B) springs is great:

He appeared in the flesh,^(C)
    was vindicated by the Spirit,^[a]
was seen by angels,
    was preached among the nations,^(D)
was believed on in the world,
    was taken up in glory.^(E)

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1 Timothy 3:16 Or vindicated in spirit

Isaiah 44:6

New Living Translation

The Foolishness of Idols

⁶This is what the Lord says—Israel’s King and Redeemer, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies:

“I am the First and the Last;
there is no other God.

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Isaiah 44:6

New International Version

The Lord, Not Idols

⁶“This is what the Lord says—
Israel’s King^(A) and Redeemer,^(B) the Lord Almighty:
I am the first and I am the last;^(C)
apart from me there is no God.^(D)

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1 John 5:11-13

New Living Translation

¹¹And this is what God has testified: He has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. ¹²Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have God’s Son does not have life.

Conclusion

¹³I have written this to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know you have eternal life.

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1 John 5:11-13

New International Version

¹¹And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life,^(A) and this life is in his Son.^(B) ¹²Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.^(C)

Concluding Affirmations

¹³I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God^(D) so that you may know that you have eternal life.^(E)

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1 John 5:1

New Living Translation

Faith in the Son of God

5 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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5:1 Or the Messiah.

1 John 5:1

New International Version

Faith in the Incarnate Son of God

5 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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John 1:1-3

New Living Translation

Prologue: Christ, the Eternal Word

1 In the beginning the Word already existed.
    The Word was with God,
    and the Word was God.
²He existed in the beginning with God.
³God created everything through him,
    and nothing was created except through him.

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John 1:1-3

New International Version

The Word Became Flesh

1 In the beginning was the Word,^(A) and the Word was with God,^(B) and the Word was God.^(C) ²He was with God in the beginning.^(D) ³Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.^(E)

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1 John 4:16

New Living Translation

¹⁶We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in his love.

God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them.

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1 John 4:16

New International Version

¹⁶And so we know and rely on the love God has for us.

God is love.^(A) Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.^(B)

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John 20:28

New Living Translation

²⁸“My Lord and my God!” Thomas exclaimed.

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John 20:28

New International Version

²⁸Thomas said to him, “My Lord and my God!”

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Revelation 3:7

New Living Translation

The Message to the Church in Philadelphia

⁷“Write this letter to the angel of the church in Philadelphia.

This is the message from the one who is holy and true,
the one who has the key of David.
What he opens, no one can close;
and what he closes, no one can open:^[a]

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Footnotes

3:7 Isa 22:22.

Revelation 3:7

New International Version

To the Church in Philadelphia

⁷“To the angel of the church in Philadelphia^(A) write:

These are the words of him who is holy^(B) and true,^(C) who holds the key of David.^(D) What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open.

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Ephesians 1:17-19

New Living Translation

¹⁷asking God, the glorious Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, to give you spiritual wisdom^[a] and insight so that you might grow in your knowledge of God. ¹⁸I pray that your hearts will be flooded with light so that you can understand the confident hope he has given to those he called—his holy people who are his rich and glorious inheritance.^[b]

¹⁹I also pray that you will understand the incredible greatness of God’s power for us who believe him. This is the same mighty power

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1:17 Or to give you the Spirit of wisdom.
1:18 Or called, and the rich and glorious inheritance he has given to his holy people.

Ephesians 1:17-19

New International Version

¹⁷I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father,^(A) may give you the Spirit^[a] of wisdom^(B) and revelation, so that you may know him better. ¹⁸I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened^(C) in order that you may know the hope to which he has called^(D) you, the riches^(E) of his glorious inheritance^(F) in his holy people,^(G) ¹⁹and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power^(H) is the same as the mighty strength^(I)

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Ephesians 1:17 Or a spirit

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