1 João 5
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Fé no Filho de Deus
5 Aquele que crê que Jesus é o Cristo tem a Deus por Pai. E todo aquele que ama o Pai ama também os que são igualmente filhos dele. 2 E é desta maneira que se prova que amamos os filhos de Deus: pelo nosso amor a Deus e pela obediência aos seus mandamentos. 3 Até porque o verdadeiro amor a Deus significa fazer o que ele nos diz e na realidade isso não é difícil. 4 Porque todo o filho de Deus vence neste mundo. É pela fé que ele tem essa vitória. 5 E quem na realidade ganha essa batalha contra o mundo? Somente aqueles que creem que Jesus é o Filho de Deus.
6 Jesus Cristo revelado Filho de Deus através da água e do derramamento do seu sangue, não apenas pela água, mas pela água e sangue. O Espírito Santo mesmo nos dá testemunho disso e o Espírito é a verdade. 7 É assim que temos três testemunhos: 8 o do Espírito Santo, o do batismo de Cristo nas águas e o da sua morte na cruz. E os três dizem a mesma coisa. 9 Se recebemos o testemunho de homens, muito mais devemos aceitar tudo o que Deus declara. E Deus declara-nos que Jesus é seu Filho. 10 Todos os que creem no Filho de Deus sabem, nos seus corações, que este testemunho é verdadeiro. E quem não crê em Deus, torna-o mentiroso, pois recusa-se a aceitar o próprio testemunho de Deus a favor de seu Filho.
11 E diz mais esse testemunho: que Deus nos dá a vida eterna. E esta vida está em seu Filho. 12 Por isso, quem tem o Filho de Deus tem a vida; mas quem não tem o Filho não tem a vida.
Observações finais
13 Escrevo estas coisas para que vocês, que creem no nome do Filho de Deus, saibam que têm a vida eterna. 14 E é esta a confiança que temos nele: se lhe pedirmos alguma coisa que esteja de acordo com a sua vontade, ele nos ouve. 15 E se sabemos que ele nos ouve quanto ao que lhe pedimos, então podemos estar certos de o obter.
16 Se virem um cristão pecar, de uma maneira que não leve à morte, devem orar e Deus lhe dará vida. Mas se o seu pecado for fatal, não digo para intercederem por um caso desses. 17 Toda a injustiça é pecado. Mas nem todo o pecado traz necessariamente, como consequência, a morte.
18 Nós sabemos que aquele que é nascido de Deus não permanece no pecado, mas o Filho de Deus o guarda e o Maligno não lhe toca. 19 Nós sabemos que pertencemos a Deus, e que todo o mundo está sob o Maligno. 20 E sabemos também que o Filho de Deus veio abrir-nos os olhos para que conheçamos o verdadeiro Deus. Estamos assim em comunhão com o Deus verdadeiro, visto que vivemos em seu Filho Jesus Cristo, que é, ele próprio, o verdadeiro Deus e a vida eterna.
21 Meus queridos filhos, guardem-se de qualquer coisa que possa tomar o lugar de Deus nos vossos corações.
1 John 5
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Believe in Jesus Christ
5 Everyone who believes that Jesus is God's Messiah has become a child of God. And if we love God, our Father, we will love his other children too. 2 How do we know that we love God's children? We know it when we love God and we do what he tells us to do. 3 Because, if we really love God, we will obey his commands. And those commands are not difficult for us to obey. 4 Because we have become God's children, we can live in a good way. We can refuse to live like people who belong to this world. We are able to win against the wrong ways of this world because we trust Jesus Christ. 5 It is only people who believe that Jesus is the Son of God who can do that. Only they can win against the wrong ways of this world.
6 Jesus Christ is the man that God sent into the world. John baptized Jesus in water. When Jesus died, his blood poured out. God showed that Jesus is his Son with the water and with the blood. It was not only with the water of Jesus' baptism. It was also with the blood of his death. God's Holy Spirit also shows us that Jesus is God's Son. The Holy Spirit always says what is true. 7 So there are three things that show us clearly that Jesus came from God. 8 Those things are the Holy Spirit, the water of Jesus' baptism and the blood of his death on the cross. These all show us the same thing, that Jesus came from God.[a]
9 We believe people who tell us about things that they know. So we can believe even more what God says. He has told us what is true about his Son. So we should believe his message.
10 Anyone who believes in Jesus, the Son of God, will know that what God says is true. But anyone who does not believe God is saying that God tells lies. He does not believe the message that God has told us clearly about his Son. 11 This is what God has told us: God has given us life with him that never ends. We receive this life when we believe in his Son, Jesus. 12 So whoever belongs to the Son has this true life. But anyone who does not belong to the Son of God does not have this true life.
Christians have true life with God
13 I have written these things to you who believe that Jesus is the Son of God. I want you to know that you have true life with God for ever. 14 Also, we can trust God to help us when we turn to him. We know that he will hear us. When we ask for anything that he wants us to have, he listens to us. 15 Since we know that, we also know that God will give to us the things that we ask for. It is like we have already received those things from him.
16 If you see that another Christian is doing something bad, this is what you should do. If it is a sin that does not cause death, pray that God will help him. Then God will help that person to live for ever with him. That is for a sin which does not cause death. But there is a sin that causes death. If another Christian does that, I am not saying that you should pray for God to help that person. 17 Any wrong thing that a person does is sin. But not all sins cause death.[b]
18 Nobody who has become a child of God continues to do wrong things. Instead, the Son of God keeps him safe.[c] Satan cannot do anything against a child of God. 19 We know that we belong to God. We know that Satan rules all the people who belong to this world. 20 We also know that the Son of God has come into the world. He has helped us to understand what is true. As a result, we know the only true God. We live together with this true God, because we belong to his Son, Jesus Christ. He is the true God. He is the one who gives us life with God for ever.
21 My little children, be careful to keep away from idols.[d]
Footnotes
- 5:8 When John baptized Jesus, God spoke from heaven. He said, ‘This is my Son.’ See Matthew 17:5; Mark 9:7; Luke 9:35. When Jesus died on the cross, he did that as a sacrifice to save us from our sins. His blood was the blood of a sacrifice offered to God.
- 5:17 ‘A sin that causes death’ is when someone does a bad thing that takes him completely away from life with God. A sin like that causes a person to die in their spirit, so that they can no longer live with God for ever.
- 5:18 Or: ‘God keeps his children safe.’
- 5:21 John is writing this letter to help Christians to know God better. He wants them to be sure that they have true life with God. If we trust in Jesus as the Son of God, we become God's children. God will hear us when we pray to him. He will give us the good things that he chooses for us. God will keep us safe from the power of Satan. He will help us to do what is good, so that we do not continue to do wrong things.
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