1 John 5:1-10

New King James Version

Obedience by Faith

5 Whoever believes that ^(A)Jesus is the Christ is ^(B)born of God, and everyone who loves Him who begot also loves him who is begotten of Him. ²By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and ^(C)keep His commandments. ³^(D)For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And ^(E)His commandments are not burdensome. ⁴For ^(F)whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that ^(G)has overcome the world—^[a]our faith. ⁵Who is he who overcomes the world, but ^(H)he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

The Certainty of God’s Witness

⁶This is He who came ^(I)by water and blood—Jesus Christ; not only by water, but by water and blood. ^(J)And it is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is truth. ⁷For there are three that bear witness ^[b]in heaven: the Father, ^(K)the Word, and the Holy Spirit; ^(L)and these three are one. ⁸And there are three that bear witness on earth: ^(M)the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree as one.

⁹If we receive ^(N)the witness of men, the witness of God is greater; ^(O)for this is the witness of ^[c]God which He has testified of His Son. ¹⁰He who believes in the Son of God ^(P)has the witness in himself; he who does not believe God ^(Q)has made Him a liar, because he has not believed the testimony that God has given of His Son.

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Footnotes

1 John 5:4 M your
1 John 5:7 NU, M omit the words from in heaven (v. 7) through on earth (v. 8). Only 4 or 5 very late mss. contain these words in Greek.
1 John 5:9 NU God, that

Galatians 3:5-8

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⁵Therefore He who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you, does He do it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?— ⁶just as Abraham ^(A)“believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.” ⁷Therefore know that only ^(B)those who are of faith are sons of Abraham. ⁸And ^(C)the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel to Abraham beforehand, saying, ^(D)“In you all the nations shall be blessed.”

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Galatians 6:3-8

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³For ^(A)if anyone thinks himself to be something, when ^(B)he is nothing, he deceives himself. ⁴But ^(C)let each one examine his own work, and then he will have rejoicing in himself alone, and ^(D)not in another. ⁵For ^(E)each one shall bear his own load.

Be Generous and Do Good

⁶^(F)Let him who is taught the word share in all good things with him who teaches.

⁷Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for ^(G)whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. ⁸For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap ^(H)everlasting life.

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Psalm 103

New King James Version

Praise for the Lord’s Mercies

A Psalm of David.

103 Bless ^(A)the Lord, O my soul;
And all that is within me, bless His holy name!
²Bless the Lord, O my soul,
And forget not all His benefits:
³^(B)Who forgives all your iniquities,
Who ^(C)heals all your diseases,
⁴Who redeems your life from destruction,
^(D)Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies,
⁵Who satisfies your mouth with good things,
So that ^(E)your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

⁶The Lord executes righteousness
And justice for all who are oppressed.
⁷^(F)He made known His ways to Moses,
His acts to the children of Israel.
⁸^(G)The Lord is merciful and gracious,
Slow to anger, and abounding in mercy.
⁹^(H)He will not always strive with us,
Nor will He keep His anger forever.
¹⁰^(I)He has not dealt with us according to our sins,
Nor punished us according to our iniquities.

¹¹For as the heavens are high above the earth,
So great is His mercy toward those who fear Him;
¹²As far as the east is from the west,
So far has He ^(J)removed our transgressions from us.
¹³^(K)As a father pities his children,
So the Lord pities those who fear Him.
¹⁴For He ^[a]knows our frame;
He remembers that we are dust.

¹⁵As for man, ^(L)his days are like grass;
As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
¹⁶^(M)For the wind passes over it, and it is ^[b]gone,
And ^(N)its place remembers it no more.
¹⁷But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting
On those who fear Him,
And His righteousness to children’s children,
¹⁸^(O)To such as keep His covenant,
And to those who remember His commandments to do them.

¹⁹The Lord has established His throne in heaven,
And ^(P)His kingdom rules over all.

²⁰^(Q)Bless the Lord, you His angels,
Who excel in strength, who ^(R)do His word,
Heeding the voice of His word.
²¹Bless the Lord, all you His hosts,
^(S)You ^[c]ministers of His, who do His pleasure.
²²Bless the Lord, all His works,
In all places of His dominion.