1 John 5
New Testament for Everyone
Faith wins the victory
5 Everyone who believes that the Messiah is Jesus has been fathered by God. Everyone who loves the parent loves the child as well. 2 That is how we know that we love the children of God, because we love God and do what he commands. 3 This is what loving God means: it means keeping his commandments. His commandments, what’s more, are no trouble, 4 because everything that is fathered by God conquers the world. This is the victory that conquers the world: our faith.
5 Who is the one who conquers the world? Surely the one who believes that Jesus is God’s son! 6 It was he who came by means of water and blood, Jesus the Messiah, not by water only but by the water and the blood. The spirit is the one who bears witness, because the spirit is the truth. 7 There are three that bear witness, you see, 8 the spirit, the water and the blood, and these three agree together. 9 If we have received human witness, God’s witness is greater. This is the witness of God, the testimony he has borne to his son. 10 All those who believe in the son of God have the witness in themselves, but anyone who does not believe God has made a liar of him, because they have not believed in the witness which God bore concerning his son. 11 This is the witness: God has given us the life of the age to come, and this life is in his son. 12 Anyone who has the son has life. Anyone who does not have the son of God does not have life.
The true God
13 I am writing these things to you so that you may know that you, who believe in the name of the son of God, do indeed have the life of the age to come. 14 This is the bold confidence we have before him: if we ask for something according to his will, he hears us. 15 And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we already possess the requests we have asked from him.
16 If anyone sees a brother or sister committing a sin which is not deadly, they should ask, and God will give life to the people who are sinning in a way which is not deadly. There is such a thing as deadly sin; I do not say that one should pray about that. 17 All sin is unrighteousness, and there is a sin which is not deadly.
18 We know that everyone fathered by God does not go on sinning. The one who was fathered by God keeps them, and the evil one does not touch them. 19 We know that we are from God, and the whole world is under the power of the evil one. 20 We know that the son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we should know the truth. And we are in the truth, in his son Jesus the Messiah.
This is the true God; this is the life of the age to come. 21 Children, guard yourselves against idols.
1 João 5
O Livro
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
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. 2 By 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. 4 For (F)whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that (G)has overcome the world—[a]our faith. 5 Who is he who overcomes the world, but (H)he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
The Certainty of God’s Witness
6 This 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. 7 For there are three that bear witness [b]in heaven: the Father, (K)the Word, and the Holy Spirit; (L)and these three are one. 8 And there are three that bear witness on earth: (M)the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree as one.
9 If 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. 10 He 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. 11 And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. 12 (R)He who has the Son has [d]life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. 13 These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, [e]and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.
Confidence and Compassion in Prayer
14 Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that (S)if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 15 And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him.
16 If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin which does not lead to death, he will ask, and (T)He will give him life for those who commit sin not leading to death. (U)There is sin leading to death. (V)I do not say that he should pray about that. 17 (W)All unrighteousness is sin, and there is sin not leading to death.
Knowing the True—Rejecting the False
18 We know that (X)whoever is born of God does not sin; but he who has been born of God (Y)keeps[f] [g]himself, and the wicked one does not touch him.
19 We know that we are of God, and (Z)the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one.
20 And we know that the (AA)Son of God has come and (AB)has given us an understanding, (AC)that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. (AD)This is the true God (AE)and eternal life.
21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.
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
- 1 John 5:12 Or the life
- 1 John 5:13 NU omits the rest of v. 13.
- 1 John 5:18 guards
- 1 John 5:18 NU him
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