1 John 5
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Chapter 5
Faith Is Victory over the World. 1 [a]Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is begotten by God, and everyone who loves the father loves [also] the one begotten by him.(A) 2 In this way we know that we love the children of God when we love God and obey his commandments. 3 For the love of God is this, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome,(B) 4 for whoever is begotten by God conquers the world. And the victory that conquers the world is our faith.(C) 5 Who [indeed] is the victor over the world but the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?(D)
6 This is the one who came through water and blood,[b] Jesus Christ, not by water alone, but by water and blood. The Spirit is the one that testifies, and the Spirit is truth.(E) 7 So there are three that testify, 8 the Spirit, the water, and the blood, and the three are of one accord.(F) 9 If we accept human testimony, the testimony of God is surely greater. Now the testimony of God is this, that he has testified on behalf of his Son.(G) 10 Whoever believes in the Son of God has this testimony within himself. Whoever does not believe God has made him a liar by not believing the testimony God has given about his Son.(H) 11 And this is the testimony: God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.(I) 12 Whoever possesses the Son has life; whoever does not possess the Son of God does not have life.
IV. Epilogue[c]
Prayer for Sinners. 13 I write these things to you so that you may know that you have eternal life, you who believe in the name of the Son of God.(J) 14 And we have this confidence in him, that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.(K) 15 And if we know that he hears us in regard to whatever we ask, we know that what we have asked him for is ours. 16 If anyone sees his brother sinning, if the sin is not deadly, he should pray to God and he will give him life. This is only for those whose sin is not deadly. There is such a thing as deadly sin, about which I do not say that you should pray.(L) 17 All wrongdoing is sin, but there is sin that is not deadly.
18 We know that no one begotten by God sins; but the one begotten by God he protects, and the evil one cannot touch him. 19 We know that we belong to God, and the whole world is under the power of the evil one. 20 We also know that the Son of God has come and has given us discernment to know the one who is true. And we are in the one who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.(M) 21 Children, be on your guard against idols.
Footnotes
- 5:1–5 Children of God are identified not only by their love for others (1 Jn 4:7–9) and for God (1 Jn 5:1–2) but by their belief in the divine sonship of Jesus Christ. Faith, the acceptance of Jesus in his true character and the obedience in love to God’s commands (1 Jn 5:3), is the source of the Christian’s power in the world and conquers the world of evil (1 Jn 5:4–5), even as Christ overcame the world (Jn 16:33).
- 5:6–12 Water and blood (1 Jn 5:6) refers to Christ’s baptism (Mt 3:16–17) and to the shedding of his blood on the cross (Jn 19:34). The Spirit was present at the baptism (Mt 3:16; Mk 1:10; Lk 3:22; Jn 1:32, 34). The testimony to Christ as the Son of God is confirmed by divine witness (1 Jn 5:7–9), greater by far than the two legally required human witnesses (Dt 17:6). To deny this is to deny God’s truth; cf. Jn 8:17–18. The gist of the divine witness or testimony is that eternal life (1 Jn 5:11–12) is given in Christ and nowhere else. To possess the Son is not acceptance of a doctrine but of a person who lives now and provides life.
- 5:13–21 As children of God we have confidence in prayer because of our intimate relationship with him (1 Jn 5:14–15). In love, we pray (1 Jn 5:16–17) for those who are in sin, but not in deadly sin (literally, “sin unto death”), probably referring to apostasy or activities brought on under the antichrist; cf. Mk 3:29; Hb 6:4–6; 10:26–31. Even in the latter case, however, prayer, while not enjoined, is not forbidden. The letter concludes with a summary of the themes of the letter (1 Jn 5:18–20). There is a sharp antithesis between the children of God and those belonging to the world and to the evil one. The Son reveals the God of truth; Christians dwell in the true God, in his Son, and have eternal life. The final verse (1 Jn 5:21) voices a perennial warning about idols, any type of rival to God.
1 Juan 5
Ang Bagong Tipan: Filipino Standard Version
Ang Pagtatagumpay sa Sanlibutan
5 Ang sinumang sumasampalatayang si Jesus ang Cristo ay anak na ng Diyos, at ang sinumang nagmamahal sa nagsilang ay nagmamahal din sa isinilang. 2 Ganito natin nalalaman na minamahal natin ang mga anak ng Diyos: kung minamahal natin ang Diyos at sinusunod ang kanyang mga utos. 3 Sapagkat ganito ang pagmamahal sa Diyos, na sundin natin ang kanyang mga utos, at hindi naman mahirap sundin ang kanyang mga utos. 4 Sapagkat ang sinumang anak na ng Diyos ay nagtatagumpay sa sanlibutan. At ito ang pagtatagumpay na dumadaig sa sanlibutan, ang ating pananampalataya. 5 At sino ang nagtatagumpay sa sanlibutan? Hindi ba siya na sumasampalataya na si Jesus ang Anak ng Diyos?
Ang Patotoo tungkol sa Anak ng Diyos
6 Si Jesu-Cristo ang siyang pumarito sa pamamagitan ng tubig at ng dugo; hindi lamang sa pamamagitan ng tubig kundi ng tubig at ng dugo. Ang Espiritu ang nagpapatotoo sapagkat ang Espiritu ay katotohanan. 7 Sapagkat may tatlong nagpapatotoo:[a] 8 ang Espiritu, ang tubig at ang dugo, at ang tatlong ito ay nagkakaisa. 9 Kung tumatanggap tayo ng patotoo ng mga tao, mas higit pa ang patotoo ng Diyos, sapagkat ito ang patotoo ng Diyos, na kanyang ibinigay tungkol sa kanyang Anak. 10 Ang sumasampalataya sa Anak ng Diyos ay nagtataglay sa kanyang sarili ng patotoong ito. Ang hindi sumasampalataya sa Diyos ay ginagawang sinungaling ang Diyos, sapagkat hindi siya sumampalataya sa patotoo na ibinigay ng Diyos tungkol sa kanyang Anak. 11 At ito ang patotoo: binigyan tayo ng Diyos ng buhay na walang hanggan, at ang buhay na ito ay nasa kanyang Anak. 12 Ang sinumang kinaroroonan ng Anak ay may buhay; ang sinumang hindi kinaroroonan ng Anak ng Diyos ay walang buhay.
13 Isinulat ko ang mga ito sa inyo na sumasampalataya sa pangalan ng Anak ng Diyos, upang malaman ninyo na kayo'y may buhay na walang hanggan. 14 At ito ang katiyakang taglay natin sa kanya: kung anuman ang hihilingin natin ayon sa kanyang kalooban, pinakikinggan niya tayo. 15 At kung alam nating pinakikinggan niya tayo sa anumang hinihiling natin, nakatitiyak na tayo na tatanggapin natin ang hiniling natin mula sa kanya.
16 Kung makita ng sinuman ang kanyang kapatid na gumagawa ng kasalanang hindi tungo sa kamatayan, ipanalangin niya ito, at ito ay bibigyan ng Diyos ng buhay, at ganoon din sa mga gumagawa ng kasalanang hindi tungo sa kamatayan. May kasalanang tungo sa kamatayan; hindi tungkol dito ang sinasabi ko na ipanalangin ninyo. 17 Lahat ng kasamaan ay kasalanan, ngunit may kasalanang hindi tungo sa kamatayan.
18 Alam na nating ang mga anak ng Diyos ay hindi nagpapatuloy sa kasalanan, sapagkat iniingatan siya ng Anak ng Diyos at hindi siya nagagawang saktan ng Masama. 19 Alam na natin na tayo ay sa Diyos, at ang buong sanlibutan ay nasa ilalim ng kapangyarihan ng Masama. 20 At alam na nating naparito ang Anak ng Diyos at binigyan tayo ng pagkaunawa upang makilala natin siya na totoo; at tayo ay nasa kanya na totoo. Samakatuwid, sa kanyang Anak na si Jesu-Cristo. Siya ang tunay na Diyos at ang buhay na walang hanggan. 21 Mga anak, lumayo kayo sa mga diyus-diyosan.
Footnotes
- 1 Juan 5:7 Sa ilang manuskrito ay may dagdag na, sa langit, ang Ama, ang Salita, at ang Espiritu; at ang tatlong ito'y iisa. At mayroong tatlong nagpapatotoo sa lupa.
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