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Anak-anak Allah mengalahkan dunia

Setiap orang yang percaya bahwa Yesus adalah Kristus adalah anak Allah. Setiap orang yang mengasihi Bapa juga mengasihi anak-anak Bapa. Bagaimana kita tahu bahwa kita mengasihi anak-anak Allah? Kita tahu karena kita mengasihi Allah dan mematuhi perintah-Nya. Mengasihi Allah berarti mengikuti semua perintah-Nya. Dan perintah Allah itu tidak terlalu susah bagi kita, karena setiap orang yang adalah anak Allah mempunyai kekuatan untuk mengalahkan dunia. Iman kitalah yang telah mengalahkan dunia ini. Jadi, siapakah yang telah mengalahkan dunia ini? Hanya mereka yang percaya bahwa Yesus adalah Anak Allah.

Allah memberitahu kita tentang Anak-Nya

Yesus Kristus adalah satu-satunya yang telah datang dengan air dan dengan darah.[a] Ia tidak datang dengan air saja, tetapi Ia datang dengan keduanya air dan darah. Dan Roh memberitahu kita bahwa ini adalah benar karena Roh adalah kebenaran. Jadi, ada tiga saksi yang memberitahu kita tentang Yesus: Roh, air dan darah. Ketiganya memberi kesaksian yang sama.

Kalau kita bisa menerima perkataan manusia, perkataan Allah jauh lebih penting. Inilah yang Allah katakan kepada kita: Ia memberitahu kita kebenaran tentang Anak-Nya. 10 Barangsiapa percaya kepada Anak Allah memiliki kebenaran yang Allah beritahukan kepada kita. Tetapi siapa saja yang tidak percaya kepada Allah membuat Allah menjadi pembohong, karena ia tidak percaya bahwa Allah memberitahu kita tentang Anak-Nya. 11 Inilah yang dikatakan Allah kepada kita: Allah sudah memberi kita hidup kekal, dan hidup kekal itu ada di dalam Anak-Nya. 12 Barangsiapa yang mempunyai Anak Allah memiliki hidup kekal, tetapi barangsiapa tidak mempunyai Anak Allah tidak mempunyai hidup kekal.

Kita memiliki hidup kekal

13 Aku menulis surat ini untuk kamu yang percaya kepada Anak Allah supaya kamu tahu bahwa kamu sekarang memiliki hidup kekal. 14 Kita bisa datang ke hadapan Allah dengan keyakinan. Ini berarti bahwa jika kita meminta Allah semua hal yang sesuai dengan kehendak-Nya bagi kita, Allah akan mendengarkan kita. 15 Ia mendengarkan kita setiap kali kita meminta kepada-Nya. Jadi, kita tahu bahwa kita telah menerima apa yang kita mintakan dari Dia.

16 Misalnya, kamu melihat seorang percaya berbuat dosa, yaitu dosa yang tidak mengakibatkan kematian. Kamu haruslah mendoakan dia. Lalu Allah akan memberikan hidup kepadanya. Aku berbicara tentang orang yang dosanya tidak mendatangkan kematian kekal. Tetapi ada semacam dosa yang mengakibatkan kematian. Tentang hal ini, aku tidak bermaksud bahwa kamu harus mendoakan tentang dosa tersebut. 17 Semua perbuatan salah selalu berdosa, tetapi ada dosa yang tidak mengakibatkan kematian kekal.

18 Kita tahu bahwa setiap orang yang sudah menjadi anak Allah tidak terus berbuat dosa. Anak Allah menjaganya dengan selamat,[b] dan si Jahat tidak dapat menyakitinya. 19 Kita tahu bahwa kita adalah milik Allah, tetapi seluruh dunia dikuasai oleh si Jahat. 20 Dan kita tahu bahwa Anak Allah sudah datang dan memberi kita pengertian. Jadi, sekarang kita bisa tahu Dia yang benar, dan kita hidup di dalam Dia yang benar. Kita ada di dalam Anak-Nya, Yesus Kristus. Ia adalah Allah yang benar dan Ia adalah hidup yang kekal. 21 Anak-anakku yang terkasih, jagalah dirimu dari allah-allah yang palsu.

Footnotes

  1. 5:6 air dan dengan darah Mungkin yang dimaksudkan adalah air pembaptisan Yesus dan darah yang dicurahkan sewaktu kematian-Nya di kayu salib.
  2. 5:18 Anak Allah menjaganya dengan selamat Secara harfiah, “Dia yang dilahirkan dari Allah memberikan perlindungan kepadanya” atau “… melindungi dirinya sendiri”.

Faith in the Incarnate Son of God

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) This is how we know(E) that we love the children of God:(F) by loving God and carrying out his commands. In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands.(G) And his commands are not burdensome,(H) for everyone born of God(I) overcomes(J) the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. Who is it that overcomes the world? Only the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.(K)

This is the one who came by water and blood(L)—Jesus Christ. He did not come by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.(M) For there are three(N) that testify: the[a] Spirit, the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement. We accept human testimony,(O) but God’s testimony is greater because it is the testimony of God,(P) which he has given about his Son. 10 Whoever believes in the Son of God accepts this testimony.(Q) Whoever does not believe God has made him out to be a liar,(R) because they have not believed the testimony God has given about his Son. 11 And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life,(S) and this life is in his Son.(T) 12 Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.(U)

Concluding Affirmations

13 I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God(V) so that you may know that you have eternal life.(W) 14 This is the confidence(X) we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.(Y) 15 And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know(Z) that we have what we asked of him.(AA)

16 If you see any brother or sister commit a sin that does not lead to death, you should pray and God will give them life.(AB) I refer to those whose sin does not lead to death. There is a sin that leads to death.(AC) I am not saying that you should pray about that.(AD) 17 All wrongdoing is sin,(AE) and there is sin that does not lead to death.(AF)

18 We know that anyone born of God(AG) does not continue to sin; the One who was born of God keeps them safe, and the evil one(AH) cannot harm them.(AI) 19 We know that we are children of God,(AJ) and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one.(AK) 20 We know also that the Son of God has come(AL) and has given us understanding,(AM) so that we may know him who is true.(AN) And we are in him who is true by being in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.(AO)

21 Dear children,(AP) keep yourselves from idols.(AQ)

Footnotes

  1. 1 John 5:8 Late manuscripts of the Vulgate testify in heaven: the Father, the Word and the Holy Spirit, and these three are one. And there are three that testify on earth: the (not found in any Greek manuscript before the fourteenth century)

Overcoming the World

(A)Everyone who believes that (B)Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and (C)everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him. (D)By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments. For (E)this is the love of God, that we (F)keep his commandments. And (G)his commandments are not burdensome. For (H)everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—(I)our faith. Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes (J)that Jesus is the Son of God?

Testimony Concerning the Son of God

This is he who came (K)by water and blood—Jesus Christ; not by the water only but by the water and the blood. And (L)the Spirit is the one who testifies, because (M)the Spirit is the truth. For there are three that testify: the Spirit and the water and the blood; and these three agree. (N)If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater, for this is the testimony of God (O)that he has borne concerning his Son. 10 Whoever believes in the Son of God (P)has the testimony in himself. Whoever does not believe God (Q)has made him a liar, (R)because he has not believed in the testimony that God has borne concerning his Son. 11 And this is the testimony, that God gave us (S)eternal life, and (T)this life is in his Son. 12 (U)Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.

That You May Know

13 I write (V)these things to you who (W)believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life. 14 And this is (X)the confidence that we have toward him, that (Y)if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. 15 And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him.

16 If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and (Z)God[a] will give him life—to those who commit sins that do not lead to death. (AA)There is sin that leads to death; (AB)I do not say that one should pray for that. 17 (AC)All wrongdoing is sin, but there is sin that does not lead to death.

18 We know that (AD)everyone who has been born of God does not keep on sinning, but (AE)he who was born of God (AF)protects him, and the evil one does not touch him.

19 We know that we are from God, and (AG)the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.

20 And we know that the Son of God has come and (AH)has given us understanding, so that we may know (AI)him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and (AJ)eternal life. 21 Little children, (AK)keep yourselves from idols.

Footnotes

  1. 1 John 5:16 Greek he