Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

Everyone Born of God Believes Jesus Is His Son, Loves His People, Keeps His Commands

5 Everyone believing that Jesus is the Christ has been born^[a] from God. And everyone loving the One^[b] having fathered is loving also the one having been born^[c] from Him. ² By this we know that we are loving^[d] the children of God: when we are loving God and doing His commandments. ³ For this is the love of God: that we be keeping His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome.

Because The One Born of God Is Victorious Over The World By Faith In Jesus

⁴ Because everything having been born from God is being-victorious-over the world. And this is the victory having been-victorious-over the world: our faith!

Who Indeed Is Victorious If Not The One Believing Jesus Is The Son of God!

⁵ And who is the one being-victorious-over the world if not the one believing^[e] that Jesus is the Son of God!

I Wrote These Things That You May Know You Have Eternal Life

¹³ I wrote these^[a] things to you, the ones believing in the name of the Son of God, in order that you may know that you have eternal life.

And This We Know With Confidence:

¹⁴ And this is the confidence which we have before Him:

That God Hears Our Prayers

... that if we request anything according to His will, He hears us. ¹⁵ And if we know that He hears us— whatever we request— we know that we have the requests which we have requested from Him.

But I Am Not Implying You Should Pray About a Sin Leading To Death

¹⁶ If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin not leading to death, he shall request, and He will give him life— for the ones sinning a sin not leading to death. There is a sin leading to death^[b]. I am not saying that he should pray about that. ¹⁷ All unrighteousness is sin, and there is sin not leading to death.

That God’s Children Are Not Sinning, And Are Protected From Satan

¹⁸ We know that everyone having been born^[c] from God is not sinning^[d]. But the One^[e] having been fathered from God is keeping^[f] him. And the evil one is not touching^[g] him.

That We Are Born From God

¹⁹ We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in^[h] the evil one.

That We Know The True God And Have Eternal Life In Him

²⁰ And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us understanding in order that we might know the true^[i] One. And we are in^[j] the true One, in His Son Jesus Christ. This One^[k] is the true God and eternal life. ²¹ Little-children, guard yourselves from idols!