1 John 5:4
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For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world. And this is the victory which overcameth the world: Our faith.

John 1:13
Who are born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

John 3:3
Jesus answered and said to him: Amen, amen, I say to thee, unless a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

1 Corinthians 15:57
But thanks be to God, who hath given us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 John 2:13
I write unto you, fathers, because you have known him who is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because you have overcome the wicked one.

1 John 2:29
If you know that he is just, know ye, that every one also who doth justice is born of him.

1 John 3:9
Whosoever is born of God committeth not sin: for his seed abideth in him. And he cannot sin, because he is born of God.

1 John 4:4
You are of God, little children, and have overcome him. Because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

1 John 5:1
Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ, is born of God. And every one that loveth him who begot, loveth him also who is born of him.

1 John 5:18
We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not: but the generation of God preserveth him and the wicked one toucheth him not.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world. And this is the victory which overcameth the world: Our faith.

whatsoever.

1 John 5:1 Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ, is born of God. And every one that loveth him who begot, loveth him also who is born of him.

1 John 3:9 Whosoever is born of God committeth not sin: for his seed abideth in him. And he cannot sin, because he is born of God.

overcometh.

1 John 5:5 Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?

1 John 2:13-17 I write unto you, fathers, because you have known him who is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because you have overcome the wicked one. . . .

1 John 4:4 You are of God, little children, and have overcome him. Because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

John 16:33 These things I have spoken to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you shall have distress. But have confidence. I have overcome the world.

Romans 8:35-37 Who then shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation? Or distress? Or famine? Or nakedness? Or danger? Or persecution? Or the sword? . . .

1 Corinthians 15:57 But thanks be to God, who hath given us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Revelation 2:7,11,17,26 He that hath an ear let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches: To him that overcometh I will give to eat of the tree of life which is in the paradise of my God. . . .

Revelation 3:5,12,21 He that shall overcome shall thus be clothed in white garments: and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life. And I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels. . . .

Revelation 12:11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of the testimony: and they loved not their lives unto death.

Revelation 15:2 And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had overcome the beast and his image and the number of his name, standing on the sea of glass, having the harps of God:

Context
Overcoming the World
3For this is the charity of God: That we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not heavy. 4For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world. And this is the victory which overcameth the world: Our faith. 5Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?…
Lexicon
because
ὅτι (hoti)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 3754: Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because.

everyone
πᾶν (pan)
Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.

born
γεγεννημένον (gegennēmenon)
Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 1080: From a variation of genos; to procreate; figuratively, to regenerate.

of
ἐκ (ek)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1537: From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.

God
Θεοῦ (Theou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.

overcomes
νικᾷ (nika)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 3528: To conquer, be victorious, overcome, prevail, subdue. From nike; to subdue.

the
τὸν (ton)
Article - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

world.
κόσμον (kosmon)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2889: Probably from the base of komizo; orderly arrangement, i.e. Decoration; by implication, the world (morally).

And
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

this
αὕτη (hautē)
Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3778: This; he, she, it.

is
ἐστὶν (estin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

the
(hē)
Article - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

victory
νίκη (nikē)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3529: Victory, a victorious principle. Apparently a primary word; conquest, i.e. the means of success.

that
(hē)
Article - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

has overcome
νικήσασα (nikēsasa)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3528: To conquer, be victorious, overcome, prevail, subdue. From nike; to subdue.

the
τὸν (ton)
Article - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

world:
κόσμον (kosmon)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2889: Probably from the base of komizo; orderly arrangement, i.e. Decoration; by implication, the world (morally).

our
ἡμῶν (hēmōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural
Strong's Greek 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

faith.
πίστις (pistis)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 4102: Faith, belief, trust, confidence; fidelity, faithfulness.


Additional Translations
because everyone born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world: our faith.

For everyone having been born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory having overcome the world: our faith.

For whatever is born of God overcomes the world: and this is the victory that overcomes the world, even our faith.

For whatsoever is begotten of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that hath overcome the world, even our faith.

For all that has been begotten of God gets the victory over the world; and this is the victory which has gotten the victory over the world, our faith.

For whatsoever is begotten of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that hath overcome the world, even our faith.

For whatever is born of God, overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.

For every child of God overcomes the world; and the victorious principle which has overcome the world is our faith.

For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world: your faith.

because every one who is begotten of God doth overcome the world, and this is the victory that did overcome the world -- our faith;
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