1 John 5:1-8 ▼

1 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been fathered by God, and everyone who loves the father loves the child fathered by him.

2 By this we know that we love the children of God: whenever we love God and obey his commandments.

3 For this is the love of God: that we keep his commandments. And his commandments do not weigh us down,

4 because everyone who has been fathered by God conquers the world. Testimony About the Son This is the conquering power that has conquered the world: our faith.

5 Now who is the person who has conquered the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

6 Jesus Christ is the one who came by water and blood--not by the water only, but by the water and the blood. And the Spirit is the one who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.

7 For there are three that testify,

8 the Spirit and the water and the blood, and these three are in agreement.