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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>1 John 5 NLT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/1_john/5.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/1_john/5-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NLT</a> > 1 John 5</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../1_john/4.htm" title="1 John 4">◄</a> 1 John 5 <a href="../2_john/1.htm" title="2 John 1">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/1_john/5.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">Faith in the Son of God</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_john/5-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a> has become a child of God. And everyone who loves the Father loves his children, too. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_john/5-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>We know we love God’s children if we love God and obey his commandments. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_john/5-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Loving God means keeping his commandments, and his commandments are not burdensome. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_john/5-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>For every child of God defeats this evil world, and we achieve this victory through our faith. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_john/5-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And who can win this battle against the world? Only those who believe that Jesus is the Son of God.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_john/5-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And Jesus Christ was revealed as God’s Son by his baptism in water and by shedding his blood on the cross<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a>—not by water only, but by water and blood. And the Spirit, who is truth, confirms it with his testimony. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_john/5-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>So we have these three witnesses<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a>— <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_john/5-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>the Spirit, the water, and the blood—and all three agree. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_john/5-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Since we believe human testimony, surely we can believe the greater testimony that comes from God. And God has testified about his Son. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_john/5-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>All who believe in the Son of God know in their hearts that this testimony is true. Those who don’t believe this are actually calling God a liar because they don’t believe what God has testified about his Son.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_john/5-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And this is what God has testified: He has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_john/5-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have God’s Son does not have life.</p><p class="hdg">Conclusion</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_john/5-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>I have written this to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know you have eternal life. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_john/5-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And we are confident that he hears us whenever we ask for anything that pleases him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_john/5-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And since we know he hears us when we make our requests, we also know that he will give us what we ask for.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_john/5-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>If you see a fellow believer<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">d</span></a> sinning in a way that does not lead to death, you should pray, and God will give that person life. But there is a sin that leads to death, and I am not saying you should pray for those who commit it. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_john/5-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>All wicked actions are sin, but not every sin leads to death.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_john/5-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>We know that God’s children do not make a practice of sinning, for God’s Son holds them securely, and the evil one cannot touch them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_john/5-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>We know that we are children of God and that the world around us is under the control of the evil one.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_john/5-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And we know that the Son of God has come, and he has given us understanding so that we can know the true God.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">e</span></a> And now we live in fellowship with the true God because we live in fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ. He is the only true God, and he is eternal life.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_john/5-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Dear children, keep away from anything that might take God’s place in your hearts.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">f</span></a></p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">5:1 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">the Messiah.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">5:6 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="it">This is he who came by water and blood.</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">5:7 </span><span class="ft">A few very late manuscripts add </span><span class="it">in heaven—the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit, and these three are one. And we have three witnesses on earth.</span><br><span class="fn">d</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">5:16 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="it">a brother.</span><br><span class="fn">e</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">5:20 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="it">the one who is true.</span><br><span class="fn">f</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">5:21 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="it">keep yourselves from idols.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of <a href="http://www.tyndale.com">Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.</a>, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. 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