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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//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 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></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="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GNT</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">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s">Our Victory over the World</h3><p class="par"><span class="v62_5_1"><span class="reftext" id="1John.5.1" class="v62_5_1">1</span>Whoever believes that Jesus is the Messiah is a child of God; and whoever loves a father loves his child also. </span><span class="v62_5_2"><span class="reftext" id="1John.5.2" class="v62_5_2">2</span>This is how we know that we love God's children: it is by loving God and obeying his commands. </span><span class="v62_5_3"><span class="reftext" id="1John.5.3" class="v62_5_3">3</span><a href="#fn" id="link_1John.5.3!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> For our love for God means that we obey his commands. And his commands are not too hard for us, </span><span class="v62_5_4"><span class="reftext" id="1John.5.4" class="v62_5_4">4</span>because every child of God is able to defeat the world. And we win the victory over the world by means of our faith. </span><span class="v62_5_5"><span class="reftext" id="1John.5.5" class="v62_5_5">5</span>Who can defeat the world? Only the person who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.</span></p><h3 class="s">The Witness about Jesus Christ</h3><p class="par"><span class="v62_5_6"><span class="reftext" id="1John.5.6" class="v62_5_6">6</span>Jesus Christ is the one who came with the water of his baptism and the blood of his death. He came not only with the water, but with both the water and the blood. And the Spirit himself testifies that this is true, because the Spirit is truth. </span><span class="v62_5_7"><span class="reftext" id="1John.5.7" class="v62_5_7">7</span>There are three witnesses: </span><span class="v62_5_8"><span class="reftext" id="1John.5.8" class="v62_5_8">8</span>the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and all three give the same testimony. </span><span class="v62_5_9"><span class="reftext" id="1John.5.9" class="v62_5_9">9</span>We believe human testimony; but God's testimony is much stronger, and he has given this testimony about his Son. </span><span class="v62_5_10"><span class="reftext" id="1John.5.10" class="v62_5_10">10</span>So those who believe in the Son of God have this testimony in their own heart; but those who do not believe God, have made a liar of him, because they have not believed what God has said about his Son. </span><span class="v62_5_11"><span class="reftext" id="1John.5.11" class="v62_5_11">11</span><a href="#fn" id="link_1John.5.11!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> The testimony is this: God has given us eternal life, and this life has its source in his Son. </span><span class="v62_5_12"><span class="reftext" id="1John.5.12" class="v62_5_12">12</span>Whoever has the Son has this life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.</span></p><h3 class="s">Eternal Life</h3><p class="par"><span class="v62_5_13"><span class="reftext" id="1John.5.13" class="v62_5_13">13</span>I am writing this to you so that you may know that you have eternal life—you that believe in the Son of God. </span><span class="v62_5_14"><span class="reftext" id="1John.5.14" class="v62_5_14">14</span>We have courage in God's presence, because we are sure that he hears us if we ask him for anything that is according to his will. </span><span class="v62_5_15"><span class="reftext" id="1John.5.15" class="v62_5_15">15</span>He hears us whenever we ask him; and since we know this is true, we know also that he gives us what we ask from him.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v62_5_16"><span class="reftext" id="1John.5.16" class="v62_5_16">16</span>If you see a believer commit a sin that does not lead to death, you should pray to God, who will give that person life. This applies to those whose sins do not lead to death. But there is sin which leads to death, and I do not say that you should pray to God about that. </span><span class="v62_5_17"><span class="reftext" id="1John.5.17" class="v62_5_17">17</span>All wrongdoing is sin, but there is sin which does not lead to death.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v62_5_18"><span class="reftext" id="1John.5.18" class="v62_5_18">18</span>We know that no children of God keep on sinning, for the Son of God keeps them safe, and the Evil One cannot harm them.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v62_5_19"><span class="reftext" id="1John.5.19" class="v62_5_19">19</span>We know that we belong to God even though the whole world is under the rule of the Evil One.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v62_5_20"><span class="reftext" id="1John.5.20" class="v62_5_20">20</span>We know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we know the true God. We live in union with the true God—in union with his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and this is eternal life.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v62_5_21"><span class="reftext" id="1John.5.21" class="v62_5_21">21</span>My children, keep yourselves safe from false gods!</span></p></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. All rights reserved.</span></p> <p class="yiv9003199930MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">Bible text from the Good News Translation (GNT) is not to be reproduced in copies or otherwise by any means except as permitted in writing by American Bible Society, 101 North Independence Mall East, Floor 8, Philadelphia, PA 19106-2155 (<a href="http://www.americanbible.org">www.americanbible.org</a>). Learn more at <a href="http://www.gnt.bible">www.gnt.bible</a> . 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