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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=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>1 John 5 ERV</title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/erv/1_john/5.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/5001.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 4800px), only screen and (max-device-width: 4800px)" href="/4801.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 1550px), only screen and (max-device-width: 1550px)" href="/1551.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 1250px), only screen and (max-device-width: 1250px)" href="/1251.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 1050px), only screen and (max-device-width: 1050px)" href="/1051.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 900px), only screen and (max-device-width: 900px)" href="/901.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 800px), only screen and (max-device-width: 800px)" href="/801.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 575px), only screen and (max-device-width: 575px)" href="/501.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-height: 450px), only screen and (max-device-height: 450px)" href="/h451.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><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="/combine/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="/">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ERV</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">English Revised Version</div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">Overcoming the World</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/5-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is begotten of God: and whosoever loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/5-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Hereby we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and do his commandments. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/5-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/5-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>For whatsoever is begotten of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that hath overcome the world, even our faith.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/5-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God? <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/5-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but with the water and with the blood. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/5-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is the truth. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/5-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>For there are three who bear witness, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and the three agree in one.</p> <p class="hdg">Jesus is the Son of God</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/5-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for the witness of God is this, that he hath borne witness concerning his Son. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/5-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in him: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he hath not believed in the witness that God hath borne concerning his Son. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/5-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And the witness is this, that God gave unto us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/5-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>He that hath the Son hath the life; he that hath not the Son of God hath not the life.</p> <p class="hdg">Purpose and Concluding Remarks</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/5-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>These things have I written unto you, that ye may know that ye have eternal life, even unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/5-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And this is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he heareth us: <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/5-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>and if we know that he heareth us whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/5-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>If any man see his brother sinning a sin not unto death, he shall ask, and God will give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: not concerning this do I say that he should make request. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/5-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/5-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>We know that whosoever is begotten of God sinneth not; but he that was begotten of God keepeth him, and the evil one toucheth him not. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/5-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>We know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in the evil one. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/5-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/5-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>My little children, guard yourselves from idols.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">English Revised Version, 1885<br /><br /><a href="//bereanbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy BereanBible.com<br />© 2013, 2014 Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../1_john/4.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 John 4"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 John 4" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../2_john/1.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 John 1"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 John 1" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="/scan/1_john/5-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></body></html>