1 John 5

1 Everyone who has faith that Jesus is the Christ is a child of God: and everyone who has love for the Father has love for his child.

Every one who believes that Jesus is the Christ is a child of God; and every one who loves the Father loves also Him who is the Father's Child.

2 In this way, we are certain that we have love for the children of God, when we have love for God and keep his laws.

The fact that we love God Himself, and obey His commands, is a proof that we love God's children.

3 For loving God is keeping his laws: and his laws are not hard.

Love for God means obedience to His commands; and His commands are not irksome.

4 Anything which comes from God is able to overcome the world: and the power by which we have overcome the world is our faith.

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

5 Who is able to overcome the world but the man who has faith that Jesus is the Son of God?

Who but the man that believes that Jesus is the Son of God overcomes the world?

6 This is he who came by water and by blood, Jesus Christ; not by water only but by water and by blood.

Jesus Christ is He who came with water and blood; not with the water only, but with the water and with the blood. And it is the Spirit who gives testimony-- because the Spirit is the Truth.

7 And the Spirit is the witness, because the Spirit is true.

For there are three that give testimony-- the Spirit, the water, and the blood;

8 There are three witnesses, the Spirit, the water, and the blood: and all three are in agreement.

and there is complete agreement between these three.

9 If we take the witness of men to be true, the witness of God is greater: because this is the witness which God has given about his Son.

If we accept the testimony of men, God's testimony is greater: for God's testimony consists of the things which He has testified about His Son.

10 He who has faith in the Son of God has the witness in himself: he who has not faith in God makes him false, because he has not faith in the witness which God has given about his Son.

He who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in his own heart: he who does not believe God has made Him a liar, in that he has refused to accept the testimony which God has given about His Son.

11 And his witness is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. (aiōnios g166)

And that testimony is to the effect that God has given us the Life of the Ages, and that this Life is in His Son. (aiōnios g166)

12 He who has the Son has the life; he who has not the Son of God has not the life.

He who has the Son has the Life: he who has not the Son of God has not the Life.

13 I have put these things in writing for you who have faith in the name of the Son of God, so that you may be certain that you have eternal life. (aiōnios g166)

I write all this to you in order that you who believe in the Son of God may know for certain that you already have the Life of the Ages. (aiōnios g166)

14 And we are certain that if we make any request to him which is right in his eyes, he will give ear to us:

And we have an assured confidence that whenever we ask anything in accordance with His will, He listens to us.

15 And if we are certain that he gives ear to all our requests, we are equally certain that we will get our requests.

And since we know that He listens to us, then whatever we ask, we know that we have the things which we have asked from Him.

16 If a man sees his brother doing a sin which is not bad enough for death, let him make a prayer to God, and God will give life to him whose sin was not bad enough for death. There is a sin whose punishment is death: I do not say that he may make such a request then.

If any one sees a brother man committing a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask and God shall give him life--for those who do not sin unto death. There is such a thing as sin unto death; for that I do not bid him make request.

17 All evil-doing is sin: but death is not the punishment for every sort of sin.

Any kind of wrongdoing is sin; but there is sin which is not unto death.

18 We are certain that one who is a child of God will do no sin, but the Son of God keeps him so that he is not touched by the Evil One.

We know that no one who is a child of God lives in sin, but He who is God's Child keeps him, and the Evil one cannot touch him.

19 We are certain that we are of God, but all the world is in the power of the Evil One.

We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world lies in the power of the Evil one.

20 And we are certain that the Son of God has come, and has given us a clear vision, so that we may see him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life. (aiōnios g166)

And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us understanding so that we know the true One, and are in union with the true One--that is, we are in union with His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and the Life of the Ages. (aiōnios g166)

21 My little children, keep yourselves from false gods.

Dear children, guard yourselves from idols.