1 John 5:1-5
THE POWER, TESTIMONY, AND SUBSTANCE OF FAITH. The wonderful power of faith:... [ Continue Reading ]
THE POWER, TESTIMONY, AND SUBSTANCE OF FAITH. The wonderful power of faith:... [ Continue Reading ]
WHOSOEVER BELIEVETH THAT JESUS IS THE CHRIST IS BORN OF GOD; AND EVERY ONE THAT LOVETH HIM THAT BEGAT LOVETH HIM ALSO THAT IS BEGOTTEN OF HIM.... [ Continue Reading ]
BY THIS WE KNOW THAT WE LOVE THE CHILDREN OF GOD, WHEN WE LOVE GOD AND KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR THIS IS THE LOVE OF GOD, THAT WE KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS; AND HIS COMMANDMENTS ARE NOT GRIEVOUS.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR WHATSOEVER IS BORN OF GOD OVERCOMES THE WORLD; AND THIS IS THE VICTORY THAT OVERCOMES THE WORLD, EVEN OUR FAITH.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHO IS HE THAT OVERCOMES THE WORLD BUT HE THAT BELIEVETH THAT JESUS IS THE SON OF GOD? The apostle here virtually returns to the topic with which he opened his letter, showing that faith is the source of all Christian life: Every one that believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God; and every o... [ Continue Reading ]
THIS IS HE THAT CAME BY WATER AND BLOOD, EVEN JESUS CHRIST; NOT BY WATER ONLY, BUT BY WATER AND BLOOD. AND IT IS THE SPIRIT THAT BEARETH WITNESS, BECAUSE THE SPIRIT IS TRUTH.... [ Continue Reading ]
The testimony of God:... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR THERE ARE THREE THAT BEAR RECORD IN HEAVEN, THE FATHER, THE WORD, AND THE HOLY GHOST; AND THESE THREE ARE ONE.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THERE ARE THREE THAT BEAR WITNESS IN EARTH, THE SPIRIT, AND THE WATER, AND THE BLOOD; AND THESE THREE AGREE IN ONE. St. John here shows that the foundation of our faith is absolutely firm and certain, since it rests upon the powerful testimony of God Himself: This is He that came through water a... [ Continue Reading ]
IF WE RECEIVE THE WITNESS OF MEN, THE WITNESS OF GOD IS GREATER; FOR THIS IS THE WITNESS OF GOD WHICH HE HATH TESTIFIED OF HIS SON.... [ Continue Reading ]
The essence of faith:... [ Continue Reading ]
HE THAT BELIEVETH ON THE SON OF GOD HATH THE WITNESS IN HIMSELF; HE THAT BELIEVETH NOT GOD HATH MADE HIM A LIAR, BECAUSE HE BELIEVETH NOT THE RECORD THAT GOD GAVE OF HIS SON.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THIS IS THE RECORD, THAT GOD HATH GIVEN TO US ETERNAL LIFE, AND THIS LIFE IS IN HIS SON.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE THAT HATH THE SON HATH LIFE; AND HE THAT HATH NOT THE SON OF GOD HATH NOT LIFE. Here the apostle shows with what confidence we should accept the testimony of the Gospel: If the witness of men we receive, the witness of God is greater, for this is the witness of God which He has witnessed concerni... [ Continue Reading ]
THESE THINGS HAVE I WRITTEN UNTO YOU THAT BELIEVE ON THE NAME OF THE SON OF GOD, THAT YE MAY KNOW THAT YE HAVE ETERNAL LIFE, AND THAT YE MAY BELIEVE ON THE NAME OF THE SON OF GOD.... [ Continue Reading ]
A CONCLUDING SUMMARY. The trust of the Christians:... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THIS IS THE CONFIDENCE THAT WE HAVE IN HIM, THAT, IF WE ASK ANYTHING ACCORDING TO HIS WILL, HE HEARETH US;... [ Continue Reading ]
AND IF WE KNOW THAT HE HEAR US, WHATSOEVER WE ASK, WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE PETITIONS THAT WE DESIRED OF HIM. The letter is finished, and the apostle now speaks his closing words, summarizing the principal points which he made in the body of the epistle: These things I wrote you in order that you m... [ Continue Reading ]
IF ANY MAN SEE HIS BROTHER SIN A SIN WHICH IS NOT UNTO DEATH, HE SHALL ASK, AND HE SHALL GIVE HIM LIFE FOR THEM THAT SIN NOT UNTO DEATH. THERE IS A SIN UNTO DEATH; I DO NOT SAY THAT HE SHALL PRAY FOR IT.... [ Continue Reading ]
The obligations of divine sonship:... [ Continue Reading ]
ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS IS SIN; AND THERE IS A SIN NOT UNTO DEATH.... [ Continue Reading ]
WE KNOW THAT WHOSOEVER IS BORN OF GOD SINNETH NOT; BUT HE THAT IS BEGOTTEN OF GOD KEEPETH HIMSELF, AND THAT "WICKED ONE TOUCHETH HIM NOT.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND WE KNOW THAT WE ARE OF GOD, AND THE WHOLE WORLD LIETH IN WICKEDNESS.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND WE KNOW THAT THE SON OF GOD IS COME AND HATH GIVEN US AN UNDERSTANDING THAT WE MAY 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.... [ Continue Reading ]
LITTLE CHILDREN, KEEP YOURSELVES FROM IDOLS. AMEN. Having given the assurance that every true prayer of a Christian is heard by God, the apostle now specifies one form of prayer, that of intercession: If anyone see his brother sinning a sin not unto death, he shall pray, and to him will be given lif... [ Continue Reading ]