1 John 5

¹Whosoever believeth that Jesus is Christ, is born of God. And every one that loveth him which begat, loveth him also which was born of him.

²In this we know that we love the children of God: when as we love God, and keep his commandments.

³For this is the charity of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not heavy.

⁴Because all that is born of God, overcometh the world: And this is the victory which overcometh the world, our faith.

⁵Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?

⁶This is he that came by water & blood Jesus Christ: not in water only, but in water and blood. And it is the Spirit which testifieth, that Christ is the truth.

⁷For there be three which give testimony in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost. And these three be one.

⁸And there be three which give testimony in earth: the spirit, water, and blood: and these three be one.

⁹If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater. Because this is the testimony of God which is greater, that he hath testified of his Son.

¹⁰He that believeth in the Son of God, hath the testimony of God in himself. He that believeth not the Son, maketh him a liar: because he believeth not in the testimony which God hath testified of his Son.

¹¹And this is the testimony, that God hath given us life everlasting. And this life is in his Son.

¹²He that hath the Son, hath life. He that hath not the Son of God, hath not life.

¹³These things I write to you, that you may know that you have eternal life which believe in the name of the Son of God.

¹⁴And this is the confidence which we have toward him: that, whatsoever we shall ask according to his will, he heareth us.

¹⁵And we know that he heareth us whatsoever we shall ask: we know that we have the petitions which we request of him.

¹⁶He that knoweth his brother to sin a sin not to death, let him ask, and life shall be given him, sinning not to death. There is a sin to death: for that I say not that any man ask.

¹⁷All iniquity, is sin. And there is a sin to death.

¹⁸We know that every one which is born of God, sinneth not: but the generation of God preserveth him, and the wicked one toucheth him not.

¹⁹We know that we are of God, and the whole world is set in wickedness.

²⁰And we know that the Son of God cometh: and he hath given us understanding, that we may know the true God, & may be in his true Son, This is the true God, & life everlasting.

²¹My little children, keep yourselves from idols . Amen.