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New Living Translation

1 John 5:1

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has become a child of God. And everyone who loves the Father loves his children, too.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Love;   Regeneration;   Righteous;   Righteousness;   Scofield Reference Index - Faith;   Thompson Chain Reference - Christ;   Faith;   Faith-Unbelief;   Holy Spirit;   Jesus Christ;   Life-Death;   Messiah, Jesus the;   New;   Opportunity;   Regeneration;   Saving Faith;   Whosoever;   The Topic Concordance - Belief;   Love;   Rebirth/being Born Again;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Faith;   Love to God;   Love to Man;   New Birth, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Obedience;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Life;   Love;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Christ;   Regeneration;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Adoption;   Baptism;   John, the Epistles of;   Nicodemus;   Regeneration;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Confessions and Credos;   John, the Letters of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Children (Sons) of God;   Ethics;   John, Epistles of;   John, Theology of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Brotherhood (2);   Brotherly Love;   Children of God, Sons of God;   Faith;   Family;   John Epistles of;   John, Gospel of (Critical);   Justice (2);   Man;   Neighbour (2);   Pre-Eminence ;   Regeneration;   Righteous, Righteousness;   Sanctify, Sanctification;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Begotten;   Smith Bible Dictionary - John, the First Epistle General of;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - John the Baptist;   Regeneration;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Baptismal Regeneration;   Bear;   Begotten;   John, the Epistles of;   Sinlessness;   Sons of God (New Testament);  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for March 5;  

Parallel Translations

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and whoever loves the Father loves the child born of Him.
Simplified Cowboy Version
Anyone who believes Jesus is the one who was sent to save us all gets the right to be children of God. If you love a father, then you also love his son.
Bible in Basic English
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.
Darby Translation
Every one that believes that Jesus is the Christ is begotten of God; and every one that loves him that has begotten loves also him that is begotten of him.
World English Bible
Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God. Whoever loves the father also loves the child who is born of him.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God; and every one who loveth him that begat, loveth him also that is begotten of him.
Weymouth's New Testament
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.
King James Version (1611)
Whosoeuer beleeueth that Iesus is the Christ, is borne of God: and euery one that loueth him that begate, loueth him also that is begotten of him.
Literal Translation
Everyone believing that Jesus is the Christ has been generated from God. And everyone who loves Him who begets also loves the one who has been born of Him.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Who so euer beleueth that Iesus is Christ, is borne of God. And who soeuer loueth him that begat, loueth him also which was begotten of him.
Mace New Testament (1729)
Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Messiah, is born of God: and every one that loves the father, will likewise be affected with love to his son.
THE MESSAGE
Every person who believes that Jesus is, in fact, the Messiah, is God-begotten. If we love the One who conceives the child, we'll surely love the child who was conceived. The reality test on whether or not we love God's children is this: Do we love God? Do we keep his commands? The proof that we love God comes when we keep his commandments and they are not at all troublesome.
Amplified Bible
Everyone who believes [with a deep, abiding trust in the fact] that Jesus is the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed) is born of God [that is, reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, and set apart for His purpose], and everyone who loves the Father also loves the child born of Him.
American Standard Version
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.
Revised Standard Version
Every one who believes that Jesus is the Christ is a child of God, and every one who loves the parent loves the child.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Whosoever beleveh that Iesus is Christ is borne of god. And every one yt loveth him which begat loveth him also which was begotte of him.
Update Bible Version
Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is begotten of God: and whoever loves him that begot loves him also that is begotten of him.
Webster's Bible Translation
Whoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ, is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat, loveth him also that is begotten by him.
Young's Literal Translation
Every one who is believing that Jesus is the Christ, of God he hath been begotten, and every one who is loving Him who did beget, doth love also him who is begotten of Him:
New Century Version
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is God's child, and whoever loves the Father also loves the Father's children.
New English Translation
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been fathered by God, and everyone who loves the father loves the child fathered by him.
Berean Standard Bible
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the Father also loves the one born of Him.
Contemporary English Version
If we believe that Jesus is truly Christ, we are God's children. Everyone who loves the Father will also love his children.
Complete Jewish Bible
Everyone who believes that Yeshua is the Messiah has God as his father, and everyone who loves a father loves his offspring too.
English Standard Version
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him.
Geneva Bible (1587)
VVhosoeuer beleeueth that Iesus is that Christ, is borne of God: and euery one that loueth him, which begate, loueth him also which is begotten of him.
George Lamsa Translation
WHOSOEVER believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and everyone who loves him who begat him, loves him also who is begotten of him.
Christian Standard Bible®
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Messiah has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father also loves the one born of Him.
Hebrew Names Version
Whoever believes that Yeshua is the Messiah is born of God. Whoever loves the father also loves the child who is born of him.
International Standard Version
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ[fn] has been born from God, and everyone who loves the parent also loves the child.John 1:12-13; 15:23; 1 John 2:22-23;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
WHOSOEVER believeth that Jeshu is the Meshiha of Aloha is born. And every one who loveth the Generator loveth also him who is generated of him.
Murdock Translation
Whoever believeth that Jesus is the Messiah, is born of God. And whoever loveth the begetter, loveth him also that is begotten of him.
New King James Version
Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves Him who begot also loves him who is begotten of Him.
New Life Bible
The person who believes that Jesus is the Christ is a child of God. The person who loves the Father loves His children also.
English Revised Version
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.
New Revised Standard
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the parent loves the child.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Whosoever believeth that, Jesus, is the Christ, of God, hath been born: and, whosoever loveth him that begat, loveth him that hath been begotten of him.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ, is born of God. And every one that loveth him who begot, loveth him also who is born of him.
King James Version
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.
Lexham English Bible
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been fathered by God, and everyone who loves the father also loves the child fathered by him.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Whosoeuer beleueth that Iesus is Christe, is borne of God: And euerie one that loueth him which begat, loueth hym also which is begotten of hym.
Easy-to-Read Version
The people who believe that Jesus is the Messiah are God's children. Anyone who loves the Father also loves the Father's children.
New American Standard Bible
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves the child born of Him.
Good News Translation
Whoever believes that Jesus is the Messiah is a child of God; and whoever loves a father loves his child also.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Ech man that bileueth that Jhesus is Crist, is borun of God; and ech man that loueth hym that gendride, loueth hym that is borun of hym.

Contextual Overview

1 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has become a child of God. And everyone who loves the Father loves his children, too. 2 We know we love God's children if we love God and obey his commandments. 3 Loving God means keeping his commandments, and his commandments are not burdensome. 4 For every child of God defeats this evil world, and we achieve this victory through our faith. 5 And who can win this battle against the world? Only those who believe that Jesus is the Son of God.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

believeth: 1 John 2:22, 1 John 2:23, 1 John 4:2, 1 John 4:14, 1 John 4:15, Matthew 16:16, John 1:12, John 1:13, John 6:69, Acts 8:37, Romans 10:9, Romans 10:10

is born: 1 John 5:4, 1 John 2:29, 1 John 3:9, 1 John 4:7

and every: 1 John 2:10, 1 John 3:14, 1 John 3:17, 1 John 4:20, John 15:23, James 1:18, 1 Peter 1:3, 1 Peter 1:22, 1 Peter 1:23

Reciprocal: Proverbs 7:2 - Keep Matthew 16:20 - Jesus Matthew 25:40 - Inasmuch Matthew 25:45 - Inasmuch Mark 8:29 - Thou Luke 2:11 - which Luke 7:5 - he loveth Luke 9:20 - The Luke 23:42 - Lord John 3:3 - Except John 3:5 - and of John 3:15 - whosoever John 5:24 - He that John 6:29 - This John 8:42 - If John 8:47 - General John 11:27 - Yea John 13:34 - That ye love John 20:31 - these John 21:15 - lovest Acts 20:21 - faith Acts 24:24 - the faith Romans 1:3 - his Son Romans 12:10 - kindly 1 Corinthians 13:13 - faith 1 Corinthians 16:22 - love Galatians 6:10 - especially 1 Thessalonians 4:9 - for ye Titus 1:8 - a lover of good Philemon 1:5 - toward the Lord Philemon 1:16 - a brother Hebrews 13:1 - General 1 John 3:2 - now are we the 1 John 5:5 - but 1 John 5:10 - that believeth on 1 John 5:18 - whosoever 1 John 5:20 - we know

Cross-References

Genesis 2:4
This is the account of the creation of the heavens and the earth. When the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,
Genesis 5:26
After the birth of Lamech, Methuselah lived another 782 years, and he had other sons and daughters.
Genesis 5:27
Methuselah lived 969 years, and then he died.
Genesis 6:9
This is the account of Noah and his family. Noah was a righteous man, the only blameless person living on earth at the time, and he walked in close fellowship with God.
Genesis 10:1
This is the account of the families of Shem, Ham, and Japheth, the three sons of Noah. Many children were born to them after the great flood.
1 Chronicles 1:1
The descendants of Adam were Seth, Enosh,
Ecclesiastes 7:29
But I did find this: God created people to be virtuous, but they have each turned to follow their own downward path."
Ecclesiastes 12:1
Don't let the excitement of youth cause you to forget your Creator. Honor him in your youth before you grow old and say, "Life is not pleasant anymore."
Matthew 1:1
This is a record of the ancestors of Jesus the Messiah, a descendant of David and of Abraham:
1 Corinthians 11:7
A man should not wear anything on his head when worshiping, for man is made in God's image and reflects God's glory. And woman reflects man's glory.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ,.... Or the Messiah that was prophesied of old, was long promised to the Jews, and whom they expected; there was a person spoken of in the writings of the Old Testament under this character, Psalms 2:2; and the Jews looked for him; and Jesus of Nazareth is he, as appears by all the characteristics of the Messiah in prophecy being found upon him: this the Jews deny, but is the grand article of faith embraced by the apostles and followers of Jesus, and is of very great importance; he that denies it is a liar, and he that does not believe it shall die in his sins: the word signifies "anointed", and includes all the offices of the Son of God, to which he was anointed, as prophet, priest, and King; so that to believe him to be the Christ, is to believe him to be that prophet Moses said should come, and who has declared the whole mind and will of his Father; and that he is that priest that should arise after the order of Melchizedek, and make atonement for sin, and intercession for transgressors; and that he is that King whom God has set over his holy hill of Zion, whose laws are to be obeyed, and his commands observed: but to believe that Jesus is the Christ, or the Messiah, is not barely to give an assent to this truth, or to acknowledge it; so the devils themselves have done, Luke 4:41; and whole nations of men, multitudes of which were never born of God; it is not a mere profession of it before men, or an idle, inoperative faith, which is destitute of love to Christ, and obedience to him; but whereas his work and business, as the Christ of God, was to bring in an everlasting righteousness, to procure the remission of sin, and to make peace and reconciliation for it, and to obtain eternal salvation; true faith in him as the Messiah is a believing with the heart unto righteousness, or a looking to, and trusting in the righteousness of Christ for justification; and a dealing with his blood for pardon and cleansing, under a sense of guilt and filth; and a laying hold on his atoning sacrifice for the expiation of sin, and peace with God; and a reception of him as the only Saviour and Redeemer, or a dependence on him for life and salvation; and which faith shows itself in love to him, and in a professed subjection to his Gospel, and cheerful submission to his ordinances: and every such person

is born of God; is a partaker of the divine nature; has Christ formed, and every grace of the Spirit implanted in him, among which faith in Christ is a considerable one; and such an one in consequence is openly a child and heir of God, wherefore, to be born of God is an instance of great grace, and an high honour and privilege, and of the greatest moment and importance. Regeneration is not owing to the power and will of man, but to the abundant mercy and good will of God, and is an instance of his rich mercy, great love, and free favour, and commands love again:

and everyone that loveth him that begat; that is, God the Father, who has begotten them again to a lively hope, according to his abundant mercy and sovereign will; and as he is their Father that has begotten them, they cannot but love him: and such an one

loveth him also that is begotten of him; not only Jesus Christ, who by nature is the only begotten of the Father; for those who know God to be their Father by adoption and regeneration, will love Christ, who is the Son of God by nature; see John 8:42; but also every regenerate person, all that are born of God; since they are the children of the same Father with them, belong to the same household and family, and bear the image and likeness of their heavenly Father on them.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ - Is the Messiah; the anointed of God. On the meaning of the word Christ, see the notes at Matthew 1:1. Of course, it is meant here that the proposition, that “Jesus is the Christ,” should be believed or received in the true and proper sense, in order to furnish evidence that anyone is born of God. Compare the notes at 1 John 4:3. It cannot be supposed that a mere intellectual acknowledgment of the proposition that Jesus is the Messiah is all that is meant, for that is not the proper meaning of the word believe in the Scriptures. That word, in its just sense, implies that the truth which is believed should make its fair and legitimate impression on the mind, or that we should feel and act as if it were true. See the notes at Mark 16:16. If, in the proper sense of the phrase, a man does believe that Jesus “is the Christ,” receiving him as he is revealed as the Anointed of God, and a Saviour, it is undoubtedly true that that constitutes him a Christian, for that is what is required of a man in order that he may be saved. See the notes at Acts 8:37.

Is born of God - Or rather, “is begotten of God.” See the notes at John 3:3

And everyone that loveth him that begat - That loves that God who has thus begotten those whom he has received as his children, and to whom he sustains the endearing relation of Father.

Loveth him also that is begotten of him - That is, he will love all the true children of God; all Christians. See the notes at 1 John 4:20. The general idea is, that as all Christians are the children of the same Father; as they constitute one family; as they all bear the same image; as they share his favor alike; as they are under the same obligation of gratitude to him, and are bound to promote the same common cause, and are to dwell together in the same home forever, they should therefore love one another. As all the children in a family love their common father, so it should be in the great family of which God is the Head.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER V.

He that believeth is born of God; loves God and his children;

and keeps his commandments, which are not grievous, 1-3.

Faith in Christ overcomes the world, 4, 5.

The three earthly and heavenly witnesses, 6-9.

He that believeth hath the witness in himself, 10.

God has given unto us eternal life in his Son, 11, 12.

The end for which St. John writes these things, 13-16.

The sin unto death, and the sin not unto death, 16, 17.

He that is born of God sinneth not, 18.

The whole world lieth in the wicked one, 19.

Jesus is come to give us understanding, that we may know the

true God, 20.

All idolatry to be avoided, 21.

NOTES ON CHAP. V.

Verse 1 John 5:1. Whosoever believeth, c.] Expressions of this kind are to be taken in connection with the subjects necessarily implied in them. He that believeth that Jesus is the Messiah, and confides in him for the remission of sins, is begotten of God and they who are pardoned and begotten of God love him in return for his love, and love all those who are his children.


 
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