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New Living Translation

1 John 5:5

And who can win this battle against the world? Only those who believe that Jesus is the Son of God.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Faith;   Holiness;   Jesus Continued;   Regeneration;   Righteousness;   War;   Scofield Reference Index - Faith;   Thompson Chain Reference - Overcomers;   Promises, Divine;   The Topic Concordance - Belief;   Holy Spirit;   Victory/overcoming;   Witness;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Conduct, Christian;   Faith;   Warfare of Saints;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - World;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Faith;   Jesus Christ, Name and Titles of;   New Jerusalem;   Victory;   World;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Baptism;   Canaan;   John, the Epistles of;   Revelation of John, the;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Confessions and Credos;   John, the Letters of;   World, the;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - John, Epistles of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Sacrifice (2);   Sanctify, Sanctification;   Sin (2);   Will;   World;   Smith Bible Dictionary - John, the First Epistle General of;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Regeneration;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Johannine Theology, the;   John, the Epistles of;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for March 5;  

Parallel Translations

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Who is the one who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
Simplified Cowboy Version
Who can defeat the whole world? The cowboy who believes Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
Bible in Basic English
Who is able to overcome the world but the man who has faith that Jesus is the Son of God?
Darby Translation
Who is he that gets the victory over the world, but he that believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
World English Bible
Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?
Weymouth's New Testament
Who but the man that believes that Jesus is the Son of God overcomes the world?
King James Version (1611)
Who is he that ouercommeth the world, but he that beleeueth that Iesus is the Sonne of God?
Literal Translation
Who is the one overcoming the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Who is it yt ouercommeth the worlde, but he which beleueth that Iesus is the sonne of God?
Mace New Testament (1729)
Who is it that overcomes the world, but he that believes that Jesus is the son of God?
Amplified Bible
Who is the one who is victorious and overcomes the world? It is the one who believes and recognizes the fact that Jesus is the Son of God.
American Standard Version
And who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?
Revised Standard Version
Who is it that overcomes the world but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Who is it that overcommeth the worlde: but he which beleveth that Iesus is ye sonne of god?
Update Bible Version
And who is he that overcomes the world, but he that believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
Webster's Bible Translation
Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?
Young's Literal Translation
who is he who is overcoming the world, if not he who is believing that Jesus is the Son of God?
New Century Version
So the one who conquers the world is the person who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.
New English Translation
Now who is the person who has conquered the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
Berean Standard Bible
Who then overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.
Contemporary English Version
No one can defeat the world without having faith in Jesus as the Son of God.
Complete Jewish Bible
Who does overcome the world if not the person who believes that Yeshua is the Son of God?
English Standard Version
Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
Geneva Bible (1587)
Who is it that ouercommeth this world, but he which beleeueth that Iesus is that Sonne of God?
George Lamsa Translation
Who is he who triumphs over the world but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
Christian Standard Bible®
And who is the one who conquers the world but the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
Hebrew Names Version
Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Yeshua is the Son of God?
International Standard Version
Who overcomes the world? Is it not the person who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?1 Corinthians 15:57; 1 John 4:15;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
For who (is he) that overcometh the world, but he who believeth that Jeshu is the Son of Aloha ?
Murdock Translation
For who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?
New King James Version
Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
New Life Bible
Who could have power over the world except by believing that Jesus is the Son of God?
English Revised Version
And who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?
New Revised Standard
Who is it that conquers the world but the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And who is he that overcometh the world, save he that believeth that, Jesus, is the Son of God?
Douay-Rheims Bible
Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?
King James Version
Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?
Lexham English Bible
Now who is the one who conquers the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Who is it that ouercommeth ye worlde, but he which beleueth that Iesus is the sonne of God?
Easy-to-Read Version
It is our faith that has won the victory against the world. So who wins against the world? Only those who believe that Jesus is the Son of God.
New American Standard Bible
Who is the one who overcomes the world, but the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
Good News Translation
Who can defeat the world? Only the person who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And who is he that ouercometh the world, but he that bileueth that Jhesus is the sone of God?

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

but: 1 John 5:1, 1 John 4:15

Reciprocal: Genesis 3:15 - it shall Deuteronomy 10:12 - love Matthew 16:16 - Thou John 9:35 - Dost Acts 8:37 - I believe Acts 20:21 - faith Romans 1:3 - his Son Romans 8:37 - Nay 1 Corinthians 15:57 - giveth Galatians 1:4 - from Galatians 6:14 - the world Ephesians 6:16 - the shield 1 Thessalonians 2:13 - effectually 2 Timothy 4:10 - having Hebrews 10:39 - but James 1:27 - to keep James 2:14 - though 1 John 2:13 - because 1 John 2:15 - Love not 1 John 5:4 - overcometh Revelation 2:7 - To him Revelation 2:26 - he Revelation 3:21 - him Revelation 12:11 - they overcame Revelation 21:6 - freely Revelation 21:8 - the fearful

Cross-References

Genesis 3:19
By the sweat of your brow will you have food to eat until you return to the ground from which you were made. For you were made from dust, and to dust you will return."
Genesis 5:7
After the birth of Enosh, Seth lived another 807 years, and he had other sons and daughters.
Genesis 5:8
Seth lived 912 years, and then he died.
Genesis 5:10
After the birth of Kenan, Enosh lived another 815 years, and he had other sons and daughters.
Genesis 5:11
Enosh lived 905 years, and then he died.
Genesis 5:12
When Kenan was 70 years old, he became the father of Mahalalel.
Genesis 5:14
Kenan lived 910 years, and then he died.
Genesis 5:21
When Enoch was 65 years old, he became the father of Methuselah.
Genesis 5:22
After the birth of Methuselah, Enoch lived in close fellowship with God for another 300 years, and he had other sons and daughters.
Genesis 5:32
After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Who is he that overcometh the world,.... This question carries in it a strong affirmation, that no other person is the conqueror of the world:

but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God? and this points out what that faith is which obtains the victory over the world; and shows that it is not that trust and confidence which has a man's self, or any mere creature, thing, or person, for its object, but only Jesus Christ, and that as he is the Son of God; and which is not a mere assent to such a proposition, to which devils and unregenerate persons may assent, and do; but it is a seeing of the Son in the glory, fulness, and suitableness of his person, office, and grace; a going to him, being drawn by the Father; and a living upon him as the Son of God, and trusting in him for life, righteousness, and salvation: and this shows, that the victory over the world is not owing to faith itself, but to its object Christ, who has overcome it, and makes true believers in him more than conquerors over it.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Who is he ... - Where is there one who can pretend to have obtained a victory over the world, except he who believes in the Saviour? All else are worldly, and are governed by worldly aims and principles. It is true that a man may gain a victory over one worldly passion; he may subdue some one evil propensity; he may abandon the “happy” circle, may break away from habits of profaneness, may leave the company of the unprincipled and polluted; but still, unless he has faith in the Son of God, the spirit of the world will reign supreme in his soul in some form. The appeal which John so confidently made in his time may be as confidently made now. we may ask, as he did, where is there one who shows that he has obtained a complete victory over the world, except the true Christian? Where is there one whose end and aim is not the present life? Where is there one who shows that all his purposes in regard to this world are made subordinate to the world to come?

There are those now, as there were then, who break away from one form of sin, and from one circle of sinful companions; there are those who change the ardent passions of youth for the soberness of middle or advanced life there are those who see the folly of profaneness, and of gaiety, and intemperance; there are those who are disappointed in some scheme of ambition, and who withdraw from political conflicts; there are those who are satiated with pageantry, and who, oppressed with the cares of state, as Diocletian and Charles V were, retire from public life; and there are those whose hearts are crushed and broken by losses, and by the death, or what is worse than death, by the ingratitude of their children, and who cease to cherish the fond hope that their family will be honored, and their name perpetuated in those whom they tenderly loved - but still there is no victory over the world. Their deep dejection, their sadness, their brokenness of spirit, their lamentations, and their want of cheerfulness, all show that the spirit of the world still reigns in their hearts.

If the calamities which have come upon them could be withdrawn; if the days of prosperity could be restored, they would show as much of the spirit of the world as ever they did, and would pursue its follies and its vanities as greedily as they had done before. Not many years or months elapse before the worldly mother who has followed one daughter to the grave, will introduce another into the frivolous world with all the brilliancy which fashion prescribes; not long will a worldly father mourn over the death of a son before, in the whirl of business and the exciting scenes of ambition, he will show that his heart is as much wedded to the world as it ever was. If such sorrows and disappointments conduct to the Saviour, as they sometimes do; if they lead the troubled mind to seek peace in his blood, and support in the hope of heaven, then a real victory is obtained over the world; and then, when the hand of affliction is withdrawn, it is seen that there has been a work of grace in the soul that has effectually changed all its feelings, and secured a triumph that shall be eternal.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 John 5:5. He that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God? — That he is the promised Messiah, that he came by a supernatural generation; and, although truly man, came not by man, but by the power of the Holy Ghost in the womb of the Virgin Mary. The person who believes this has the privilege of applying to the Lord for the benefits of the incarnation and passion of Jesus Christ, and receives the blessings which the Jews cannot have, because they believe not the Divine mission of Christ.


 
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