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God’s Children Win Against the World5 1The people who believe that Jesus is the Messiaha are God's children. Anyone who loves the Father also loves the Father's children. 2How do we know that we love God's children? We know because we love God and we obey his commands. 3Loving God means obeying his commands. And God's commands are not too hard for us, 4because everyone who is a child of God has the power to win against the world. 5It 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.
God Told Us About His Son 6Jesus Christ is the one who came. He came with water and with bloodb. He did not come by water only. No, Jesus came by both water and blood. And the Spiritc tells us that this is true. The Spiritc is the truth. 7So there are three witnesses that tell us about Jesus: 8the Spirit, the water, and the blood. These three witnesses agree.
9We believe people when they say something is true. But what God says is more important. And this is what God told us: He told us the truth about his own Son. 10Whoever believes in the Son of God has the truth that God told us. But people who do not believe God make God a liar, because they do not believe what God told us about his Son. 11This is what God told us: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12Whoever has the Son has life, but whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.
We Have Eternal Life Now 13I write this letter to you who believe in the Son of God. I write so that you will know that you have eternal life now. 14We can come to God with no doubts. This means that when we ask God for things (and those things agree with what God wants for us), God cares about what we say. 15He listens to us every time we ask him. So we know that he gives us whatever we ask from him.
16Suppose you see your fellow believerd sinning (sin that does not lead to eternal death). You should pray for them. Then God will give them life. I am talking about people whose sin does not lead to eternal death. There is sin that leads to death. I don't mean that you should pray about that kind of sin. 17Doing wrong is always sin. But there is sin that does not lead to eternal death.
18We know that those who have been made God's children do not continue to sin. The Son of God keeps them safe.e The Evil Onef cannot hurt them. 19We know that we belong to God, but the Evil One controls the whole world. 20And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding. So now we can know the one who is true, and we live in that true God. We are in his Son, Jesus Christ. He is the true God, and he is eternal life. 21So, dear children, keep yourselves away from false gods.
aMessiah A Hebrew word that has the same meaning as the Greek word Christ (see “Christ”). It was a title for the kings of God’s people in the Old Testament and for the special king God promised to send as a “savior” to defeat evil and establish the reign of God. Many prophets made it clear that this new kingdom would be eternal; that is, not only would the promised Messiah bring about a time of justice and right living among God’s people here on earth, but also his kingdom would extend beyond this world to life forever with God. However, most Jews of the first century expected the Messiah to be a political ruler here on earth who would defeat the other nations and return the nation of Israel to a position of great glory and power. But God intended his Messiah to establish a new “Israel,” an eternal kingdom that would bless all the nations.
b5:6 water, blood Probably meaning the water of Jesus’ baptism and the blood he shed on the cross.
cSpirit See “Holy Spirit.”
dbeliever Where this word is marked, it is literally “brother,” a term used by followers of Jesus Christ to refer to fellow members of God’s family.
e5:18 The Son … safe Literally, “The one who was born from God keeps him safe” or “… keeps himself safe.”
fEvil One The devil or Satan, the ruler of demons and enemy of God.
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