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1 John 5
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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. |
"Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God."
If so, then the "unclean spirits" in Mark's gospel
(1:23-24, 3:11, 5:7) were born of God.
Are those who believe Jesus is the Christ of God?
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By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and
keep his commandments. |
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For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his
commandments are not grievous. |
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For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the
victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. |
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Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is
the Son of God? |
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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. |
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For there are three
that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.: |
(5:7-8)
"There are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost."
How many gods are there?
This is the clearest, and pretty much the only, expression of the Trinitarian concept in
the Bible. It is not, however, found in the earliest Greek manuscripts and is omitted from most
modern translations. Here, for example, are verses 7-8 in the New Revised
Standard Version:
"There are three that testify: the
Spirit and the water and the blood, and these three agree."
Not all Christians agree about how these verses (often called the
Johannine comma)
should be treated. See here for a KJV-only defense.
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And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water,
and the blood: and these three agree in one.
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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.
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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.
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record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
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He that hath the Son
hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. |
"He that hath the Son
hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life."
You're not living unless you've got Jesus.
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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. |
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And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing
according to his will, he heareth us: |
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And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have
the petitions that we desired of him. |
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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. |
"There is a sin unto death."
(But no one knows what it is.)
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All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death. |
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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. |
"Whosoever is born of God sinneth not."
Do Christians sin?
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And we know that we are
of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness. |
"We know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness."
Christians are "of God;" everyone else is wicked.
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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. |
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Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.
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