1 John 5 — Side by side (ASV, WEB, BBE)

1Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is begotten of God: and whosoever loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.

1Everyone 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.

2Hereby we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and do his commandments.

2In this way, we are certain that we have love for the children of God, when we have love for God and keep his laws.

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

3For loving God is keeping his laws: and his laws are not hard.

4For whatsoever is begotten of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that hath overcome the world, even our faith.

4Anything which comes from God is able to overcome the world: and the power by which we have overcome the world is our faith.

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

5Who is able to overcome the world but the man who has faith that Jesus is the Son of God?

6This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but with the water and with the blood.

6This is he who came by water and by blood, Jesus Christ; not by water only but by water and by blood.

7And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is the truth.

7And the Spirit is the witness, because the Spirit is true.

8For there are three who bear witness, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and the three agree in one.

8There are three witnesses, the Spirit, the water, and the blood: and all three are in agreement.

9If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for the witness of God is this, that he hath borne witness concerning his Son.

9If we take the witness of men to be true, the witness of God is greater: because this is the witness which God has given about his Son.

10He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in him: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he hath not believed in the witness that God hath borne concerning his Son.

10He who has faith in the Son of God has the witness in himself: he who has not faith in God makes him false, because he has not faith in the witness which God has given about his Son.

11And the witness is this, that God gave unto us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

11And his witness is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

12He that hath the Son hath the life; he that hath not the Son of God hath not the life.

12He who has the Son has the life; he who has not the Son of God has not the life.

13 These things have I written unto you, that ye may know that ye have eternal life, even unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God.

13These things have I written unto you, that ye may know that ye have eternal life, even unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God.

13I have put these things in writing for you who have faith in the name of the Son of God, so that you may be certain that you have eternal life.

14And this is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he heareth us:

14And we are certain that if we make any request to him which is right in his eyes, he will give ear to us:

15and if we know that he heareth us whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him.

15And if we are certain that he gives ear to all our requests, we are equally certain that we will get our requests.

16If any man see his brother sinning a sin not unto death, he shall ask, and God will give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: not concerning this do I say that he should make request.

16If a man sees his brother doing a sin which is not bad enough for death, let him make a prayer to God, and God will give life to him whose sin was not bad enough for death. There is a sin whose punishment is death: I do not say that he may make such a request then.

17All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death.

17All evil-doing is sin: but death is not the punishment for every sort of sin.

18We know that whosoever is begotten of God sinneth not; but he that was begotten of God keepeth himself, and the evil one toucheth him not.

18We are certain that one who is a child of God will do no sin, but the Son of God keeps him so that he is not touched by the Evil One.

19We know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in the evil one.

19We are certain that we are of God, but all the world is in the power of the Evil One.

20And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we 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.

20And we are certain that the Son of God has come, and has given us a clear vision, so that we may see him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

21My little children, guard yourselves from idols.

21My little children, keep yourselves from false gods.