CHAPTER 5
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.
For
this
is
the
love
of God,
that
we keep
His
commandments.
And
His
commandments
are
not
burdensome,
because
everyone
born
of
God
overcomes
the
world.
And
this
is
the
victory
that
has overcome
the
world:
our
faith.
This
is
the One who
came
by
water
and
blood,
Jesus
Christ—
not
by
water
alone,
but
by
water
and
blood.
And
it is
the
Spirit
who
testifies to this,
because
the
Spirit
is
the
truth.
Even if
we accept
human
testimony,
the
testimony
of God
is
greater.
For
this
is
the
testimony
that
God
has given
about
His
Son.
Whoever
believes
in
the
Son
of God
has
this
testimony
within
him;
whoever
does not believe
God
has made
Him out to be
a liar,
because
he has not believed
in
the
testimony
God
has given
about
His
Son.
I have written
these things
to you
who
believe
in
the
name
of the
Son
of God,
so that
you may know
that
you have
eternal
life.
And
this
is
the
confidence
that
we have
before
Him:
If
we ask
anything
according to
His
will,
He hears
us.
And
if
we know
that
He hears
us
in whatever
we ask,
we know
that
we already possess
what
we have asked
of
Him.
If
anyone
sees
his
brother
committing
a sin
not
leading to
death,
he should ask God,
who will give
life
to those who
commit this kind of sin.
There is
a sin
that leads to
death;
I am not saying
he should ask
regarding
that sin.
We know
that
anyone
born
of
God
does not keep on sinning;
the One who
was born
of
God
protects
him,
and
the
evil one
cannot touch
him.
And
we know
that
the
Son
of God
has come
and
has given
us
understanding,
so that
we may know
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.