1 John 5:1

Everyone 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.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

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.

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Cross References

Matthew 16:16And Simon Peter made answer and said, You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.

John 1:12To all those who did so take him, however, he gave the right of becoming children of God--that is, to those who had faith in his name:

John 6:69And we have faith and are certain that you are the Holy One of God.

John 15:23He who has hate for me has hate for my Father.

Acts 8:37[]

James 1:18Of his purpose he gave us being, by his true word, so that we might be, in a sense, the first-fruits of all the things which he had made.

Matthew Henry on 1 John 5:1

In this chapter the apostle asserts, I. The dignity of believers, ver. 1 . II. Their obligation to love, and the trial of it, ver. 1-3 . III. Their victory, ver. 4, 5 . IV. The credibility and confirmation of their faith, ver. 6-10 . V. The advantage of their faith in eternal life, ver. 11-13 . VI. The audience of their prayers, unless for those who have sinned unto death, ver. 14-17 . VII. The preservation from sin and Satan, ver. 18 . VIII. Their happy distinction from the world, ver. 19 . IX. Their true… Read the whole commentary →

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