1 John 5:1
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ, is born of God. And everyone who loves God, who provides that birth, also loves him who has been born of God.
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2In this way, we know that we love those born of God: when we love God and do his commandments.
Cross References
Matthew 16:16Simon Peter responded by saying, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
John 1:12Yet whoever did accept him, those who believed in his name, he gave them the power to become the sons of God.
John 6:69Then Simon Peter answered him: “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.
John 15:23Whoever hates me, hates my Father also.
Acts 8:37Then Philip said, “If you believe from your whole heart, it is permitted.” And he responded by saying, “I believe the Son of God to be Jesus the Christ.”
James 1:18For by his own will he produced us through the Word of truth, so that we might be a kind of beginning among his creatures.
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 →