1 John 5:4
Everyone who is born of God defeats the world. The way we gain victory and defeat the world is by trusting God.
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3Loving God means that we follow his commands, and his commands are not hard to bear.
5Who can defeat the world? Only those who trust in Jesus, believing he is the Son of God.
Cross References
John 16:33I've told you all this so that you may have peace because you are one with me. You will suffer in this world, but be brave—I have defeated the world!”
1 Corinthians 15:57but praise God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 John 3:9All those who are born of God don't keep on sinning, for God's nature lives in them. They can't keep on sinning because they are born of God.
1 John 5:1Whoever trusts that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and whoever loves the father also loves his child.
Revelation 2:7If you have ears, listen to what the Spirit is telling the churches. I will give to those who are victorious the privilege of eating from the tree of life, which stands in the Paradise of God.
Revelation 2:17If you have ears, listen to what the Spirit is telling the churches. I will give the hidden manna to those who are victorious. I will give them a white stone with a new name written on it that nobody knows except those who receive it.
Matthew Henry on 1 John 5:2-6
Love and Faith. ( a. d. 80.) 1 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. 2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments. 3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous. 4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. 5 Who is he that… Read the whole commentary →