1 John 5:1
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is a child of God, and everyone who loves a parent loves his child.
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In Context
2By this we know that we love God’s children – when we love God and carry out his commands.
Cross References
Matthew 16:16To this Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
John 1:12But to all who did receive him he gave power to become children of God – to those who believe in his name.
John 6:69and we have learned to believe and to know that you are the Holy One of God.”
John 15:23The person who hates me hates my Father also.
James 1:18Because he so willed, he gave us life, through the message of the truth, so that we should be, as it were, a kind of first fruits of his creation.
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 →