1 John 5:1
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves him who has begotten also loves the one begotten of him.
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In Context
2By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep his commandments.
Cross References
Matthew 16:16Simon Peter answered, “Yoʋ are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
John 1:12But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,
John 6:69And we have come to believe and to know that yoʋ are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
John 15:23Whoever hates me hates my Father also.
James 1:18Of his own will he gave us birth by the word of truth so that we would be a kind of firstfruits of 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 →