1 John 5:4
because everything which has been born of God conquers the world: and this is the victory which has conquered the world, our faith.
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
In Context
5Who is the one conquering the world, except the one believing that Jesus is the Son of God?
Cross References
John 16:33I have spoken these things to you, in order that you may have peace in me. In the world you have tribulation: but take courage; I have conquered the world.
1 Corinthians 15:57But thanks be unto God, who gives us our victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 John 3:9Every one having been born of God does not sin; because his seed remains in him: and he is not able to sin, because he has been born of God.
1 John 5:1Every one believing that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God: and every one loving with divine love him who begat, also loves him who has been begotten of him, with divine love.
Revelation 2:7Let the one having ears, hear what the Spirit says to the churches; to him who conquers I will give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of God.
Revelation 2:17Let the one having ears hear what the Spirit says to the churches; unto the one conquering will I give to him of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and on the stone my new name having been written, which no one knows but the one receiving 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 →