1 John 5:1
Every one who believes that Jesus is the Christ has received the new Life from God; and every one who loves him who gave that Life loves him who has received it.
Twentieth Century New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
2By this we know that we love God’s Children — when we love God and carry out his commands.
Cross References
Matthew 16:16And to 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 15:23He 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, an earnest of still further creations.
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 →