Chapter 5

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God. And everyone who loves him who begot, loves also the one begotten of him.

In this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and do his commandments.

For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments; and his commandments are not burdensome.

Because all that is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that overcomes the world, our faith.

Who is there that overcomes the world if not he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? Witnesses to Christ

This is he who came in water and in blood, Jesus Christ; not in the water only, but in the water and in the blood. And it is the Spirit that bears witness that Christ is the truth.

For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one.

And there are three that bear witness on earth: the Spirit, and the water, and the blood; and these three are one.

If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater; for this is the testimony of God which is greater, that he has borne witness concerning his Son.

He who believes in the Son of God has the testimony of God in himself. He who does not believe the Son, makes him a liar; because he does not believe the witness that God has borne concerning his son.

And this is the testimony, that God has given us eternal life; and this life is in his Son.

He who has the Son has the life. He who as not the Son has not the life.

These things I am writing to you that you may know that you have eternal life---you who believe in the name of the Son of God. Confidence in Prayer

And the confidence that we have towards him is this, that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.

And we know that he hears us whatever we ask; we know that the requests we make of him are granted.

He who knows his brother is committing a sin that is not unto death, shall ask, and shall give life to him who does not commit a sin unto death. There is sin unto death; I do not mean that anyone should ask as to that.

All lawlessness is sin, and there is a sin unto death.

We know that no one who is born of God commits sin; but the Begotten of God preserves him and the evil one does not touch him.

We know that we are of God, and the whole world is in the power of the evil one.

And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, that we may know the true God and may be in his true Son. He is the true God and eternal life.

Dear children, guard yourselves from the idols. Amen.