1WhosoeverbelieveththatJesusis the ChristisbornofGod: and every onethatlovethhimthatbegatlovethhimalsothatisbegottenofhim.
2Bythis we knowthat we love the children of God, when we loveGod, andkeephiscommandments.
3Forthisis the love of God, that we keephiscommandments: andhiscommandmentsarenotgrievous.
4ForwhatsoeverisbornofGodovercometh the world: andthisis the victory that overcometh the world, even ourfaith.
5Whois he thatovercometh the world, but he thatbelieveththatJesusis the Son of God?
6Thisis he that camebywaterandblood, even JesusChrist; notbywateronly, butbywaterandblood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spiritistruth.
7For there arethree that bear recordinheaven, the Father, the Word, and the HolyGhost: andthesethreeareone.
8And there arethree that bear witnessinearth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these threeagreeinone.
9If we receive the witnessofmen, the witnessofGodisgreater: forthisis the witnessofGodwhich he hath testifiedofhisSon.
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He thatbelievethon the SonofGodhath the witnessinhimself: he thatbelievethnotGodhathmadehim a liar; because he believethnot the recordthatGodgaveofhisSon.
11Andthisis the record, thatGod hath given to useternallife, andthislifeisinhisSon.
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He that hath the Sonhathlife; and he that hathnot the Son of Godhathnotlife.
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These thingshave I written unto youthatbelieveon the name of the Son of God; thatye may knowthatyehaveeternallife, andthatye may believeon the name of the Son of God.
14Andthisis the confidencethat we haveinhim, that, if we ask any thingaccording to hiswill, he hearethus:
15Andif we knowthat he hearus, whatsoever we ask, we knowthat we have the petitionsthat we desiredofhim.
16If any manseehisbrothersin a sin which isnotuntodeath, he shall ask, and he shall givehimlifefor them thatsinnotuntodeath. There is a sinuntodeath: I do notsaythat he shall prayforit.
17Allunrighteousnessissin: and there is a sinnotuntodeath.
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We knowthatwhosoever is bornofGodsinnethnot; but he that is begottenofGodkeepethhimself, andthat wicked onetouchethhimnot.
19And we knowthat we areofGod, and the wholeworldliethinwickedness.
20And we knowthat the Son of Godiscome, and hath givenus an understanding, that we may know him thatistrue, and we arein him thatistrue, even inhisSonJesusChrist. Thisis the trueGod, andeternallife.
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Little children, keepyourselvesfromidols. Amen.