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1 John 5:1

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Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father also loves those born 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 burdensome,

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BSB
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father also loves those born of Him.
KJV
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.
WEB
Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God. Whoever loves the Father also loves the child who is born of him.
ASV
Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is begotten of God: and whosoever loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.
DARBY
Every one that believes that Jesus is the Christ is begotten of God; and every one that loves him that has begotten loves also him that is begotten of him.
BLB
Everyone believing that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone loving the One having begotten also loves the one having been born of Him.
ÅB
Hver den som tror at Jesus er Kristus, han er født av Gud, og hver den som elsker Faren, han elsker også den som er født av ham.
OTB
Enhver som tror at Jesus er Kristus, er født av Gud, og den som elsker Faderen, elsker barnet som er født av Ham.
B1930
Hver den som tror at Jesus er Kristus, han er født av Gud, og hver den som elsker Faderen, han elsker også den som er født av ham.

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  • John 1:12–13

    But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God—

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  • 1 John 2:29

    If you know that He is righteous, you also know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of Him.

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  • John 8:42

    Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I have come here from God. I have not come on My own, but He sent Me.

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  • 1 John 4:7

    Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

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  • 1 Peter 1:22–23

    Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart.

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  • 1 John 5:4

    because everyone born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world: our faith.

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  • 1 John 3:14

    We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. The one who does not love remains in death.

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  • 1 John 3:9

    Anyone born of God refuses to practice sin, because God’s seed abides in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God.

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