1John 5:1 Cross References

1 John 5:1

1: Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is a child of God. And everyone who loves the Father loves his children, too.

Jesus told them, "If God were your Father, you would love me, because I have come to you from God. I am not here on my own, but he sent me.

But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God.
They are reborn! This is not a physical birth resulting from human passion or plan--this rebirth comes from God.

If we love our Christian brothers and sisters, it proves that we have passed from death to eternal life. But a person who has no love is still dead.

And who is the great liar? The one who says that Jesus is not the Christ. Such people are antichrists, for they have denied the Father and the Son.
Anyone who denies the Son doesn't have the Father either. But anyone who confesses the Son has the Father also.

Since we know that God is always right, we also know that all who do what is right are his children.

For if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
For it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God, and it is by confessing with your mouth that you are saved.

Now you can have sincere love for each other as brothers and sisters because you were cleansed from your sins when you accepted the truth of the Good News. So see to it that you really do love each other intensely with all your hearts.
For you have been born again. Your new life did not come from your earthly parents because the life they gave you will end in death. But this new life will last forever because it comes from the eternal, living word of God.

Anyone who loves other Christians is living in the light and does not cause anyone to stumble.

This is the way to find out if they have the Spirit of God: If a prophet acknowledges that Jesus Christ became a human being, that person has the Spirit of God.

Jesus replied, "I assure you, unless you are born again, you can never see the Kingdom of God."

Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is born of God and knows God.

For every child of God defeats this evil world by trusting Christ to give the victory.

If someone says, "I love God," but hates a Christian brother or sister, that person is a liar; for if we don't love people we can see, how can we love God, whom we have not seen?

But if anyone has enough money to live well and sees a brother or sister in need and refuses to help--how can God's love be in that person?

Furthermore, we have seen with our own eyes and now testify that the Father sent his Son to be the Savior of the world.
All who proclaim that Jesus is the Son of God have God living in them, and they live in God.

All honor to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, for it is by his boundless mercy that God has given us the privilege of being born again. Now we live with a wonderful expectation because Jesus Christ rose again from the dead.

In his goodness he chose to make us his own children by giving us his true word. And we, out of all creation, became his choice possession.

Those who have been born into God's family do not sin, because God's life is in them. So they can't keep on sinning, because they have been born of God.

As they rode along, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, "Look! There's some water! Why can't I be baptized?"

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