1 JOHN 5 [†] k Everyone who believes that  l Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and  m everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him. 2[†] n By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments. 3[†]For  o this is the love of God, that we  p keep his commandments. And  q his commandments are not burdensome. 4[†]For  r everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world— s our faith. 5Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes  t that Jesus is the Son of God?

6[†]This is he who came  u by water and blood—Jesus Christ; not by the water only but by the water and the blood. And  v the Spirit is the one who testifies, because  w the Spirit is the truth. 7[†]For there are three that testify: 8the Spirit and the water and the blood; and these three agree. 9[†] x If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater, for this is the testimony of God  y that he has borne concerning his Son. 10[†]Whoever believes in the Son of God  z has the testimony in himself. Whoever does not believe God  a has made him a liar,  b because he has not believed in the testimony that God has borne concerning his Son. 11[†]And this is the testimony, that God gave us  c eternal life, and  d this life is in his Son. 12[†] e Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.

13[†]I write  f these things to you who  g believe in the name of the Son of God that you may know that you have eternal life. 14[†]And this is  h the confidence that we have toward him, that  i if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. 15[†]And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him.

16[†]If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and  j God [1] will give him life—to those who commit sins that do not lead to death.  k There is sin that leads to death;  l I do not say that one should pray for that. 17[†] m All wrongdoing is sin, but there is sin that does not lead to death.

18[†]We know that  n everyone who has been born of God does not keep on sinning, but  o he who was born of God  p protects him, and the evil one does not touch him.

19[†]We know that we are from God, and  q the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.

20[†]And we know that the Son of God has come and  r has given us understanding, so that we may know  s him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and  t eternal life. 21[†]Little children,  u keep yourselves from idols.