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God's Children Win Against the World
5 1The people who believe that Jesus is the Christ* are God's children. The person
who loves the Father (God) also loves the Father's children. 2How do we know that
we love God's children? We know because we love God and we obey his commands. 3Loving
God means obeying his commands. And God's commands are not too hard for us. 4Why?
Because every person that is a child of God [has the power to] win against the world.
5It is our faith that has won the victory against the world. So who is the person
that wins against the world? Only the person who believes that Jesus is the Son
of God.
God Told Us About His Son
6Jesus Christ is the One who came. Jesus came with water* and with blood.* Jesus
did not come by water only. No, Jesus came by both water and blood. And the Spirit*
tells us that this is true. The Spirit is the truth. 7So there are three witnesses
that tell us [about Jesus]: 8the Spirit, the water, and the blood. These three witnesses
agree. 9We believe people when they say something is true. But what God says is
more important. And this is what God told us: He told us the truth about his own
Son. 10The person who believes in the Son of God has the truth that God told us.
The person who does not believe God makes God a liar. Why? Because that person does
not believe what God told us about his Son. 11This is what God told us: God has
given us eternal life. And this eternal life is in his Son (Jesus). 12The person
who has the Son has [true] life. But the person who does not have the Son of God
does not have life.
We Have Eternal Life Now
13I write this letter to you people who believe in the Son of God. I write so that
you will know that you have eternal life now. 14We can come to God with no doubts.
This means that when we ask God for things (and those things agree with what God
wants for us), then God cares about what we say. 15God listens to us every time
we ask him. So we know that he gives us the things that we ask from him. 16Suppose
a person sees his brother [or sister in Christ] sinning (sin that does not lead
to [eternal] death). That person should pray for his brother [or sister] who is
sinning. Then God will give the brother [or sister] life. I am talking about people
whose sin does not lead to [eternal] death. There is sin that leads to death. I
don't mean that a person should pray about that sin. 17Doing wrong is always sin.
But there is sin that does not lead to [eternal] death. 18We know that any person
who has been made God's child does not continue to sin. The Son of God keeps God's
child safe.* The Evil One (the devil) cannot hurt that person. 19We know that we
belong to God. But the Evil One (the devil) controls the whole world. 20And we
know that the Son of God has come. The Son of God has given us understanding. Now
we can know God. God is the One who is true. And we live in that true God. We are
in his Son, Jesus Christ. He is the true God, and he is eternal life. 21So, dear
children, keep yourselves away from false gods.
Footnotes: Christ The "anointed one" (Messiah) or chosen one of God. water This
probably means the water of Jesus' baptism. blood This probably means the blood
of Jesus' death. Spirit, HolySpirit Also called the Spirit of God, the Spirit of
Christ, and the Comforter. Joined with God and Christ, he does God's work among
people in the world. The Son ... safe Literally, "The one who was born from God
keeps him safe" or "... keeps himself safe."
"Taken from the HOLY BIBLE: EASY-TO-READ VERSION © 2001 by World Bible Translation
Center, Inc. and used by permission."
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