1 John 5:1-2

Disciples’ Literal New Testament

Everyone Born of God Believes Jesus Is His Son, Loves His People, Keeps His Commands

5 Everyone believing that Jesus is the Christ has been born^[a] from God. And everyone loving the One^[b] having fathered is loving also the one having been born^[c] from Him. ²By this we know that we are loving^[d] the children of God: when we are loving God and doing His commandments.

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1 John 5:1 Or, fathered.
1 John 5:1 the One having... Him. That is, the [God] having fathered [us] is loving also [the children] having been born from Him.
1 John 5:1 Or, fathered.
1 John 5:2 That is, with love flowing from an abiding relationship with God. In this section, John inseparably binds together love for God, love for His children, believing in His Son, and obeying His commandments. We cannot claim to have one apart from any of the others.

Disciples’ Literal New Testament (DLNT)

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