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Scriptural Text [& Editorial]
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Commentary & Explanation
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Footnotes ~ References ~ JST
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CHAPTER 5
Saints are born of God through belief in Christ—Water, blood, and Spirit testify of Christ—Belief in Christ required in order to gain eternal life.
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1 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.
2 By this we know that we
alove the bchildren of God, when we love
God, and keep his commandments.
3 For this is the alove
of God, that we bkeep his commandments: and his
commandments are not cgrievous.
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4 For whatsoever is aborn
of God bovercometh the world: and this is the
cvictory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
5 Who is he that
aovercometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is
the Son of God?
6 This is he that acame
by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water
and blood. And it is the bSpirit that beareth
cwitness, because the Spirit is truth.
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7 For there are three that bear record in
heaven, the aFather, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and
these three are bone.
8 And there are three that bear witness in
earth, the aSpirit, and the water, and the
bblood: and these three agree in one.
9 If we receive the
awitness of men, the bwitness of God is
greater: for this is the cwitness of God which he hath
testified of his Son.
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10 He that abelieveth
on the Son of God hath the bwitness in himself: he that
believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the
crecord that God gave of his Son.
11 And this is the record, that God hath
given to us aeternal life, and this blife
is in his Son.
12 He that hath the Son hath life;
and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
13 These things have I
awritten unto you that believe on the name of the Son of
God; that ye may know that ye have eternal blife, and
that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
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14 And this is the confidence that we have
in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his awill,
he bheareth us:
15 And if we know that he hear us,
whatsoever we aask, we know that we have the petitions that
we bdesired of him.
16 If any man see his brother sin a sin
which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for
them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto
deatha: I do not say that
he shall pray for it.
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16a There is a sin unto death
John does not here give what that sin might be, but John has been speaking of
the spirit of the antichrist. And there is one unforgivable sin, and that is
the sin against the Holy Ghost. Just what that is seems to be that once the
Holy Ghost has given the full witness of Jesus Christ the Son, which include
the personal visitation and full understanding of just who Christ it, that then
to deny that sure witness is the sing against the the Holy Ghost, that sure
undeniable witness of the Messiah. Satan, the great antichrist, denied Christ
even though he knew full will who he was, the elected Son of God and Redeemer
of the mankind. It is the case of denying the presence of the Sun at high noon
in the bright of daylight. It is the denial of the obvious truth. It is the
denial of Jesus Christ having had the full witness and understanding of who he
is, having had the personal visitation and full witness of the Holy Ghost to
that effect. These are they who have sinned unto death, and that death is to
be moved forever from the presence of God, to exist in outer darkness for
evermore.
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17 All unrighteousness is
asin: and there is a bsin
not unto death.
18 We know that whosoever is
aborn of God bsinneth not; but he that is
begotten of God ckeepeth himself, and that
dwicked one toucheth him not.
19 And we know that we are of
aGod, and the whole bworld lieth in
cwickedness.
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20 And we know that the Son of God is
come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true,
and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is
the true God, and aeternal life.
21 Little children, keep yourselves from
idols. Amen.
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