5:1 Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is a believer in God. Whoever loves God also loves the one sent by him.

5:2 By this we know that we love the servants of God, when we love God and keep his commandments.

5:3 For this is loving God, that we keep his commandments. His commandments are not grievous.

5:4 For whatever is of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world: your faith.

5:5 Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the messenger of God?

5:6 This is he who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but with the water and the blood. It is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.

5:7 For there are three who testify:

5:8 the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and the three agree as one.

5:9 If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater; for this is God’s testimony which he has testified concerning his messenger.

5:10 He who believes in the messenger of God has the testimony in himself. He who doesn’t believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given concerning his messenger.

5:11 The testimony is this: that God gave to us eternal life, and this life is through following his messenger.

5:12 He who follows the messenger has the life. He who doesn’t follow God’s messenger doesn’t have the life.

5:13 These things I have written to you who believe in God and his messenger, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe.

5:14 This is the boldness which we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will, he listens to us.

5:15 And if we know that he listens to us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him.

5:16 If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and God will give him life for those who sin not leading to death. There is sin leading to death. I don’t say that he should make a request concerning this.

5:17 All unrighteousness is sin, and there is sin not leading to death.

5:18 We know that whoever is born of God doesn’t sin, but he who was born of God keeps himself, and the evil one doesn’t touch him.

5:19 We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.

5:20 We know that the messenger of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we know him who is true; and we are with him who is true, following his messenger Jesus Christ. God alone is the true God and the giver of eternal life.

5:21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols.