1 John 5:1

Catholic Public Domain Version

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ, is born of God. And everyone who loves God, who provides that birth, also loves him who has been born of God.

Cross References

Matthew 16:16

Simon Peter responded by saying, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."

Luke 7:5

For he loves our nation, and he has built a synagogue for us."

John 1:3

All things were made through Him, and nothing that was made was made without Him.

John 15:23

Whoever hates me, hates my Father also.

John 3:3

Jesus responded and said to him, "Amen, amen, I say to you, unless one has been reborn anew, he is not able to see the kingdom of God."

John 6:69

Then Simon Peter answered him: "Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.

John 8:42

Then Jesus said to them: "If God were your father, certainly you would love me. For I proceeded and came from God. For I did not come from myself, but he sent me.

Acts 8:36

And while they were going along the way, they arrived at a certain water source. And the eunuch said: "There is water. What would prevent me from being baptized?"

Acts 8:37

Then Philip said, "If you believe from your whole heart, it is permitted." And he responded by saying, "I believe the Son of God to be Jesus the Christ."

James 1:18

For by his own will he produced us through the Word of truth, so that we might be a kind of beginning among his creatures.

1 Peter 1:3

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy has regenerated us into a living hope, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead:

1 John 2:10

Whoever loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no cause of offense in him.

1 John 2:29

If you know that he is just, then know, too, that all who do what is just are born of him.

1 John 3:14

We know that we have passed from death to life. For we love as brothers. Whoever does not love, abides in death.

1 John 3:17

Whoever possesses the goods of this world, and sees his brother to be in need, and yet closes his heart to him: in what way does the love of God abide in him?

1 John 3:9

All those who have been born of God do not commit sin. For the offspring of God abides in them, and he is not able to sin, because he was born of God.

1 John 4:2

The Spirit of God may be known in this way. Every spirit who confesses that Jesus Christ has arrived in the flesh is of God;

1 John 4:20

If anyone says that he loves God, but hates his brother, then he is a liar. For he who does not love his brother, whom he does see, in what way can he love God, whom he does not see?

1 John 4:7

Most beloved, let us love one another. For love is of God. And everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.

1 John 5:18

We know that everyone who is born of God does not sin. Instead, rebirth in God preserves him, and the evil one cannot touch him.

1 John 5:4

For all that is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that overcomes the world: our faith.

1 John 5:5

Who is it that overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God!