1 John 5:1

Contemporary English Version 1995

If we believe Jesus is truly Christ, we are God's children. Everyone who loves the Father will also love his children.

Cross References

1 John 2:29

You know Christ always does right and everyone who does right is a child of God.

John 8:42

Jesus answered: If God were your Father, you would love me, because I came from God and now I am here. He sent me. I did not come on my own.

1 John 4:7

My dear friends, we must love each other. Love comes from God, and when we love each other, it shows we have been given new life. We are now God's children, and we know him.

1 John 3:14

Our love for each other proves we have gone from death to life. But if you don't love each other, you are still under the power of death.

1 John 5:4

Every child of God can defeat the world, and our faith is what gives us this victory.

1 John 4:20

But if we say we love God and don't love each other, we are liars. We cannot see God. So how can we love God, if we don't love the people we can see?

1 John 3:9

God's children cannot keep on being sinful. His life-giving power lives in them and makes them his children, so they cannot keep on sinning.

John 3:3

Jesus replied, “I tell you for certain that you must be born from above before you can see God's kingdom!”

Matthew 16:16

Simon Peter spoke up, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.”

1 John 2:10

But if we love others, we are in the light, and we don't cause problems for them.

John 15:23

Everyone who hates me also hates my Father.

1 John 4:2

and you can know which ones come from God. His Spirit says that Jesus Christ had a truly human body.

1 Peter 1:3

Praise God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is so good, and by raising Jesus from death, he has given us new life and a hope that lives on.

James 1:18

He wanted us to be his own special people, and so he sent the true message to give us new birth.

John 6:69

We have faith in you, and we are sure that you are God's Holy One.”

1 John 3:17

If we have all we need and see one of our own people in need, we must have pity on that person, or else we cannot say we love God.

Acts 8:36

As they were going along the road, they came to a place where there was some water. The official said, “Look! Here is some water. Why can't I be baptized?”

John 1:3

And with this Word, God created all things. Nothing was made without the Word. Everything that was created

1 John 5:5

No one can defeat the world without having faith in Jesus as the Son of God.

1 John 5:18

We are sure God's children do not keep on sinning. God's own Son protects them, and the devil cannot harm them.

Luke 7:5

He loves our nation and even built us a synagogue.”