1 John 5:20

New International Reader's Version

We also know that the Son of God has come. He has given us understanding. So we can know the God who is true. And we belong to the true God by belonging to his Son, Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

Cross References

Isaiah 44:6

“I am Israel’s King. I set them free. I am the Lord who rules over all. So listen to what I am saying. I am the first and the last. I am the one and only God.

Isaiah 54:5

I made you. I am now your husband. My name is the Lord Who Rules Over All. I am the Holy One of Israel. I have set you free. I am the God of the whole earth.

Isaiah 9:6

A child will be born to us. A son will be given to us. He will rule over us. And he will be called Wonderful Adviser and Mighty God. He will also be called Father Who Lives Forever and Prince Who Brings Peace.

Jeremiah 10:10

But you are the only true God. You are the only living God. You are the King who rules forever. When you are angry, the earth trembles with fear. The nations can’t stand up under your anger.

Jeremiah 23:6

In his days Judah will be saved. Israel will live in safety. And the Branch will be called The Lord Who Makes Us Right With Himself.

Matthew 13:11

He replied, “Because you have been given the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven. It has not been given to outsiders.

Luke 21:15

I will give you words of wisdom. None of your enemies will be able to withstand them or prove them wrong.

Luke 24:45

Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures.

John 1:18

No one has ever seen God. But the One and Only is God and is at the Father’s side. The one at the Father’s side has shown us what God is like.

John 10:30

I and the Father are one.”

John 14:20

On that day you will realize that I am in my Father. You will know that you are in me, and I am in you.

John 14:23

Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them. We will come to them and make our home with them.

John 14:6

Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

John 14:9

Jesus answered, “Don’t you know me, Philip? I have been among you such a long time! Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. So how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?

John 15:4

Remain joined to me, just as I also remain joined to you. No branch can bear fruit by itself. It must remain joined to the vine. In the same way, you can’t bear fruit unless you remain joined to me.

John 17:14

I have given them your word. The world has hated them. That’s because they are not part of the world any more than I am.

John 17:25

“Father, you are holy. The world does not know you, but I know you. Those you have given me know you have sent me.

John 17:3

And what is eternal life? It is knowing you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.

John 20:28

Thomas said to him, “My Lord and my God!”

John 8:42

Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me. I have come here from God. I have not come on my own. God sent me.

Acts 20:28

Keep watch over yourselves. Keep watch over all the believers. The Holy Spirit has made you leaders over them. Be shepherds of God’s church. He bought it with his own blood.

Romans 9:5

The founders of our nation belong to them. The Messiah comes from their family line. He is God over all. May he always be praised! Amen.

1 Corinthians 1:30

Because of what God has done, you belong to Christ Jesus. He has become God’s wisdom for us. He makes us right with God. He makes us holy and sets us free.

2 Corinthians 4:6

God said, “Let light shine out of darkness.” (Genesis 1:3) He made his light shine in our hearts. His light gives us the light to know God’s glory. His glory is shown in the face of Christ.

2 Corinthians 5:17

When anyone lives in Christ, the new creation has come. The old is gone! The new is here!

Ephesians 3:18

May you have power together with all the Lord’s holy people to understand Christ’s love. May you know how wide and long and high and deep it is.

Philippians 3:9

I want to be joined to him. Being right with God does not come from my obeying the law. It comes because I believe in Christ. It comes from God because of faith.

1 Timothy 3:16

There is no doubt that true godliness comes from this great mystery. Jesus came as a human being. The Holy Spirit proved that he was the Son of God. He was seen by angels. He was preached among the nations. People in the world believed in him. He was taken up to heaven in glory.

Titus 2:13

That’s how we should live as we wait for the blessed hope God has given us. We are waiting for Jesus Christ to appear in his glory. He is our great God and Savior.

Hebrews 1:8

But here is what he says about the Son. “You are God. Your throne will last for ever and ever. Your kingdom will be ruled by justice.

1 John 2:23

The person who says no to the Son doesn’t belong to the Father. But anyone who says yes to the Son belongs to the Father also.

1 John 2:24

Make sure that you don’t forget what you have heard from the beginning. Then you will remain joined to the Son and to the Father.

1 John 2:6

Those who claim to belong to him must live just as Jesus did.

1 John 4:14

The Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. We have seen it and are witnesses to it.

1 John 4:16

So we know that God loves us. We depend on it. God is love. Anyone who leads a life of love is joined to God. And God is joined to them.

1 John 4:2

Here is how you can recognize the Spirit of God. Every spirit agreeing that Jesus Christ came in a human body belongs to God.

1 John 5:1

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is a child of God. And everyone who loves the Father loves his children as well.

1 John 5:15

If we know that God hears what we ask for, we know that we have it.

1 John 5:18

We know that those who are children of God do not keep on sinning. The Son of God keeps them safe. The evil one can’t harm them.

1 John 5:5

Who is it that has won the battle over the world? Only the person who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.

Revelation 15:3

They sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb. They sang, “Lord God who rules over all, everything you do is great and wonderful. King of the nations, your ways are true and fair.

Revelation 19:11

I saw heaven standing open. There in front of me was a white horse. Its rider is called Faithful and True. When he judges or makes war, he is always fair.

Revelation 3:14

“Here is what I command you to write to the church in Laodicea. Here are the words of Jesus, who is the Amen. What he speaks is faithful and true. He rules over what God has created. He says,

Revelation 3:7

“Here is what I command you to write to the church in Philadelphia. Here are the words of Jesus, who is holy and true. He holds the key of David. No one can shut what he opens. And no one can open what he shuts. He says,

Revelation 6:10

They called out in a loud voice. “How long, Lord and King, holy and true?” they asked. “How long will you wait to judge those who live on the earth? How long will it be until you pay them back for killing us?”