1 John 5:1

The Passion Translation

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Messiah is God’s spiritual child and has been fathered by God himself. And everyone who loves Father God loves his children as well.

Cross References

Matthew 16:16

Simon Peter spoke up and said, “You are the Anointed One, the Son of the living God!”

Luke 7:5

For he loves the Jewish people, and he even built our meeting hall for us.”

John 1:3

And through his creative inspiration this Living Expression made all things, for nothing has existence apart from him!

John 15:23

If anyone hates me, they hate my Father also.

John 3:3

Jesus answered, “Nicodemus, listen to this eternal truth: Before a person can even perceive God’s kingdom, they must first experience a rebirth.”

John 6:69

We’re fully convinced that you are the Anointed One, the Son of the Living God, and we believe in you!”

John 8:42

Jesus said, “Then if God were really your father, you would love me, for I’ve come from his presence. I didn’t come here on my own, but God sent me to you.

Acts 8:36

As they were traveling down the road, the man said, “Look, here’s a pool of water. Why don’t I get baptized right now?”

Acts 8:37

Philip replied, “If you believe with all your heart, I’ll baptize you.” The man answered, “I believe that Jesus is the Anointed One, the Son of God.”

James 1:18

God was delighted to give us birth by the truth of his infallible Word so that we would fulfill his chosen destiny for us and become the favorite ones out of all his creation!

1 Peter 1:3

Celebrate with praises the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has shown us his extravagant mercy. For his fountain of mercy has given us a new life—we are reborn to experience a living, energetic hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.

1 John 2:10

But the one who truly loves a fellow believer lives in the light, and there is nothing in him that will cause someone else to stumble.

1 John 2:29

If you know that he is righteous, you may be sure that everyone who lives in righteousness has been divinely fathered by him.

1 John 3:14

Yet we can be assured that we have been translated from spiritual death into spiritual life because we love the family of believers. A loveless life remains spiritually dead.

1 John 3:17

If anyone sees a fellow believer in need and has the means to help him, yet shows no pity and closes his heart against him, how is it even possible that God’s love lives in him?

1 John 3:9

Everyone who is truly God’s child will refuse to keep sinning because God’s seed remains within him, and he is unable to continue sinning because he has been fathered by God himself.

1 John 4:2

Here’s the test for those with the genuine Spirit of God: they will confess Jesus as the Christ who has come in the flesh.

1 John 4:20

Anyone can say, “I love God,” yet have hatred toward another believer. This makes him a phony, because if you don’t love a brother or sister, whom you can see, how can you truly love God, whom you can’t see?

1 John 4:7

Those who are loved by God, let his love continually pour from you to one another, because God is love. Everyone who loves is fathered by God and experiences an intimate knowledge of him.

1 John 5:18

We are convinced that everyone fathered by God does not make sinning a way of life, because the Son of God protects the child of God, and the Evil One cannot touch him.

1 John 5:4

You see, every child of God overcomes the world, for our faith is the victorious power that triumphs over the world.

1 John 5:5

So who are the world conquerors, defeating its power? Those who believe that Jesus is the Son of God.