1 John 5

1 John 5
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Fragments of Papyrus 9 containing First Epistle of John 4:11-12, 14-17]] from 3rd century.
Book	First Epistle of John
Bible part	New Testament
Order in the Bible part	23
Category	General epistles

1 John 5 is the fifth and the last chapter of the First Epistle of John in the New Testament of the Christian Bible.^[1][2] The epistle is traditionally attributed to John the Apostle.^[3][4]

Text

• The original text is written in Koine Greek.
• Some of the oldest manuscripts containing this chapter are:
  • Papyrus 9 (3rd century; extant: verses 11-12, 14-17).
  • Codex Vaticanus (AD 325-350)
  • Codex Sinaiticus (AD 330-360)
  • Codex Alexandrinus (ca. AD 400-440)
  • Papyrus 74 (7th century; extant: verses 3-4,9-10,17)
• This chapter is divided into 21 verses.

Structure

This chapter can be grouped (with cross references to other parts of the Bible):

• 1 John 5:1-5 = Obedience by Faith
• 1 John 5:6-13 = The Certainty of God’s Witness
• 1 John 5:14-17 = Confidence and Compassion in Prayer
• 1 John 5:18-21 = Knowing the True—Rejecting the False

Verse 1

From the New King James Version:

Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves Him who begot also loves him who is begotten of Him.^[5]

Verse 6

From the New King James Version:

This is He who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ; not only by water, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is truth. ^[6]

Verse 7

From the New King James Version:

For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one.^[7]

Textus Receptus (Stephens, 1550)

ὅτι τρεῖς εἰσιν οἱ μαρτυροῦντες εν τῷ οὐρανῷ, ὁ πατήρ, ὁ λόγος, καὶ τὸ Ἅγιον Πνεῦμα· καὶ οὗτοι οἱ τρεῖς ἕν εἰσιν

Transliteration:

hoti treis eisin hoi marturountes en tō ouranō ho patēr ho logos kai to hagion pneuma kai houtoi hoi treis en eisin

Verse 8

From the New King James Version:

And there are three that bear witness on earth: the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree as one.^[8]

Verse 11

From the New King James Version:

And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.^[9]

Verse 12

New King James Version:

He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.^[10]

Verse 20

New King James Version:

And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we may know Him who is true;

and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ.

This is the true God and eternal life.^[11]

Source of one of the names and titles of Jesus in the New Testament as "Son of God".

See also

• Comma Johanneum
• Holy Spirit
• Jesus Christ
• Other related Bible parts: Matthew 18, Matthew 22, Matthew 28, John 14, John 15, John 17, Romans 5, Colossians 3

References

1. Halley, Henry H. Halley's Bible Handbook: an abbreviated Bible commentary. 23rd edition. Zondervan Publishing House. 1962.
2. Holman Illustrated Bible Handbook. Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville, Tennessee. 2012.
3. Davids, Peter H (1982). I Howard Marshall and W Ward Gasque, ed. New International Greek Testament Commentary: The Epistle of James (Repr. ed.). Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans. ISBN 0802823882.
4. Evans, Craig A (2005). Craig A Evans, ed. Bible Knowledge Background Commentary: John, Hebrews-Revelation. Colorado Springs, Colo.: Victor. ISBN 0781442281.
5. 1 John 5:1
6. 1 John 5:6
7. 1 John 5:7
8. 1 John 5:8
9. 1 John 5:11
10. 1 John 5:12
11. 1 John 5:20

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gill, John. Exposition of the Entire Bible (1746-1763).

External links

• 1 John 5 NIV