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1 John 5:1 KJV
1 John · chapter 5 · verse 1
Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.1 John 5:1 · King James Version
1 John 5:1 in context
1Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.
2By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.
3For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
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- Whosoeverpasindividually, each, every, any, all, the whole, everyone, all things, everything…G3956 →
- believethpisteuōto think to be true, to be persuaded of, to credit, place confidence in, of the thing…G4100 →
- ChristchristosChrist = " anointed" , Christ was [and is], anointedG5547 →
- lovethagapaōof persons, to welcome, to entertain, to be fond of, to love dearly, of things, to be…G25 →
- JesusiēsousJesus = " Jehovah is salvation" , Jesus, the Son of God, the Saviour of mankind…G2424 →
- borngennaōof men who fathered children, to be born, to be begotten, of women giving birth to…G1080 →
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I. The apostle having, in the conclusion of the last chapter, as was there observed, urged Christian love upon those two accounts, as suitable to Christian profession and as suitable to the divine command, here adds a third: Such love is suitable, and indeed demanded, by their eminent relation;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-5