1 John 5:1-5
Those who believe that Jesus is the Christ are born of God, and this new birth produces love, obedience, and victorious faith over the world.
1 Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God. Whoever loves the Father also loves the child who is born of him.
2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep his commandments.
3 For this is loving God, that we keep his commandments. His commandments are not grievous.
4 For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world: your faith.
5 Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
Those who believe that Jesus is the Christ are born of God, and this new birth produces love, obedience, and victorious faith over the world.
To unite faith in Jesus as the Christ with love for God’s children and obedience to His commands, showing that regeneration results in overcoming the world.
Faith in the Son, Victory over the World, and Assurance of Eternal Life
Those born of God overcome the world by faith in Jesus the Son of God, possess eternal life in him, pray with confidence, and guard themselves from idols.