約翰一書 5
信心使我們勝過世界
1 凡信耶穌是基督的，都是從上帝生的；凡愛生他之上帝的，也必愛從上帝生的t。 2 我們愛上帝，又實行t他的命令，由此就知道我們愛上帝的兒女了。 3 我們遵守上帝的命令，這就是愛他了，而且他的命令並不是難守的。 4 因為凡從上帝生的就勝過世界；使我們勝過世界的就是我們的信心。 5 勝過世界的是誰呢？不就是那信耶穌是上帝兒子的嗎？
上帝為他兒子作的見證
6 這藉著水和血而來的，就是耶穌基督，不是單用水，而是用水又用血，並且有聖靈作見證，因為聖靈就是真理。 7 作見證的有三： 8 就是聖靈、水與血，這三樣也都是一致的。 9 既然我們領受人的見證，上帝的見證更該領受t了，因為上帝的見證是為他兒子作的。 10 信上帝兒子的，就有這見證在他心裏；不信上帝的，就是把上帝當作說謊的，因為不信上帝為他兒子作的見證。 11 這見證就是：上帝賜給我們永生，而這永生是在他兒子裏面的。 12 那有上帝兒子的，就有生命；沒有上帝兒子的，就沒有生命。
知道自己有永生
13 我把這些話寫給你們信奉上帝兒子之名的人，要讓你們知道自己有永生。 14 我們若照著上帝的旨意祈求，他就垂聽我們；這就是我們對他所存坦然無懼的心。 15 既然我們知道他聽我們一切所求的，就知道我們所求於他的，無不得著。
16 人若看見弟兄犯了不至於死的罪，就要為他祈求，上帝必將生命賜給他—有些人犯的罪是不至於死的；有的是至於死的罪，我不是說要為這罪祈求。 17 一切不義的事都是罪，但也有不至於死的罪。
18 我們知道，凡從上帝生的，必不犯罪；從上帝生的那一位，必保守他，那邪惡者無法加害於他。 19 我們知道，我們是屬上帝的，而全世界都伏在那邪惡者的權勢之下。 20 我們知道，上帝的兒子已經來到，並且將悟性賜給我們，使我們認識那位真實者，我們也在那位真實者裏面，就是在他兒子耶穌基督裏面。這是真神，也是永生。 21 孩子們哪，你們要遠避偶像。
1 JOHN 5
Victory over the World
1 If we believe Jesus is truly Christ, we are God's children. Everyone who loves the Father will also love his children. 2 If we love and obey God, we know we will love his children.
3 t We show our love for God by obeying his commandments, and they are not hard to follow.
4 Every child of God can defeat the world, and our faith is what gives us this victory.
5 No one can defeat the world without having faith in Jesus as the Son of God.Who Jesus Is
6 Water and blood came out from the side of Jesus Christ. It wasn't just water, but water and blood.t The Spirit tells about this, because the Spirit is truthful. 7 In fact, there are three who tell about it.
8 They are the Spirit, the water, and the blood, and they all agree.
9 We believe what people tell us. But we can trust what God says even more, and God is the one who has spoken about his Son. 10 If we have faith in God's Son, we have believed what God has said. But if we don't believe what God has said about his Son, it is the same as calling God a liar. 11 t God has also said he gave us eternal life and this life comes to us from his Son.
12 And so, if we have God's Son, we have this life. But if we don't have the Son, we don't have this life.Knowing about Eternal Life
13 All of you have faith in the Son of God, and I have written to let you know you have eternal life. 14 We are certain God will hear our prayers when we ask for what pleases him.
15 And if we know God listens when we pray, we are sure our prayers have already been answered.
16 Suppose you see one of our people commit a sin that isn't a deadly sin. You can pray, and this person will be given eternal life. But the sin must not be one that is deadly.
17 Everything that is wrong is sin, but not all sins are deadly.
18 We are sure God's children do not keep on sinning. God's own Son protects them, and the devil cannot harm them.
19 We are certain we come from God and the rest of the world is under the power of the devil.
20 We know that Jesus Christ the Son of God has come and has shown us the true God. And because of Jesus, we now belong to the true God who gives eternal life.
21 Children, you must stay away from idols.