1 John Chapter 5: Commentary


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Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is begotten out of God and every one that loves the one begetting loves him also that is begotten out [of] God 2: By this we know that we love the off-springs of God when we love God and keep his precepts 3: For this is the love of God that we keep his precepts and his precepts are not grievous 4: That all, the ones having been begotten out of God are conquering the system and this is the conquest that conquers the system even our faith 5: Who are the ones conquering the system if not the ones believing that Jesus is the Son of God 6: This is he that came by water and blood even Jesus the Christ not by water only but by water and blood And it is the Spirit that bears witness because the Spirit is Truth [1] 7: For there are three that bear record in heaven the Father the Word John 1:1,14 and the Holy Spirit and these three are one [2] 8: And there are three that bear witness in earth the spirit and the water and the blood and these three agree in one 9: If we receive the witness of mortals the witness of God is greater for this is the witness of God YHWH which he has testified of his Son 10: The ones believing on the Son of God have the witness in themselves The ones that believe not God have made God a liar because they believe not the record that The God gave of his Son. 11: And this is the record that The God gives to us eternal life and this life is in his Son. 12: They that have the Son have life and they that have not the Son of God have not life. 13: These things have I written to you that believe on the name of the Son of God that you may know that you have eternal life and that you may believe on the name of the Son of God. 14: And this is the confidence that we have in him that if we ask any thing according to his will he heareth us 15: And if we know that he hears us whatever we ask we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him 16: If any see their brother [or sister] sin a sin which is not unto death they shall ask and God shall give them life for them that sin not unto death There is a sin unto death I do not say that they shall pray for it. 17: All unrighteousness is sin but there is a sin not unto death 18: We know that whoever is born of God does not practice sin but they who are begotten out of God guard themselves and that wicked one touches them not 19: And we know that we are of God and the whole world lies in wickedness. 20: And we know that the Son of God is come and has given us an understanding that we may know him that is true and we are in him that is true even in his Son Jesus Christ This One is the true God Godhead/Jesus is Jehovah and the life eternal. 21: Little off-springs guard yourselves from the idols. Amen.


[1] 1 John 5:6 The Spirit is Truth; 1 John 4:8 God is Love; John 1:1 Jesus is the Word

[2] 1 John 5:7 is also known as the Johannine Comma or Comma Johanneun. Some claim the “Comma” was not present in any manuscript dating prior to the 16th century. If that is true…:

·         How could it have been found in a Syriac manuscript dated from around A.D. 170 (2nd century), or in a Latin manuscript from around 200 A.D. (3rd century)?

·         How could it have been included in resolutions made at the Counsel of Carthage in A.D. 415 (5th century)?

·         How could Cassiodorus have quoted it in A.D. 480 (5th century)?

·         How could 400 Bishops have quoted, and discussed it at length, in their defense of the trinity in A.D. 484 (5th century)? 

Cyprian wrote about it around A.D. 250 (3rd century), “The Lord says, ‘I and the Father are one’ and likewise it is written of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, ‘and these three are one.’”

The truth is, that 1 John 5:7 has been found in manuscripts and quotes dating from the 2nd century. So, any claims that it cannot be found before the 16th century are blatantly irresponsible and false.

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