1 John 5
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,_POxy402.jpg) Fragments of Papyrus 9 containing First Epistle of John 4:11-12, 14-17]] from 3rd century. | |
| Book | First Epistle of John |
| Category | General epistles |
| Christian Bible part | New Testament |
| Order in the Christian part | 23 |
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
He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.[10]
Verse 20
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
- ^ Halley, Henry H. Halley's Bible Handbook: an abbreviated Bible commentary. 23rd edition. Zondervan Publishing House. 1962.
- ^ Holman Illustrated Bible Handbook. Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville, Tennessee. 2012.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Evans, Craig A (2005). Craig A Evans (ed.). Bible Knowledge Background Commentary: John, Hebrews-Revelation. Colorado Springs, Colo.: Victor. ISBN 0781442281.
- ^ 1 John 5:1
- ^ 1 John 5:6
- ^ 1 John 5:7
- ^ 1 John 5:8
- ^ 1 John 5:11
- ^ 1 John 5:12
- ^ 1 John 5:20
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Gill, John. Exposition of the Entire Bible (1746-1763).
