Key Verse Spotlight
1 John 5:4 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, {even} our faith. {is born: Gr. has been born}”
1 John 5:4
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.
For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, {even} our faith. {is born: Gr. has been born}
Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?
This is he that came by water and blood, {even} Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth.
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