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We Can Stand Up Agains Da Bad Kine Stuff An Win

Whoeva stay shua dat Jesus da Spesho Guy God Wen Send, dey Godʼs kids. Everybody dat get love an aloha fo one fadda get love an aloha fo his kids too. Dis how we know dat we get love an aloha fo Godʼs kids, cuz we get love an aloha fo God an do wat he tell us fo do. If we get love an aloha fo God, dat mean we do wat he tell us fo do. An da stuff he tell us fo do, not too hard. Cuz all Godʼs kids can stand up agains da bad kine stuff inside da world, an win. Dis how we can do dat: we trus God. Da guy dat stay shua dat Jesus Godʼs Boy, az da ony guy dat can stand up agains da bad kine stuff inside da world, an win.

Three Tings Dat Tell Bout Jesus

Jesus, he da Guy dat wen come wit water, dat time John wen baptize him. He come wit blood, dat time dey wen kill him. He come, not wit water ony, but wit water an blood. Godʼs Spirit tell us dat dis stay true, cuz his Spirit tell da trut. So, get three tings dat tell da trut bout Jesus, da Spirit, da water, an da blood. An dey all say da same ting. We listen wat da peopo tell us. But wat God say get mo power still yet, cuz come from God. An dass wat God awready tell bout his Boy. 10 Whoeva trus Godʼs Boy get wat God say bout him inside his heart. But whoeva no trus God, jalike dey stay say, “God, he one bulaia!” cuz dey no trus wat God wen say bout his Boy. 11 Dis wat God say: he wen give us da real kine life dat goin stay to da max foeva, an dat kine life come from his Boy. 12 Whoeva stick wit Godʼs Boy get dat kine life inside him. Whoeva no stick wit Godʼs Boy no mo dat kine life inside him.

Da Kine Life Dat Goin Stay To Da Max Foeva

13 I write dis to you guys dat stay trus Godʼs Boy so you guys can know dat you guys get da real kine life dat stay to da max foeva. 14 Everytime we aks God fo do da tings he like make happen, we know fo shua dat he hear us. 15 An if we know dat he stay listen fo wateva we aks him, den we know dat we goin get da tings we wen aks him fo do.

16 If you see yoa brudda doing bad kine stuff dat no make da brudda mahke, you gotta aks God fo help um, an God goin give da brudda life. I talking bout da bad kine tings dat peopo do, but dat no make um mahke. Get bad stuff dat make um mahke -- I no say dat you gotta pray bout dat kine. 17 Everyting dat stay wrong, dass bad kine stuff. An get bad kine stuff dat no make da guy mahke dat do um.

18 We know dat everybody dat stay Godʼs kid no stay doing bad kine stuff, cuz Godʼs Boy take care him, an da Bad Guy, da Devil, no can hurt him.

19 Us guys know dat we come from God, but da Bad Guy stay in charge a all da odda peopo inside da whole world.

20 We know dat Godʼs Boy wen come an help us fo undastan, so dat we can know da One dass God fo real kine. Us guys stay tight wit da One dass God fo real kine -- wit Godʼs Boy Jesus, da Spesho Guy God Wen Send. Dass da real God, an dass da real kine life dat stay to da max foeva.

21 Eh you guys! You jalike my own kids! So, stay away from da idol kine gods.

Faith in the Incarnate Son of God

Everyone who believes(A) that Jesus is the Christ(B) is born of God,(C) and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well.(D) This is how we know(E) that we love the children of God:(F) by loving God and carrying out his commands. In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands.(G) And his commands are not burdensome,(H) for everyone born of God(I) overcomes(J) the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. Who is it that overcomes the world? Only the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.(K)

This is the one who came by water and blood(L)—Jesus Christ. He did not come by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.(M) For there are three(N) that testify: the[a] Spirit, the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement. We accept human testimony,(O) but God’s testimony is greater because it is the testimony of God,(P) which he has given about his Son. 10 Whoever believes in the Son of God accepts this testimony.(Q) Whoever does not believe God has made him out to be a liar,(R) because they have not believed the testimony God has given about his Son. 11 And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life,(S) and this life is in his Son.(T) 12 Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.(U)

Concluding Affirmations

13 I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God(V) so that you may know that you have eternal life.(W) 14 This is the confidence(X) we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.(Y) 15 And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know(Z) that we have what we asked of him.(AA)

16 If you see any brother or sister commit a sin that does not lead to death, you should pray and God will give them life.(AB) I refer to those whose sin does not lead to death. There is a sin that leads to death.(AC) I am not saying that you should pray about that.(AD) 17 All wrongdoing is sin,(AE) and there is sin that does not lead to death.(AF)

18 We know that anyone born of God(AG) does not continue to sin; the One who was born of God keeps them safe, and the evil one(AH) cannot harm them.(AI) 19 We know that we are children of God,(AJ) and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one.(AK) 20 We know also that the Son of God has come(AL) and has given us understanding,(AM) so that we may know him who is true.(AN) And we are in him who is true by being in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.(AO)

21 Dear children,(AP) keep yourselves from idols.(AQ)

Footnotes

  1. 1 John 5:8 Late manuscripts of the Vulgate testify in heaven: the Father, the Word and the Holy Spirit, and these three are one. And there are three that testify on earth: the (not found in any Greek manuscript before the fourteenth century)