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1 John 5:1
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KJ21
Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and every one that loveth Him that begot, loveth Him also that is begotten by Him.
ASV
Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is begotten of God: and whosoever loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.
AMP
Everyone who believes [with a deep, abiding trust in the fact] that Jesus is the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed) is born of God [that is, reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, and set apart for His purpose], and everyone who loves the Father also loves the child born of Him.
AMPC
Everyone who believes (adheres to, trusts, and relies on the fact) that Jesus is the Christ (the Messiah) is a born-again child of God; and everyone who loves the Father also loves the one born of Him (His offspring).
BRG
Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.
CSB
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father also loves the one born of him.
CSBA
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father also loves the one born of him.
CEB
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born from God. Whoever loves someone who is a parent loves the child born to the parent.
CJB
Everyone who believes that Yeshua is the Messiah has God as his father, and everyone who loves a father loves his offspring too.
CEV
If we believe Jesus is truly Christ, we are God's children. Everyone who loves the Father will also love his children.
DARBY
Every one that believes that Jesus is the Christ is begotten of God; and every one that loves him that has begotten loves also him that is begotten of him.
DLNT
Everyone believing that Jesus is the Christ has been born from God. And everyone loving the One having fathered is loving also the one having been born from Him.
DRA
Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ, is born of God. And every one that loveth him who begot, loveth him also who is born of him.
ERV
The people who believe that Jesus is the Messiah are God’s children. Anyone who loves the Father also loves the Father’s children.
EASY
Everyone who believes that Jesus is God's Messiah has become a child of God. And if we love God, our Father, we will love his other children too.
EHV
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the God who has given birth also loves one who has been born of him.
ESV
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him.
ESVUK
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him.
EXB
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the ·Christ [Messiah] is ·God’s child [L born of/begotten by God], and whoever loves the Father also loves the ·Father’s children [L one born of/begotten by him].
GNV
1 He showeth that brotherly love and faith are things inseparable: 10 And that there is no faith towards God, but by believing in Christ: 14 Hence proceedeth calling upon God with assurance: 16 and also that our prayers be available for our brethren. Whosoever believeth that Jesus is that Christ, is born of God: and everyone that loveth him, which begat, loveth him also which is begotten of him.
GW
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Messiah has been born from God. Everyone who loves the Father also loves his children.
GNT
Whoever believes that Jesus is the Messiah is a child of God; and whoever loves a father loves his child also.
HCSB
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Messiah has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father also loves the one born of Him.
ICB
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is God’s child. The person who loves the Father also loves the Father’s children.
ISV
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Messiah has been born from God, and everyone who loves the parent also loves the child.
PHILLIPS
Everyone who really believes that Jesus is the Christ proves himself one of God’s family. The man who loves the Father cannot help loving the Father’s own Son.
JUB
¶ Whosoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God; and anyone that loves him that begat also loves him that is born of him.
KJV
Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.
AKJV
Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.
LSB
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the One who gives new birth loves also the one who has been born of Him.
LEB
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been fathered by God, and everyone who loves the father also loves the child fathered by him.
TLB
If you believe that Jesus is the Christ—that he is God’s Son and your Savior—then you are a child of God. And all who love the Father love his children too.
MSG
Every person who believes that Jesus is, in fact, the Messiah, is God-born. If we love the One who conceives the child, we’ll surely love the child who was conceived. The reality test on whether or not we love God’s children is this: Do we love God? Do we keep his commands? The proof that we love God comes when we keep his commandments and they are not at all troublesome.
MEV
Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves the one born of the Father.
MOUNCE
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of · God, and everyone who loves the father loves · · his child.
NOG
Everyone who believes that Yeshua is the Messiah has been born from God. Everyone who loves the Father also loves his children.
NABRE
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is begotten by God, and everyone who loves the father loves [also] the one begotten by him.
NASB
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves the child born of Him.
NASB1995
Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and whoever loves the Father loves the child born of Him.
NCB
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the parent loves the one begotten of him as well.
NCV
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is God’s child, and whoever loves the Father also loves the Father’s children.
NET
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been fathered by God, and everyone who loves the father loves the child fathered by him.
NIRV
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is a child of God. And everyone who loves the Father loves his children as well.
NIV
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well.
NIVUK
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well.
NKJV
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.
NLV
The person who believes that Jesus is the Christ is a child of God. The person who loves the Father loves His children also.
NLT
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has become a child of God. And everyone who loves the Father loves his children, too.
NMB
Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ, is born of God. And everyone who loves him who begat, loves also him who was begotten of him.
NRSVA
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the parent loves the child.
NRSVACE
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the parent loves the child.
NRSVCE
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the parent loves the child.
NRSVUE
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the parent loves the child.
NTFE
Everyone who believes that the Messiah is Jesus has been fathered by God. Everyone who loves the parent loves the child as well.
OJB
Everyone with emunah that Yehoshua (Yeshua) is the Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach has been born of Hashem, and everyone having ahavah for the One having begotten has also ahavah for the one begotten by Him.
RGT
Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ, is born of God. And everyone who loves Him Who begat, also loves him who is begotten of Him.
RSV
Every one who believes that Jesus is the Christ is a child of God, and every one who loves the parent loves the child.
RSVCE
Every one who believes that Jesus is the Christ is a child of God, and every one who loves the parent loves the child.
TLV
Everyone who believes that Yeshua is the Messiah is born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves the one born of Him.
VOICE
Everyone who trusts Jesus as the long-awaited Anointed One is a child of God, and everyone who loves the Father cannot help but love the child fathered by Him.
WEB
Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God. Whoever loves the Father also loves the child who is born of him.
WE
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is God's child. And everyone who loves the Father loves his child.
WYC
Each man that believeth that Jesus is Christ, is born of God; and each man that loveth him that engendered [and each that loveth him that gendereth], loveth him that is born of him.
YLT
Every one who is believing that Jesus is the Christ, of God he hath been begotten, and every one who is loving Him who did beget, doth love also him who is begotten of Him:
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