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1 John 5:4
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KJ21
For whosoever is born of God overcometh the world. And this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
ASV
For whatsoever is begotten of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that hath overcome the world, even our faith.
AMP
For everyone born of God is victorious and overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has conquered and overcome the world—our [continuing, persistent] faith [in Jesus the Son of God].
AMPC
For whatever is born of God is victorious over the world; and this is the victory that conquers the world, even our faith.
BRG
For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
CSB
because everyone who has been born of God conquers the world. This is the victory that has conquered the world: our faith.
CSBA
because everyone who has been born of God conquers the world. This is the victory that has conquered the world: our faith.
CEB
because everyone who is born from God defeats the world. And this is the victory that has defeated the world: our faith.
CJB
because everything which has God as its Father overcomes the world. And this is what victoriously overcomes the world: our trust.
CEV
Every child of God can defeat the world, and our faith is what gives us this victory.
DARBY
For all that has been begotten of God gets the victory over the world; and this is the victory which has gotten the victory over the world, our faith.
DLNT
Because everything having been born from God is being-victorious-over the world. And this is the victory having been-victorious-over the world: our faith!
DRA
For whatsoever is born of God, overcometh the world: and this is the victory which overcometh the world, our faith.
ERV
because everyone who is a child of God has the power to win against the world.
EASY
Because we have become God's children, we can live in a good way. We can refuse to live like people who belong to this world. We are able to win against the wrong ways of this world because we trust Jesus Christ.
EHV
because everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world: our faith.
ESV
For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith.
ESVUK
For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith.
EXB
because everyone who is ·a child of [L born of; begotten of] God ·conquers [defeats; overcomes] the world. And this is the ·victory [conquest] that ·conquers [defeats; overcomes] the world—our faith.
GNV
For all that is born of God, overcometh this world: and this is that victory that hath overcome this world even our faith.
GW
because everyone who has been born from God has won the victory over the world. Our faith is what wins the victory over the world.
GNT
because every child of God is able to defeat the world. And we win the victory over the world by means of our faith.
HCSB
because whatever has been born of God conquers the world. This is the victory that has conquered the world: our faith.
ICB
Everyone who is a child of God has the power to win against the world. It is our faith that wins the victory against the world.
ISV
because everyone who is born from God has overcome the world. Our faith is the victory that overcomes the world.
PHILLIPS
The test of the genuineness of our love for God’s family lies in this question—do we love God himself and do we obey his commands? For loving God means obeying his commands, and these commands of his are not burdensome, for God’s “heredity” within us will always conquer the world outside us. In fact, this faith of ours is the only way in which the world has been conquered. For who could ever be said to conquer the world, in the true sense, except the man who really believes that Jesus is God’s Son?
JUB
For whatsoever is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that overcomes the world, even our faith.
KJV
For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
AKJV
For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
LSB
For everything that has been born of God overcomes the world; and this is the overcoming that has overcome the world—our faith.
LEB
because everyone who is fathered by God conquers the world. And this is the victory which has conquered the world: our faith.
TLB
for every child of God can obey him, defeating sin and evil pleasure by trusting Christ to help him.
MSG
Every God-born person conquers the world’s ways. The conquering power that brings the world to its knees is our faith. The person who wins out over the world’s ways is simply the one who believes Jesus is the Son of God.
MEV
for whoever is born of God overcomes the world, and the victory that overcomes the world is our faith.
MOUNCE
because everyone who has been born of · God conquers the world. And this is the victorious power that has conquered the world—· our faith.
NOG
because everyone who has been born from God has won the victory over the world. Our faith is what wins the victory over the world.
NABRE
for whoever is begotten by God conquers the world. And the victory that conquers the world is our faith.
NASB
For whoever has been born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world: our faith.
NASB1995
For whatever is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith.
NCB
for everyone born of God conquers the world. And the victory that conquers the world is our faith.
NCV
because everyone who is a child of God conquers the world. And this is the victory that conquers the world—our faith.
NET
because everyone who has been fathered by God conquers the world. This is the conquering power that has conquered the world: our faith.
NIRV
That’s because everyone who is a child of God has won the battle over the world. Our faith has won the battle for us.
NIV
for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith.
NIVUK
for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith.
NKJV
For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith.
NLV
Every child of God has power over the sins of the world. The way we have power over the sins of the world is by our faith.
NLT
For every child of God defeats this evil world, and we achieve this victory through our faith.
NMB
For all that is born of God overcomes the world. And our faith is the victory that overcomes the world.
NRSVA
for whatever is born of God conquers the world. And this is the victory that conquers the world, our faith.
NRSVACE
for whatever is born of God conquers the world. And this is the victory that conquers the world, our faith.
NRSVCE
for whatever is born of God conquers the world. And this is the victory that conquers the world, our faith.
NRSVUE
for whatever is born of God conquers the world. And this is the victory that conquers the world, our faith.
NTFE
because everything that is fathered by God conquers the world. This is the victory that conquers the world: our faith.
OJB
Because whatever [T.N. refers to every believer] that has been born of Hashem obtains nitzachon (victory) over the Olam Hazeh. And this is the nitzachon (victory), the nitzachon that overcomes the Olam Hazeh, even [what makes us a believer], our emunah (faith).
RGT
For all that is born of God overcomes this world. And this is that victory that has overcome this world: our faith.
RSV
For whatever is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that overcomes the world, our faith.
RSVCE
For whatever is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that overcomes the world, our faith.
TLV
For everyone born of God overcomes the world. And the victory that has overcome the world is this—our faith.
VOICE
Everything that has been fathered by God overcomes the corrupt world. This is the victory that has conquered the world: our faith.
WEB
For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world: your faith.
WE
Everyone who is God's child wins a victory over the world. We win because we believe God.
WYC
For all thing that is born of God, overcometh the world; and this is the victory that overcometh the world, our faith.
YLT
because every one who is begotten of God doth overcome the world, and this is the victory that did overcome the world -- our faith;
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