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Texts -- 1 John 5:4-12 (NET)

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Testimony About the Son
5:4 because everyone who has been fathered by God conquers the world . This is the conquering power that has conquered the world : our faith . 5:5 Now who is the person who has conquered the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God ? 5:6 Jesus Christ is the one who came by water and blood – not by the water only , but by the water and the blood . And the Spirit is the one who testifies , because the Spirit is the truth . 5:7 For there are three that testify , 5:8 the Spirit and the water and the blood , and these three are in agreement . 5:9 If we accept the testimony of men , the testimony of God is greater , because this is the testimony of God that he has testified concerning his Son . 5:10 (The one who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself ; the one who does not believe God has made him a liar , because he has not believed in the testimony that God has testified concerning his Son .) 5:11 And this is the testimony : God has given us eternal life , and this life is in his Son . 5:12 The one who has the Son has this eternal life ; the one who does not have the Son of God does not have this eternal life .

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  • Allah Bapa, Tuhan [KJ.13]
  • Berhimpun Semua [KJ.15] ( We Gather Together / Wilt heden nu treden voor God de Here )
  • Kemuliaan Bagi Bapa [KJ.48]
  • Mari, Bersukacita [KJ.200]
  • Muliakan Allah Bapa [KJ.242]
  • Pujilah [KJ.47]
  • Pujilah Khalik Semesta [KJ.303a]
  • Pujilah Khalik Semesta [KJ.303b]
  • Tritunggal, Sinar Abadi [KJ.245]
  • [1Jo 5:4] Eternal Gifts Of Christ The King, The
  • [1Jo 5:4] Faith Brings The Victory
  • [1Jo 5:4] Faith Is The Victory
  • [1Jo 5:4] I’ll Overcome Some Day
  • [1Jo 5:4] This Is The Victory
  • [1Jo 5:4] Victory
  • [1Jo 5:4] Victory In My Soul
  • [1Jo 5:7] I Worship Thee, O Holy Ghost

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  • This is the last exorcism that Mark recorded. His narration of this story includes more detail than either Matthew's or Luke's. The disciples' lack of glory in this story contrasts with Jesus' glory in the Transfiguration.9:1...
  • This pericope explains why Jesus must become greater. It also unites several themes that appear through chapter 3. John the Apostle or John the Baptist may be the speaker. This is not entirely clear.3:31-32 The incarnate Son ...
  • Jesus now returned to develop a theme that He had introduced previously, namely the Father's testimony to the Son (vv. 19-20). Jesus proceeded to cite five witnesses to His identity, all of which came from the Father, since t...
  • 16:25 "These things I have spoken unto you"(NASB) indicates another transition in the discourse (cf. 14:25; 16:1, 4, 33; 17:1). Jesus acknowledged that He had not been giving direct answers to His disciples' questions. He had...
  • This pericope is unique to the fourth Gospel.19:31 The "day of preparation"was Friday, the day before the Sabbath (Saturday, cf. v. 14; Mark 15:42). The Jews considered sundown the beginning of a new day. In this case the new...
  • 10:8 Paul quoted Moses again (Deut. 30:14) to reaffirm the fact that the great lawgiver taught that salvation came by faith. The "word of faith"means the message that righteousness comes by faith. Faith is easy compared to a ...
  • Having just encouraged his readers with a reminder of God's help for the faithful (1:14) the writer next urged his readers to be faithful. He did so to warn them of the possibility of retrogressing spiritually and consequentl...
  • Peter concluded this section on the nature of the Christian by assuring his readers that simply practicing what he had just advocated would prepare them adequately for the future. He did this to help them realize that they ha...
  • If I were to boil down the message of this epistle into one sentence it would be this. Fellowship with God is the essence of eternal life.Both the Gospel of John and the First Epistle of John deal with eternal life. John wrot...
  • I. Introduction: the purpose of the epistle 1:1-4II. Living in the light 1:5-2:29A. God as light 1:5-7B. Conditions for living in the light 1:8-2:291. Renouncing sin 1:8-2:22. Obeying God 2:3-113. Rejecting worldliness 2:12-1...
  • "The teaching of 1 John is concerned essentially with the conditions for true Christian discipleship. The two main divisions of the letter set out these conditions and exhort the readers to live in the light (1:5-2:29) as chi...
  • John reminded his readers of their spiritual blessings to motivate them to cultivate intimate fellowship with God."Because his readers are Christians and have in part experienced the power of their faith he moves them to nobl...
  • "In the second division of this document (3:1-5:13) John concentrates on the developing spiritual life of his followers, rather than sustaining his attack on the heretics, some of whom have already seceded from his church (2:...
  • 4:21 Furthermore, God commanded us to love both Himself and our brothers, not just Himself (2:3; 3:23-24; 5:3). Here is another false claim (cf. 1:6, 8, 10; 2:4, 6, 9, 22; 5:10)."Much verbal expression of devotion for the per...
  • Here John set out his fifth and final condition for living as children of God (cf. 2:18-29)."We canbelieve, and therefore we shouldmaintain the faith."162In the previous section (4:7-5:4) John wove together the themes of fait...
  • 5:14-15 Prayer is another expression of the believer's trust in Jesus Christ and confidence toward God (cf. 3:21)."Prayer is not a battle, but a response; its power consists in lifting our wills to God, not in trying to bring...
  • John concluded this epistle by synthesizing the major thoughts he had presented to reinforce and review them for his readers. "We know"many things as a result of what Jesus taught and what John taught.5:18 "We know"introduces...
  • Bailey, Mark L., and Thomas L. Constable. The New Testament Explorer. Nashville: Word Publishing Co., 1999.Baker's Dictionary of Theology, 1960. S.v. "Theophany,"by Wick Broomall.Barclay, William. The Letters of John and Jude...
  • An invitation preceded the promise, as in all the letters to follow (cf. 1:3). Jesus was the only person to issue this invitation in Scripture. The Gospels also record Him doing so seven times (Matt. 11:15; 13:9, 43; Mark 4:9...
  • Abbott-Smith, George. A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1950.Aldrich, Roy L. "The Divisions of the First Resurrection."Bibliotheca Sacra128:510 (April-June 1971):117-19.Alford, Henry. ...

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