5Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born again because of what God has done. And everyone who loves the Father loves his children as well.

²How do we know that we love God’s children? We know it when we love God and obey his commands. ³Here is what it means to love God. It means that we obey his commands. And his commands are not hard to obey. ⁴That’s because everyone who is a child of God has won the battle over the world. Our faith has won the battle for us.

⁵Who is it that has won the battle over the world? Only the person who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.

⁶Jesus Christ is the one who was baptized in water and died on the cross. He wasn’t just baptized in water. He also died on the cross. The Holy Spirit has given a truthful witness about him. That’s because the Spirit is the truth.

⁷There are three that give witness about Jesus. ⁸They are the Holy Spirit, the baptism of Jesus and his death. And the three of them agree.

⁹We accept the witness of people. But the witness of God is more important because it is God who gives it. He has given witness about his Son.

¹⁰Those who believe in the Son of God have accepted that witness in their hearts. Those who do not believe God’s witness are calling him a liar. That’s because they have not believed his witness about his Son.

¹¹Here is God’s witness. He has given us eternal life. That life is found in his Son. ¹²Those who belong to the Son have life. Those who do not belong to the Son of God do not have life.

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1 John 5:4: For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith.