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What does 1 John 5:4 mean?
"For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world: your faith."
— 1 John 5:4 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
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.
By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep his commandments.
For this is loving God, that we keep his commandments. His commandments are not grievous.
For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world: your faith.
Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
This is he who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but with the water and the blood. It is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.
For there are three who testify:
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