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1 John 5:3–5

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For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?
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From verse 3

  1. John 14:15Rank 1 from verse 3
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    15¶ If ye love me, keep my commandments.

  2. John 15:10Rank 2 from verse 3
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    10If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.

  3. Deuteronomy 7:9Rank 3 from verse 3
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    9Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;

  4. John 14:21–24Rank 4 from verse 3
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    21He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.

    22Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?

    23Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.

    24He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father’s which sent me.

  5. 2 John 1:6Rank 5 from verse 3
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    6And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.

  6. 1 John 2:3Rank 6 from verse 3
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    3And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.

  7. Micah 6:8Rank 7 from verse 3
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    8He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

  8. John 15:14Rank 8 from verse 3
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    14Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.

  9. Romans 7:22Rank 9 from verse 3
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    22For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:

  10. Matthew 11:28–30Rank 10 from verse 3
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    28¶ Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

    29Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

    30For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

  11. Deuteronomy 10:12–13Rank 11 from verse 3
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    12¶ And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,

    13To keep the commandments of the Lord, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good?

  12. Daniel 9:4Rank 12 from verse 3
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    4And I prayed unto the Lord my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments;

  13. Hebrews 8:10Rank 13 from verse 3
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    10For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:

  14. Matthew 12:46–50Rank 14 from verse 3
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    46¶ While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him.

    47Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee.

    48But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?

    49And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!

    50For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.

  15. Psalms 119:47–48Rank 15 from verse 3
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    47And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.

    48My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.

  16. Romans 7:12Rank 16 from verse 3
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    12Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.

  17. Psalms 19:7–11Rank 17 from verse 3
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    7The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.

    8The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.

    9The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.

    10More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.

    11Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward.

  18. Deuteronomy 5:10Rank 18 from verse 3
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    10And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.

  19. Exodus 20:6Rank 19 from verse 3
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    6And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.

  20. Psalms 119:127–128Rank 20 from verse 3
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    127Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.

    128Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way.

  21. Proverbs 3:17Rank 21 from verse 3
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    17Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.

  22. Psalms 119:103–104Rank 22 from verse 3
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    103How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

    104Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.

  23. Psalms 119:140Rank 23 from verse 3
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    140Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.

  24. Psalms 119:45Rank 24 from verse 3
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    45And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.

From verse 4

  1. 1 Corinthians 15:57Rank 1 from verse 4
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    57But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

  2. 1 John 4:4Rank 2 from verse 4
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    4Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

  3. John 16:33Rank 3 from verse 4
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    33These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

  4. 1 John 3:9Rank 4 from verse 4
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    9Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.

  5. 1 John 5:5Rank 5 from verse 4
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    5Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?

  6. Romans 8:35–37Rank 6 from verse 4
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    35Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

    36As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

    37Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

  7. Revelation 3:21Rank 7 from verse 4
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    21To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.

  8. Revelation 12:11Rank 8 from verse 4
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    11And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

  9. Revelation 3:5Rank 9 from verse 4
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    5He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.

  10. Revelation 2:11Rank 10 from verse 4
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    11He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.

  11. Revelation 2:26Rank 11 from verse 4
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    26And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations:

  12. Revelation 3:12Rank 12 from verse 4
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    12Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.

  13. 1 John 2:13–17Rank 13 from verse 4
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    13I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father.

    14I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.

    15Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

    16For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

    17And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

  14. 1 John 5:1Rank 14 from verse 4
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    1WHOSOEVER 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.

  15. Revelation 15:2Rank 15 from verse 4
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    2And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.

  16. Revelation 2:7Rank 16 from verse 4
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    7He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.

  17. Revelation 2:17Rank 17 from verse 4
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    17He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.

From verse 5

  1. 1 John 4:15Rank 1 from verse 5
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    15Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.

  2. 1 John 5:1Rank 2 from verse 5
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    1WHOSOEVER 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.

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1 John 5:3

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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love

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Sense 1: Affection, attachment, delight, goodwill, commitment, or devotion. Sense 2: To regard with affection or devotion. Sense 3: A beloved person.

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keep

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To guard, watch, protect, preserve, secure, retain, possess, hold, maintain, support, tend, manage, observe, obey, fulfil, celebrate, continue in, refrain from, or remain faithful to a person, place, trust, command, promise, way, time, or thing.

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commandments

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Commands, orders, or prescribed requirements issued by one who commands.

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1 John 5:4

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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whatsoever

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Whatever, anything that, or every thing of the kind or within the condition and scope stated.

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victory

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Success in overcoming an enemy or opponent; conquest or triumph.

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even

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1. Used to emphasize, include, or precisely identify what is meant: indeed, precisely, or namely. 2. Used to mark a boundary, endpoint, or full reach in place, time, or degree: up to, as far as, or through. 3. In ‘even as,’ ‘even so,’ and like constructions, just as, exactly so, or in the same manner. 4. The evening, or close of day. 5. Equal, level, identical, balanced, or uniform.

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faith

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Sense 1: The substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen; trust, confidence, belief, persuasion, or reliance. Sense 2: Faithfulness, fidelity, or trustworthiness. Sense 3: The revealed truth or gospel believed and kept.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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1 John 5:5

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but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

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Son

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A title of Jesus Christ as the Son of God and the Son of man.

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5:1WHOSOEVER 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.

5:2By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.

5:3For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.

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5:4For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.

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5:5Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?

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5:6This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth.

5:7For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.

5:8And there are three that bear witness in earth, the spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.

5:9If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son.

5:10He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.

5:11And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

5:12He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.

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