GOD'S WORD TRANSLATION
1 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Messiah has been born from God. Everyone who loves the Father also loves his children.
2 We know that we love God’s children when we love God by obeying his commandments.
3 To love God means that we obey his commandments. Obeying his commandments isn’t difficult
4 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.
5 Who wins the victory over the world? Isn’t it the person who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
THE MESSAGE TRANSLATION
1-3 Every person who believes that Jesus is, in fact, the Messiah, is God-begotten. If we love the One who conceives the child, we’ll surely love the child who was conceived. The reality test on whether or not we love God’s children is this: Do we love God? Do we keep his commands? The proof that we love God comes when we keep his commandments and they are not at all troublesome
4-5 Every God-begotten 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.
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