1 John 5:4

1 John 5:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
• New International Version (NIV)for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith.

Context of 1 John 5:4

2This is how we know that we love God’s children: when we love God and obey his commands. 3For this is what love for God is: to keep his commands. And his commands are not a burden, because everyone who has been born of God conquers the world. This is the victory that has conquered the world: our faith. 5Who is the one who conquers the world but the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? 6Jesus Christ — he is the one who came by water and blood, not by water only, but by water and by blood. And the Spirit is the one who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.

1 John 5:4 word by word

ὅτι πᾶν τὸ γεγεννημένον ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ νικᾷ τὸν κόσμον· καὶ αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ νίκη ἡ νικήσασα τὸν κόσμον, ἡ πίστις ἡμῶν.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Forὅτιhoti · that/since: sinceG3754
• whatsoeverπᾶςpas · allG3956
• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• is bornγεννάωgennaō · to begetG1080
• ofἐκek ex · out fromG1537
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• overcomethνικάωnikaō · to conquerG3528
• the worldκόσμοςkosmos · worldG2889
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• the victoryνίκηnikē · victoryG3529
• ourἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• faithπίστιςpistis · faithG4102

Cross-references for 1 John 5:4

• 1 John 5:1Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father also loves the one born of him.
• 1 John 3:9Everyone who has been born of God does not sin, because his seed remains in him; he is not able to sin, because he has been born of God.
• 1 John 5:5Who is the one who conquers the world but the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
• 1 John 2:13I am writing to you, fathers, because you have come to know the one who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have conquered the evil one.
• 1 John 4:4You are from God, little children, and you have conquered them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.
• John 16:33I have told you these things so that in me you may have peace. You will have suffering in this world. Be courageous! I have conquered the world.”
• Romans 8:35Who can separate us from the love of Christ? Can affliction or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?
• 1 Corinthians 15:57But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!
• Revelation 2:7“Let anyone who has ears to hear listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.
• Revelation 3:5“In the same way, the one who conquers will be dressed in white clothes, and I will never erase his name from the book of life but will acknowledge his name before my Father and before his angels.
• Revelation 12:11They conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; for they did not love their lives to the point of death.
• Revelation 15:2I also saw something like a sea of glass mixed with fire, and those who had won the victory over the beast, its image, and the number of its name, were standing on the sea of glass with harps from God.

Commentaries on 1 John 5:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Whatsoever is born of God - · Whatsoever (the neuter for the masculine) is begotten of God: overcometh the world. "I understand by this," says Schoettgen, "the Jewish Church, or Judaism, which is often termed הזה עולם olam hazzeh, this world. The reasons which induce me to think so are, Because this , world, denied that the Messiah was come; but the Gentiles did not oppose this principle. Because he proves the truth of the Christian religion against the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world - The world, in its maxims, and precepts, and customs, does not rule him, but he is a freeman. The idea is, that there is a conflict between religion and the world, and that in the heart of every true Christian religion secures the victory, or triumphs. In John 16:33, the Saviour says, “Be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.” See the notes at that verse. He obtained a complete triumph over him “who…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-5Those who believe that Jesus is the Christ and the Son of God have been born spiritually as children of God (see John 20:31). The Spirit of God empowers them to love God and others. Their faith helps them obey God and resist the evil temptations in the world. Through faith, they can love and obey God.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. For--(See on 1Jo 5:3). The reason why "His commandments are not grievous." Though there is a conflict in keeping them, the sue for the whole body of the regenerate is victory over every opposing influence; meanwhile there is a present joy to each believer in keeping them which makes them "not grievous." whatsoever--Greek, "all that is begotten of God." The neuter expresses the universal whole, or aggregate of the regenerate, regarded as one collective…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 John 5:4

• Faith
• Holiness
• Regeneration
• Righteousness
• War

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Idol
• Regeneration
• Bear; Born
• Begotten
• Children of God
• Hope
• Johannine Theology
• John, the Epistles of

Commentaries on 1 John 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings