1 John 5:5-12

5It is only people who believe that Jesus is the Son of God who can do that. Only they can win against the wrong ways of this world.

6Jesus Christ is the man that God sent into the world. John baptized Jesus in water. When Jesus died, his blood poured out. God showed that Jesus is his Son with the water and with the blood. It was not only with the water of Jesus' baptism. It was also with the blood of his death. God's Holy Spirit also shows us that Jesus is God's Son. The Holy Spirit always says what is true.

7So there are three things that show us clearly that Jesus came from God.

8Those things are the Holy Spirit, the water of Jesus' baptism and the blood of his death on the cross. These all show us the same thing, that Jesus came from God.

9We believe people who tell us about things that they know. So we can believe even more what God says. He has told us what is true about his Son. So we should believe his message.

10Anyone who believes in Jesus, the Son of God, will know that what God says is true. But anyone who does not believe God is saying that God tells lies. He does not believe the message that God has told us clearly about his Son.

11This is what God has told us: God has given us life with him that never ends. We receive this life when we believe in his Son, Jesus.

12So whoever belongs to the Son has this true life. But anyone who does not belong to the Son of God does not have this true life.