God’s Word Translation
1 John 5:5
5Who wins the victory over the world? Isn’t it the person who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
1 John 5:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?
- New International Version (NIV)Who is it that overcomes the world? Only the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
- New King James Version (NKJV)Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
Context of 1 John 5:5
3To love God means that we obey his commandments. Obeying his commandments isn’t difficult 4because everyone who has been born from God has won the victory over the world. Our faith is what wins the victory over the world. Who wins the victory over the world? Isn’t it the person who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? 6This Son of God is Jesus Christ, who came by water and blood. He didn’t come with water only, but with water and with blood. The Spirit is the one who verifies this, because the Spirit is the truth. 7There are three witnesses:
Read all of 1 John 51 John 5:5 word by word
τίς δέ ἐστιν ὁ νικῶν τὸν κόσμον εἰ μὴ ὁ πιστεύων ὅτι Ἰησοῦς ἐστιν ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ;Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Whoτίςtis · which?G5101
- isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
- he that overcomethνικάωnikaō · to conquerG3528
- the worldὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- the worldκόσμοςkosmos · worldG2889
- butεἰei · if: notG1487
- ·μήmē · notG3361
- he that believethπιστεύωpisteuō · to trust (in)G4100
- thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
- JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
- the Sonυἱόςuihos · sonG5207
- of Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
Cross-references for 1 John 5:5
Commentaries on 1 John 5:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5He that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God? - That he is the promised Messiah, that he came by a supernatural generation; and, although truly man, came not by man, but by the power of the Holy Ghost in the womb of the Virgin Mary. The person who believes this has the privilege of applying to the Lord for the benefits of the incarnation and passion of Jesus Christ, and receives the blessings which the Jews cannot have, because they believe not the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Who is he - Where is there one who can pretend to have obtained a victory over the world, except he who believes in the Saviour? All else are worldly, and are governed by worldly aims and principles. It is true that a man may gain a victory over one worldly passion; he may subdue some one evil propensity; he may abandon the “happy” circle, may break away from habits of profaneness, may leave the company of the unprincipled and polluted; but still…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. 55. Who--"Who" else "but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God:" "the Christ" (1Jo 5:1)? Confirming, by a triumphant question defying all contradiction, as an undeniable fact, 1Jo 5:4, that the victory which overcomes the world is faith. For it is by believing: that we are made one with Jesus the Son of God, so that we partake of His victory over the world, and have dwelling in us One greater than he who is in the world (1Jo 4:4). "Survey the…Read the comment
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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
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