1 John 5
1 Whosoever believeth(All that believe) that Jesus is Christ, is(are) born of God. And every one(all) that loveth him which begat, loveth him also which was begotten of him.
2 In this we know that we love the children(sons) of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.
3 This is the love of God, that we keep his commandments, and his commandments are not grievous.
4 For all that is born of God, overcometh the world. And this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
5 Who is it that overcometh the world: but he which believeth that Jesus is the son of God?
6 This Jesus Christ is he that came by water and blood, not by water only: but by water and blood. And it is the spirit that beareth witness,(testifieth) because the spirit is truth.(for the spirit is trueth)
7 (For there are three which(that) bear record(witness) in heaven, the father, the word, and the wholy ghost. And these three are one.)
8 And(For) there are three which(that) bear record (in earth:) the spirit, and water, and blood: and these three are one.
9 If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater. For this is the witness of God, (that is greater) which he testified of his son.(that God hath born of his son.)
10 He that believeth on(in) the son of God hath the witness in himself. He that believeth not God, hath made(maketh) him a liar, because he believed not the record that God gave of his son.(because he doth not believe the witness that God hath testified of his son)
11 And this is that record,(the witness) how that God hath given unto us eternal(everlasting) life, and this life is in his son.
12 He that hath the son, hath life: and he that hath not the son of God, hath not life.
13 These things have I written unto you that believe on(in) the name of the son of God, that ye may know how that ye have eternal(everlasting) life, and that ye may believe on(in) the name of the son of God.
14 And this is the trust(confidence)(free boldness) that we have in(toward) him: that if we ask any thing(ought) according to his will he heareth us.
15 And if we know that he hear us whatsoever we ask, we know that we shall have the petitions that we desire of him.
16 If any man see his brother sin a sin that is not unto(to) death, let him ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death, (and) for which say I not that a man should pray.
17 All unrighteousness is sin, and there is (a) sin not unto(to) death.
18 We know that whosoever is(all that are) born of God, sinneth not:(sin not) but he that is begotten(born) of God keepeth himself, and that wicked toucheth(twicheth) him not.
19 We know that we are(be) of God, and that the world is altogether(all together) set on wickedness.(mischief)
20 We know that the son of God is come, and hath given us a mind(understanding) to know him which(that) is true: and we are in him that is true,(be in the truth) through(thorow) his son Jesu Christ. This same(He) is very God, and eternal(everlasting) life.
21 Babes keep yourselves from images.(Little children beware of images) Amen. [Here ends the first epistle of saint John]