1 JOHN 5:1 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.”
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves the child born of him — belief (pisteuō) in Christ as Messiah constitutes the basis for regeneration (gennao). The born-of-God status generates love for God and for all those similarly begotten. Faith and love are inseparably linked.
Church Fathers on 1 John 5:1
I Suppose ye remember, those of you who were present yesterday, to what place in the course of this epistle our exposition has reached: namely, “He that loves not his brother whom he sees, how can he love God whom he sees not? And this commandment have we from Him, That he who loves God, love his brother also.” 1 John 4:20-21 Thus far we discoursed. Let us see then what comes next in order. “Whosoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God.” 1 John 5:1 Who is he…
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