1 John 5:1

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 as well.
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Treated in 14 passages across the library.

  1. The Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Faith · R. A. Torrey

    The New Birth cites 1 John 5:1

    …and comes to its perfect manifestation. 4. The fourth result of the New Birth we find in 1 John 5:1, "Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is begotten of God." The fourth result of…

  2. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    The Marks of the New Birth cites 1 John 5:1

    …in his General epistle, “Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God.” (1 John 5:1.) 2. But it is not a barely notional or speculative faith that is here spoken of by the…

  3. Knots Untied · J. C. Ryle

    Prayer-book Statements about Regeneration cites 1 John v. 1

    …doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.” (1 John v. 18; 1 John v. 1; 1 John ii. 29; 1 John v. 4; 1 John v. 18; 1 John iii. 10.) Of course I am…

  4. All Things for Good · Thomas Watson

    The tests of love to God cites 1 John v. 1

    …in the saints. “He that loves Him that begat, loves him also that is begotten of him” (1 John v. 1). It is possible to love a saint, yet not to love him as a saint; we may love him for…

  5. The Unselfishness of God · Hannah Whitall Smith

    Second Epoch in My Religious Life (restoration of Belief) cites 1 John 5:1

    …There seemed to be nothing more to be said about it. Three passages especially struck me: 1 John 5:1: “Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God.” John 5:24: “Verily…

  6. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.2 The Second Commandment cites 1 John 5: 1

    …of life and the fear of death. (7) He who loves God loves his favourites, the saints. 1 John 5: 1. Idem est motus animi in imaginem et rem [The mind reacts to the likeness of an object…

  7. Talks to the Farmer · Charles H. Spurgeon

    Spiritual Gleaning cites 1 John 5:1

    …the parched corn when the Spirit gives the internal witness that we are “born of God” (1 John 5:1 ESV). A believer may know their salvation beyond all doubt. Just as Philip de Morny said…

  8. Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners · John Bunyan

    Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners; Or, a Brief Relation of the Exceeding Mercy of God in Christ, to His Poor Servant John Bunyan cites 1 John 5.1

    …wisdom, and of that which comes by a man’s being born thereto of God (Matt. 16.15-17; 1 John 5.1). 119. But, oh! now, how was my soul led from truth to truth by God! even from the birth…

  9. Answers to Prayer · George Müller

    Beginning and Early Days of the Orphan Work cites 1 John v. 1

    …the word of God, and believe what God says in those passages which settle these matters (1 John v. 1—Gal. iii. 26—Acts x. 43—Romans x. 9, 10—John iii. 16, etc.).... Further, when sometimes…

  10. The Life of Trust · George Müller

    Walking in Darkness cites 1 John v. 1

    …the word of God, and believe what God says in those passages which settle these matters (1 John v. 1; Gal. iii. 26; Acts x. 43; Romans x. 9, 10; John iii. 16, etc.). Further, at the time…

  11. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    Spiritual Worship cites 1 John 5:1–12

    …and his children, the keeping his commandments, and victory over the world, are founded. (1 John 5:1–12.) 5. The recapitulation begins, (1 John 5:18, ) “We know that he who is born of God,” who…

  12. George Müller of Bristol · Arthur T. Pierson

    Appendix N: The Wise Sayings of George Müller cites 1 John v. 1

    …to meditate and pray over the following verses: John iii. 16; Rom. x. 9, 10; Acts x. 43; 1 John v. 1. Conditions of Prayer Go for yourself, with all your temporal and spiritual wants, to the…

  13. Old Paths · J. C. Ryle

    Faith! cites 1 John v. 1

    …believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God. “(2 Cor. v. 17; John i. 12, 13; 1 John v. 1.) A believer has no longer the same nature with which he was born. He is changed…

  14. Knots Untied · J. C. Ryle

    Regeneration cites 1 John v. 1

    …Secondly, St. John says, “whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ, is born of God.” (1 John v. 1.) A regenerate man believes that Jesus Christ is the only Saviour by whom his soul can be…

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