First John 5:1-21

I John 5:1-5:

^5:1Every-person believing that the Christ is Jesus, was born² from God; and every-person loving¹ the (One) having begotten, loves¹ the (one) having been born² from Him. ^.2In this we know that we love¹ the children of God – whenever we may love¹ God and we may do His commandments, ^.3for this is the love¹ of God in order that we may keep His commandments, and His commandments are not weighty, ^.4because every thing having been born² from God is-victorious-over the world, and this is the victory, the (victory) having been-victorious-over the world: our belief. ^.5Who is the (person) being-victorious-over the world? – except the (person) believing that the son of God is Jesus.

All/every person who is believing (everyone having faith, trusting) that…

• the Christ (the Anointed-one, the Messiah)
  • presently and actively is Jesus (he is alive today – Jesus the Christ),

…was born and continues born from God (this person was begotten, given birth to, brought forth originating from God and this truth does not change).

All/every person who is loving¹ (with God's kind of love)…

• the One having begotten (God actively brought forth Christ Jesus and every holy-person, He gave birth to those whom He has fathered),

…loves¹…

• the one who has already been born originating from God and this truth has not changed (specifically referring to Christ Jesus, and therefore this would also include every holy-person because we have God’s seed which is the spirit of Christ within us; refer to I John 2:20 and 27, 3:9).

In/by this we know (we have a truly active and relative knowing, we are personally knowledgeable) that we love¹ the children of God (that we are loving God’s children, all who are born to/from/by God, which includes Christ Jesus and all holy-people) –

• at whatever time
  • we would be loving¹ God
  • and
  • we would be doing His commandments (performing, making, producing the actions and activities in accordance with that-which is enjoined or commanded of, from or pertaining-to God  [some Greek texts have the verb “keep” instead of “do”]; refer to I John 2:5, 3:22-24, 4:21);

…in truth, this is the love¹ of God (this is the correct usage or way that we manifest God's kind of love according to His will) for the purpose and result that…

• we would be keeping His commandments (as keeping an eye on them, having them in safekeeping, and therefore not neglecting or violating but watching-over, taking-care-of, maintaining, and being observant of the things that are enjoined or commanded by God),

…and His commandments are not weighty (heavy, in the figurative sense that they are not severe to keep or do),

• because all/every thing (this is a neuter word – everything, everyone, every creature) having been born and continuing born from God (having received God’s gift of holy spirit; “spirit” is a neuter word)
  • is victorious over the world (presently and actively conquers, is continuously having the victory over the world, in this context referring to the present world in its condition of being under the influence of the evil-one, satan, the devil, who endeavors to arrange or organize those in it against the only true God; refer to verse 19 below),
• and this is the victory (the achievement of the conquest, that-which achieved the victory),
  • emphatically and specifically the victory that has already been victorious over (which has conquered) the world:
    • our belief (the belief that we have; this belief is the information that God has made known to us to have confidence-in, to believe, to have faith-in, to trust with assured certainty and surety; refer to I John 3:23, 5:1, 5, 10 and 13).

Who is the person being victorious over (presently and actively conquering) the world? The answer is…

• except the person who is believing (if not, only, the one having faith, trusting) that
  • the son of God is Jesus (God’s son is Jesus – he is alive today and he is now at God's right-hand side, second-in-command to God his Father).

The word "love¹" or the verb "to love¹" comes from the Greek word agape which is God's kind of love. To love with His love means to love the same way as God loves, to manifest God's love towards another, whether it is towards God Himself, the Lord Jesus Christ, yourself, your Christian neighbor, or towards anyone else. God tells His children today (all who have the spirit of Christ within us) how to Godly-love by means of His previously-revealed written Word and also via our holy spirit-life whereby we receive information from Him regarding how to love in different specific situations. It is the carrying out of God's commandments, His Word, which is the correct usage or way to manifest God's kind of love according to His will. It is not the same as the brotherly or friendly kind of love, nor is it the same as the emotional/feelings/sexual kind of love.

God’s kind of love is patient, it is benevolent, it is not jealous, it does not vaunt itself, it does not puff itself up, it is not indecorous, it does not seek-after the-thing of itself, it is not sharpened, it does not calculate the bad-thing, it does not joy on the unrighteousness, but it joys-together with the truth, it protectively-covers all-things, it believes all-things, it hopes all-things, it patiently-endures all-things - relative-to God and the things of God (refer to I Corinthians chapter 13).

[Reference: John 3:6; Acts 9:22, 13:33; Romans 1:4, 8:16, 17 and 37-39, 9:8, 10:8-10; I Corinthians 15:57; Ephesians 6:16; Philippians 2:15; Colossians 1:27; Hebrews 1:5, 5:5; 1 John 2:3, 5, 13, 14, 22 and 29, 3:1, 2, 9 and 22-24, 4:4, 7, 9, 15, 20 and 21. Note: verbs with a superscript 2 (2) immediately following them indicate the “perfect” tense – details are provided in the “Relevant Notes” link of this study.]

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