1 John 5:1
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.
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Study Note
The declaration 'whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God' makes Christological confession (faith that Jesus is the Messiah) the distinguishing criterion of divine sonship, against proto-gnostic teachers who claimed spiritual birth without this confession. The immediately following logic — 'and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him' — grounds fraternal love in the shared sonship recognised in the believer, not merely in interpersonal affection. The divine birth (gegennetai ek tou theou) is in the perfect tense, indicating an abiding state resulting from a past act of regeneration — the characteristic Johannine ontological language for the Christian's transformed existence. The verse became a key text in medieval and Reformation debates about whether faith precedes regeneration (Protestant) or regeneration produces faith (Catholic/Reformed synergism debate).
Otras traducciones
Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is begotten of God: and whosoever loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.
Every one who is believing that Jesus is the Christ, of God he hath been begotten, and every one who is loving Him who did beget, doth love also him who is begotten of Him:
Everyone who has faith that Jesus is the Christ is a child of God: and everyone who has love for the Father has love for his child.
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