1 John 5:1

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is begotten of God: and whosoever {G3588} loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

¶Πᾶς ὁ πιστεύων ὅτι Ἰησοῦς ἐστιν ὁ Χριστὸς ἐκ τοῦ Θεοῦ γεγέννηται: καὶ πᾶς ὁ ἀγαπῶν τὸν γεννήσαντα ἀγαπᾷ καὶ τὸν γεγεννημένον ἐξ αὐτοῦ.

Transliteration

Every pisteuōn that Iēsous estin the Christos from the Theou has been gegennētai: and every agapōn the one having gennēsanta agapa also the one having been gegennēmenon from him.

Grammar Details

*pas*: nominative, masculine, singular - every/all
*pisteuōn*: present active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - believing/one who believes
*estin*: present indicative, 3rd singular - is
*Iēsous*: nominative, masculine, singular - Jesus
*Christos*: nominative, masculine, singular - Christ/Anointed One
*ek*: preposition with genitive - from/out of
*Theou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of God
*gegennētai*: perfect passive indicative, 3rd singular - has been born/begotten
*agapōn*: present active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - loving/one who loves
*gennēsanta*: aorist active participle, accusative, masculine, singular - the one who begat/fathered
*agapa*: present active indicative, 3rd singular - loves
*gegennēmenon*: perfect passive participle, accusative, masculine, singular - the one having been born/begotten
*ex*: preposition with genitive - from/out of
*autou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of him

Word Meanings

*pisteuōn*: believing/trusting/having faith
*Christos*: Anointed One/Messiah
*gegennētai*: has been born/has been begotten/has been brought forth
*agapōn*: loving/showing love/caring for
*gennēsanta*: begetter/father/one who brought forth
*agapa*: loves/shows love toward/cares for
*gegennēmenon*: begotten one/born one/offspring

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

John 8:42 : 42 Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love {G302} me: for I came forth and am come from God; for neither have I come of myself, but he sent me.
John 1:12-13 : 12 But as many as received him, to them gave he the right to become children of God, [even] to them that believe on his name: 13 who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
1 John 5:4 : 4 For whatsoever is begotten of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that hath overcome the world, [even] our faith.
1 John 2:22-23 : 22 Who is the liar but he that denieth {G3756} that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, [even] he that denieth the Father and the Son. 23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: he that confesseth the Son hath the Father also.
1 John 2:29 : 29 If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one also that doeth righteousness is begotten of him.
John 15:23 : 23 He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
Rom 10:9-9 : 9 because if thou shalt confess with thy mouth Jesus [as] Lord, and shalt believe in thy heart that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved: 10 for with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Matt 16:16 : 16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
John 3:3 : 3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born anew, he cannot {G1410} see the kingdom of God.
1 John 3:17 : 17 But whoso {G302} hath the world's goods, and beholdeth his brother in need, and shutteth up his compassion from him, how doth the love of God abide in him?
1 John 4:2 : 2 Hereby {G5129} know ye the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
1 John 4:7 : 7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God.
1 John 4:14-15 : 14 And we have beheld and bear witness that the Father hath sent the Son [to be] the Saviour of the world. 15 Whosoever {G302} shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God abideth in him, and he in God.
1 John 4:20 : 20 If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, {G4459} cannot love God whom he hath not seen.
John 6:69 : 69 And we have believed and know that thou art the Holy One of {G2198} God.
Jas 1:18 : 18 Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
1 Pet 1:3 : 3 Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy begat us again unto a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
1 Pet 1:22-23 : 22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth unto unfeigned love of the brethren, love one another from the {G2513} heart fervently: 23 having been begotten again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which liveth and abideth.
1 John 2:10 : 10 He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is no occasion of stumbling in him.
1 John 3:9 : 9 Whosoever is begotten of God doeth no {G4160} sin, because his seed abideth in him: and he cannot {G3756} sin, because he is begotten of God.
1 John 3:14 : 14 We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not {G80} abideth in death.

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