Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

For whatever is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith.

King James Version

For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.

Holman Bible

because whatever has been born of God conquers the world. This is the victory that has conquered the world: our faith.

International Standard Version

because everyone who is born from God has overcome the world. Our faith is the victory that overcomes the world.

A Conservative Version

Because everything that has been begotten from God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that overcomes the world, our faith.

American Standard Version

For whatsoever is begotten of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that hath overcome the world, even our faith.

Amplified

For everyone born of God is victorious and overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has conquered and overcome the world—our [continuing, persistent] faith [in Jesus the Son of God].

An Understandable Version

For whoever [Note: The Greek says "whatever"] is [spiritually] conceived [and eventually born] by God will overcome [the evil influence of] the world. And this is [how] that victory can be gained over the world: [It is through] our faith [in God].

Anderson New Testament

For whatever is begotten of God, overcomes the world; and this is the victorious principle that overcomes the world, even our faith.

Bible in Basic English

Anything which comes from God is able to overcome the world: and the power by which we have overcome the world is our faith.

Common New Testament

For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the worldour faith.

Daniel Mace New Testament

for he that is a true christian, overcomes the world: by obtaining faith, we have gain'd a victory over the world.

Darby Translation

For all that has been begotten of God gets the victory over the world; and this is the victory which has gotten the victory over the world, our faith.

Emphatic Diaglott Bible

because, every one that is begotten by God, overcomes the world. And this is the victory which overcomes the world, even our faith.

Godbey New Testament

because everything which has been born of God conquers the world: and this is the victory which has conquered the world, our faith.

Goodspeed New Testament

for every child of God is victorious over the world. Our faith is the victory that has triumphed over the world.

John Wesley New Testament

For whosoever is born of God overcometh the world; and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.

Julia Smith Translation

For everything begotten of God conquers the world: and this is the victory having conquered the world, our faith.

King James 2000

For whoever is born of God overcomes the world: and this is the victory that overcomes the world, even our faith.

Lexham Expanded Bible

because everyone who is fathered by God conquers the world.

Modern King James verseion

For everything that has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that overcomes the world, our faith.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For all that is born of God, overcometh the world. And this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.

Moffatt New Testament

for whatever is born of God conquers the world. Our faith, that is the conquest which conquers the world.

Montgomery New Testament

For whoever is a child of God is overcoming the world; and our faith is the victory that has overcome the world.

NET Bible

because This is the conquering power that has conquered the world: our faith.

New Heart English Bible

For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world: our faith.

Noyes New Testament

because whatever is born of God overcometh the world; and this is the victory that hath overcome the world, even our faith.

Sawyer New Testament

for every child that has been born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory which overcomes the world, our faith.

The Emphasized Bible

Because, whatsoever hath been born of God, overcometh the world; and, this, is the victory that hath overcome the world - our faith.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

Because every one that is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory which overcometh the world, our faith.

Twentieth Century New Testament

because all that has received the new Life from God conquers the world. And this is the power that has conquered the world--our faith!

Webster

For whatever is born of God, overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.

Weymouth New Testament

For every child of God overcomes the world; and the victorious principle which has overcome the world is our faith.

Williams New Testament

for every child of God continues to conquer the world. Our faith is the victory that has conquered the world.

World English Bible

For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world: your faith.

Worrell New Testament

because all that has been begotten of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that overcomes the world, our faith.

Worsley New Testament

For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that vanquisheth the world, even our faith.

Youngs Literal Translation

because every one who is begotten of God doth overcome the world, and this is the victory that did overcome the world -- our faith;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
For
ὅτι 
Hoti 
Usage: 764

πᾶς 
Pas 
Usage: 704

is born
γεννάω 
Gennao 
Usage: 84

of
ἐκ ἐξ 
Ek 
of, from, out of, by, on, with,
Usage: 709

God
θεός 
theos 
Usage: 1151

νικάω 
Nikao 
Usage: 17

the world
κόσμος 
Kosmos 
κόσμος 
Kosmos 
Usage: 109
Usage: 109

and

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

οὗτος οὗτοι αὕτη αὕται 
Houtos 
this, these, he, the same, this man, she, they,
Usage: 258

is
ἐστί 
Esti 
is, are, was, be, have, not tr, , vr is
Usage: 585

the victory
νίκη 
Nike 
Usage: 1

νικάω 
Nikao 
Usage: 17

ἡμῶν 
hemon 
our, us, we, not tr,
Usage: 388

Devotionals

Devotionals containing 1 John 5:4

Images 1 John 5:4

Context Readings

God's Love Revealed

3 For this is the charity of God, that we keep his commandments, and his commandments are not grievous. 4 For whatever is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. 5 Who is he that overcomes the world, but he that believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

Cross References

John 16:33

These things I have spoken unto you that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation; but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

1 Corinthians 15:57

But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 John 4:4

Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them because greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world.

1 John 3:9

Whosoever is born of God does not commit sin; for his seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.

1 John 5:1

Whosoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God; and anyone that loves him that begat also loves him that is born of him.

Revelation 12:11

And they have overcome him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

Romans 8:35-37

Who shall separate us from the charity of Christ? shall tribulation or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or peril or sword?

1 John 2:13-17

I write unto you, fathers, that ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, that ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, that ye have known the Father.

1 John 5:5

Who is he that overcomes the world, but he that believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

Revelation 2:7

He that has an ear let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the congregations ; To him that overcomes I will give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.

Revelation 2:11

He that has an ear let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the congregations ; He that overcomes shall not be hurt by the second death.

Revelation 2:17

He that has an ear let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the congregations ; To him that overcomes I will give to eat of the hidden manna and will give him a small white stone and in the stone a new name written, which no one knows except the one that receives it.

Revelation 2:26

And he that overcomes and keeps my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the Gentiles;

Revelation 3:5

He that overcomes shall likewise be clothed in white raiment, and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels.

Revelation 3:12

He that overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go out no more, and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God which is the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from and with my God, and I will write upon him my new name.

Revelation 3:21

To him that overcomes will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame and have sat down with my Father in his throne.

Revelation 15:2

And I saw, as it were, a sea of glass mingled with fire and those that had gotten the victory over the beast and over its image and over its mark and over the number of its name stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.

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