1. 1 John 5:1 (ESV)
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Commentary on 1 John 5:1 (Summary)

1 John 5:1 (ESV)

1 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him.

“To love God as the result of having been touched by his regenerating force is to love others who have likewise been divinely transformed.”1

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