¹Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God. Whoever loves the Father also loves the child who is born of him.

¹Hver den, som tror, at Jesus er Kristus, er født af Gud; og hver den, som elsker Faderen, elsker også den, som er født af ham.

²By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep his commandments.

²Derpå kende vi, at vi elske Guds Børn, når vi elske Gud og gøre hans Bud.

³For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. His commandments are not grievous.

³Thi dette er Kærlighed til Gud, at vi holde hans Bud; og hans Bud ere ikke svære;

⁴For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world: your faith.

⁴thi alt det, som er født af Gud, overvinder Verden; og dette er den Sejr, som har overvundet Verden, vor Tro.

⁵Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

⁵Hvem er den, som overvinder Verden, uden den, som tror, at Jesus er Guds Søn?

⁶This is he who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but with the water and the blood. It is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.

⁶Han er den, som kom med Vand og Blod, Jesus Kristus; ikke med Vandet alene, men med Vandet og med Blodet; og det er Ånden, som viduer, thi Ånden er Sandheden.

⁷For there are three who testify Only a few recent manuscripts add “in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one. And there are three that testify on earth” :

⁷Thi tre ere de, som vidne:

⁸the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and the three agree as one.

⁸Ånden og Vandet og Blodet; og disse tre forene sig til eet.

⁹If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater; for this is God’s testimony which he has testified concerning his Son.

⁹Dersom vi tage imod Menneskenes Vidnesbyrd, da er Guds Søn.

¹⁰He who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. He who doesn’t believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given concerning his Son.

¹⁰Den, som tror på Guds Søn, har Vidnesbyrdet i sig selv; den, som ikke tror Gud, har gjort ham til en Løgner, fordi han ikke har troet på det Vidnesbyrd, som Gud har vidnet om sin Søn.

¹¹The testimony is this, that God gave to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

¹¹Og dette er Vidnesbyrdet, at Gud har givet os evigt Liv; og dette Liv er i hans Søn.

¹²He who has the Son has the life. He who doesn’t have God’s Son doesn’t have the life.

¹²Den, som har Sønnen, har Livet; den, som ikke har Guds Søn, har ikke Livet.

¹³These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.

¹³Dette har jeg skrevet til eder, for at I skulle vide, at I have evigt Liv, I, som tro på Guds Søns Navn.

¹⁴This is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he listens to us.

¹⁴Og dette er den Frimodighed, som vi have over for ham, at dersom vi bede om noget efter hans Villie, hører han os.

¹⁵And if we know that he listens to us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him.

¹⁵Og dersom vi vide, at han hører os, hvad vi end bede om, da vide vi, at vi have de Ting, om hvilke vi have bedt ham.

¹⁶If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and God will give him life for those who sin not leading to death. There is a sin leading to death. I don’t say that he should make a request concerning this.

¹⁶Dersom nogen ser sin Broder begå Synd, som ikke er til Døden, han bede, og han skal give ham Liv, dem nemlig, som ikke synde til Døden. Der er Synd til Døden; for den siger jeg ikke, at han skal bede.

¹⁷All unrighteousness is sin, and there is a sin not leading to death.

¹⁷Al uretfærdighed er synd, men der er synd, som ikke er til døden.

¹⁸We know that whoever is born of God doesn’t sin, but he who was born of God keeps himself, and the evil one doesn’t touch him.

¹⁸Vi vide, at hver den, som er født af Gud, synder ikke; men den, som er født af Gud, bevarer sig selv, og den onde rører ham ikke.

¹⁹We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.

¹⁹Vi vide, at vi ere af Gud, og hele Verden ligger i det onde.

²⁰We know that the Son of God has come, and has given us an understanding, that we know him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

²⁰Men vi vide, at Guds Søn er kommen, og han har givet os Forstand til at kende den sande; og vi ere i den sande, i hans Søn Jesus Kristus. Denne er den sande Gud og evigt Liv.

²¹Little children, keep yourselves from idols.

²¹Mine Børn, vogter eder for Afguderne!