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1 John 5:1

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father also loves those born of Him.

1 John 5:1 BSB
  1. a Literally and everyone loving the One having begotten also loves the one having been begotten from Him.

1 John 5:1 has 22 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 20 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to John 1:12–13 (22 votes) and John 8:42 (16 votes). 49 other verses point back to it. It links with 15 other books, from Proverbs 7 to 1 John 5.

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Which verses does 1 John 5:1 point to?

The 20 strongest of 22, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. John 1:12–1322 votes

    But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God— children born not of blood, nor of the desire or will of man, but born of God.

  2. John 8:4216 votes

    Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I have come here from God. I have not come on My own, but He sent Me.

  3. 1 John 2:2916 votes

    If you know that He is righteous, you also know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of Him.

  4. 1 John 4:712 votes

    Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

  5. 1 Peter 1:22–2311 votes

    Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart. For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.

  6. 1 John 3:149 votes

    We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. The one who does not love remains in death.

  7. 1 John 5:49 votes

    because everyone born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world: our faith.

  8. 1 John 3:98 votes

    Anyone born of God refuses to practice sin, because God’s seed abides in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God.

  9. Matthew 16:167 votes

    Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

  10. John 3:37 votes

    Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”

  11. 1 John 2:22–237 votes
  12. John 15:236 votes
  13. Romans 10:9–106 votes
  14. John 6:695 votes
  15. 1 Peter 1:35 votes
  16. 1 John 2:105 votes
  17. 1 John 4:25 votes
  18. 1 John 4:14–155 votes
  19. 1 John 4:205 votes
  20. James 1:184 votes

Which verses point to 1 John 5:1?

The 10 strongest of 49.