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1 John 5:20

And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

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ASV

And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

KJV

And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

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35 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
οἴδαμενoidamenWe know
δὲdenowG1161 →
ὅτιhotithatG3754 →
ὁhotheG3588 →
υἱὸςhuiosSonG5207 →
τοῦtou<the>G3588 →
θεοῦtheouof GodG2316 →
ἥκειhēkeiis comeG2240 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
δέδωκενdedōkenhas givenG1325 →
ἡμῖνhēminusG3165 →
διάνοιανdianoianunderstandingG1271 →
ἵναinaso thatG2443 →
γινώσκωμενginōskōmenwe may knowG1097 →
τὸνtonHim who [is]G3588 →
ἀληθινόν,alēthinontrue,G228 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
ἐσμὲνesmenwe areG1510 →
ἐνeninG1722 →
τῷtōHim who [is]G3588 →
ἀληθινῷ,alēthinōtrue,G228 →
ἐνeninG1722 →
τῷtōtheG3588 →
υἱῷhuiōSonG5207 →
αὐτοῦautouof HimG846 →
ἸησοῦIēsouJesusG2424 →
Χριστῷ.ChristōChrist.G5547 →
οὗτόςhoutosHeG3778 →
ἐστινestinisG1510 →
ὁhotheG3588 →
ἀληθινὸςalēthinostrueG228 →
θεὸςtheosGodG2316 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
ζωὴzōēlifeG2222 →
αἰώνιος.aiōnioseternal.G166 →

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John 1:1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.John 17:3Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.Galatians 2:20I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.Luke 24:45Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.Colossians 2:9For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity dwells in bodily form.Proverbs 9:10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.John 14:9Jesus replied, “Philip, I have been with you all this time, and still you do not know Me? Anyone who has seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?John 1:18No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.Psalms 100:3Know that the LORD is God. It is He who made us, and we are His; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.1 John 5:11And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.John 4:14But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”1 John 1:2And this is the life that was revealed; we have seen it and testified to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life that was with the Father and was revealed to us.1 Timothy 3:16By common confession, the mystery of godliness is great: He appeared in the flesh, was vindicated by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was proclaimed among the nations, was believed in throughout the world, was taken up in glory.John 20:31But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in His name.Colossians 1:9For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,Isaiah 44:6Thus says the LORD, the King and Redeemer of Israel, the LORD of Hosts: “I am the first and I am the last, and there is no God but Me.1 John 5:11–13And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.John 1:1–3In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

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