Effective Prayer

1 John 5:13

In 9 translations

BSB: I have written these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life.BYZ and TR include and that you may believe in the name of the Son of God.
KJV: These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
WEB: These 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.
ASV: These things have I written unto you, that ye may know that ye have eternal life, even unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God.
LSV: I wrote these things to you who are believing in the Name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have continuous life, and that you may believe in the Name of the Son of God.
YLT: These things I did write to you who are believing in the name of the Son of God, that ye may know that life ye have age-during, and that ye may believe in the name of the Son of God.
DBY: These things have I written to you that ye may know that ye have eternal life who believe on the name of the Son of God.Elohim
DRC: These things I write to you, that you may know that you have eternal life, you who believe in the name of the Son of God.
GNV: These things haue I written vnto you, that beleeue in the Name of that Sonne of God, that ye may knowe that ye haue eternall life, and that ye may beleeue in the Name of that Sonne of God.

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In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include τοῖς πιστεύουσιν εἰς τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ (“to those believing into the name of the Son the of God”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include καὶ ἵνα (“and so that”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read πιστεύουσιν (“believing”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read πιστεύητε (“you may believe”).

Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)

Word order: Byzantine text place ἔχετε elsewhere in this verse.
In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles include τοῖς (“to those”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text do not include this wording.

SBLGNT apparatus (3)

A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.

SBLGNT: ὑμῖν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ὑμῖν; Robinson–Pierpont add τοῖς πιστεύουσιν εἰς τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ.
SBLGNT: ἔχετε αἰώνιον. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἔχετε αἰώνιον; Robinson–Pierpont read αἰώνιον ἔχετε.
SBLGNT: τοῖς πιστεύουσιν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read τοῖς πιστεύουσιν; Robinson–Pierpont read καὶ ἵνα πιστεύητε.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT: Ταῦτα ἔγραψα ὑμῖν ἵνα εἰδῆτε ὅτι ζωὴν ἔχετε αἰώνιον, τοῖς πιστεύουσιν εἰς τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ.
RP2018: Ταῦτα ἔγραψα ὑμῖν τοῖς πιστεύουσιν εἰς τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ, ἵνα εἰδῆτε ὅτι ζωὴν αἰώνιον ἔχετε, καὶ ἵνα πιστεύητε εἰς τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ.
TR-Boyd: Ταῦτα ἔγραψα ὑμῖν τοῖς πιστεύουσιν εἰς τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἵνα εἰδῆτε ὅτι ζωὴν ἔχετε αἰώνιον, καὶ ἵνα πιστεύητε εἰς τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ Θεοῦ.
SCR1894: ταυτα εγραψα υμιν τοις πιστευουσιν εις το ονομα του υιου του θεου ινα ειδητε οτι ζωην εχετε αιωνιον και ινα πιστευητε εις το ονομα του υιου του θεου

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👤 God 👤 Jesus Christ

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Assurance Confidence Life, Eternal Hope Immortality Prayer Righteousness Life Word of God John, the Epistles of

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Cross-references most cited first

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.
John 1:12But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God—
2 Peter 1:10–11Therefore, brothers, strive to make your calling and election sure. For if you practice these things you will never stumble, and you will receive a lavish reception into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus…
1 John 3:23And this is His commandment: that we should believe in the name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and we should love one another just as He commanded us.
John 3:18Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.
1 John 2:21I have not written to you because you lack knowledge of the truth, but because you have it, and because no lie comes from the truth.
1 Timothy 1:15–16This is a trustworthy saying, worthy of full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the worst. But for this very reason I was shown mercy, so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ…
Galatians 4:6And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!”
Romans 8:15–17For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children. And…
1 John 5:10Whoever believes in the Son of God has this testimony within him; whoever does not believe God has made Him out to be a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given about His Son.
1 John 2:1My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate before the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.
Acts 4:12Salvation exists in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.”
1 John 1:4We write these things so that our joy may be complete.
2 Corinthians 5:1Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.
Acts 3:16By faith in the name of Jesus, this man whom you see and know has been made strong. It is Jesus’ name and the faith that comes through Him that has given him this complete healing in your presence.
1 John 1:1–2That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our own eyes, which we have gazed upon and touched with our own hands—this is the Word of life. And this is the life that was revealed; we…

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