Overcoming the World
1 John 5:5
In 9 translations
- BSB
- Who then overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.
- KJV
- Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?
- WEB
- Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
- ASV
- And who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?
- LSV
- Who is he who is overcoming the world, if not he who is believing that Jesus is the Son of God?
- YLT
- who is he who is overcoming the world, if not he who is believing that Jesus is the Son of God?
- DBY
- Who is he that gets the victory over the world, but he that believes that Jesus is the Son of God?Elohim
- DRC
- Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?
- GNV
- Who is it that ouercommeth this world, but he which beleeueth that Iesus is that Sonne of God?
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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
- Word order: Westcott–Hort place δέ elsewhere in this verse.
- In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles include δέ (“now”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)
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- SBLGNT: δέ ἐστιν. Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read δέ ἐστιν; Westcott and Hort (1881) read ἐστιν δὲ; Robinson–Pierpont read ἐστιν.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- τίς δέ ἐστιν ὁ νικῶν τὸν κόσμον εἰ μὴ ὁ πιστεύων ὅτι Ἰησοῦς ἐστιν ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ;
- RP2018
- Τίς ἐστιν ὁ νικῶν τὸν κόσμον, εἰ μὴ ὁ πιστεύων ὅτι Ἰησοῦς ἐστὶν ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ;
- TR-Boyd
- Τίς ἐστιν ὁ νικῶν τὸν κόσμον, εἰ μὴ ὁ πιστεύων ὅτι Ἰησοῦς ἐστὶν ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ;
- SCR1894
- τις εστιν ο νικων τον κοσμον ει μη ο πιστευων οτι ιησους εστιν ο υιος του θεου
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Cross-references most cited first
- 1 John 4:15If anyone confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
- 1 John 5:1Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father also loves those born of Him.
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