¶ To loue God, is to kepe his commoundementes. Fayth ouercommeth the worlde. Euerlastyng life ••o in the sonne of God. Of the sonne vnto death.
CAPI. V.
WHosoeuer beleueth that Iesus is Christ, is borne of God. And eue∣ry [unspec A] one that loueth him whych be∣gat, loueth hym also whyche was begotten of him. * 1.1 By this we know, that we loue the chyldren of God, when we loue God, & kepe his commaundementes. For this is the loue of God, that we kepe his cōmaundementes, and * 1.2 his cōmaundemētes are not greuous ✚ For al that is borne of God, ouercōmeth the worlde. And this is the * 1.3 vyctory that o∣uercōmeth the world, euē our fayth. Who is it that ouercōmeth the world: but he whiche beleueth, that Iesus is the sonne of God?
This Iesus Christ is he that came by wa¦ter [unspec B] & bloude, not by water onely: but by wa∣ter and bloud. And it is the spirite that bea∣reth wytnes, because the spirite is trueth. {fleur-de-lys} (For there are thre whiche beare recorde in Heauen, the father, the worde, and holy Ghost And these thre are one.) And there are thre whiche beare recorde {fleur-de-lys} (in earth) the spirit & water, & bloude: and these thre are one. It we receyue the wytnes of mē, the wytnes of God is greater. For th{is} is the witnes of god {fleur-de-lys} (that is greater) whiche he testyfieth of his sonne. He that beleueth on the sonne of God hath the wytnes in hym selfe. ⊢ He that be∣leueth not god, hath made him a lyar, becau¦se he beleued not the recorde that God gaue of his sōne. And this is that record, how that god hath gyuen vnto vs eternal lyfe, & this [unspec C] life is in his sōne. He that hath the sōne hath lyfe: and he that hath not the sonne of God, hath not lyfe.
These thynges haue I wryttē vnto you that beleue on the name of the sonne of god, that ye maye knowe, howe that ye haue eter¦nal life, and that ye may beleue on the name of the sōne of god. And thys is the trust that we haue in him: that * 1.4 yf we aske any thyng accordyng to his wyl, he heareth vs. And yf we knowe that he heare vs what soeuer we aske, we know, that we haue the petycyons, that we desyre of hym.
If any mā se his brother sine a synne not vnto death, let him aske, & he shal gyue hym lyfe for thē that synne not vnto death. Ther [unspec D] is a synne vnto death, for which say I not y• a mā shuld pray. Al vnryghtuousnes is sine & there is synne not vnto death.
We knowe that whosoeuer is borne of God, synneth not: but he that is begotten of God kepeth hym selfe, and that wicked tou∣cheth hym not. We knowe, that we are of God, & the worlde is al togyther set on wyc∣kednes. We knowe, that the sonne of god is