5:1  
    [kjv]  Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.
    [bbe]  Everyone who has faith that Jesus is the Christ is a child of God: and everyone who has love for the Father has love for his child.
5:2
    [kjv]  By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.
    [bbe]  In this way, we are certain that we have love for the children of God, when we have love for God and keep his laws.
5:3  
    [kjv]  For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
    [bbe]  For loving God is keeping his laws: and his laws are not hard.
5:4  
    [kjv]  For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
    [bbe]  Anything which comes from God is able to overcome the world: and the power by which we have overcome the world is our faith.
5:5  
    [kjv]  Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?
    [bbe]  Who is able to overcome the world but the man who has faith that Jesus is the Son of God?
5:6
    [kjv]  This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth.
    [bbe]  This is he who came by water and by blood, Jesus Christ; not by water only but by water and by blood.
5:7  
    [kjv]  For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.
    [bbe]  And the Spirit is the witness, because the Spirit is true.
5:8
    [kjv]  And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.
    [bbe]  There are three witnesses, the Spirit, the water, and the blood: and all three are in agreement.
5:9
    [kjv]  If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son.
    [bbe]  If we take the witness of men to be true, the witness of God is greater: because this is the witness which God has given about his Son.
5:10 
    [kjv]  He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.
    [bbe]  He who has faith in the Son of God has the witness in himself: he who has not faith in God makes him false, because he has not faith in the witness which God has given about his Son.
5:11 
    [kjv]  And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
    [bbe]  And his witness is this, that God has given us eternal l............