1 John 5

5 ¹Everybody wey believe say Jesus na di Christ, na our Papa born am, and everybody wey love di Papa wey dey born pikin dey love di pikin wey e born. ²Na so we take know say we love di children of our Papa: when we love our Papa and dey keep im commands. ³Na dis be love of our Papa: say we dey keep im commands, and im commands no heavy. ⁴Everybody wey our Papa born dey overcome di world. Na dis be di victory wey overcome di world: our faith. ⁵Who fit overcome di world if no be di person wey believe say Jesus na di Pikin of our Papa? ⁶Jesus Christ come through water and blood—no be water only, but water and blood. the Holy Spirit dey testify to dis, because the Holy Spirit na di truth. ⁷Because three dey wey dey testify: ^a a v7 Some copies wey dem write later add extra word for dis verse to mention di Papa, di Word, and the Holy Spirit for heaven. Dat words no dey inside any early Greek manuscript and no be part of wetin John write. ⁸di Spirit, di water, and di blood; and dis three dey gree together.

⁹If we dey accept testimony wey person give, our Papa im testimony pass am—because na dis be our Papa im testimony: say e testify about im Pikin. ¹⁰Anybody wey believe di Pikin of our Papa carry dis testimony inside imsef. Anybody wey no believe don make am liar, because e no believe di testimony wey our Papa give about im Pikin. ¹¹And na dis be di testimony: our Papa give us life wey no dey end, and dis life dey inside im Pikin. ¹²Anybody wey get di Pikin get life; anybody wey no get di Pikin of our Papa no get life.

Confidence for di Papa Front

¹³I dey write dis things give una wey believe di name of di Pikin of our Papa, so that una fit know say una get life wey no dey end. ¹⁴Na dis be our confidence for im front: whatever we ask according to im will, e dey hear us. ¹⁵And if we know say e dey hear us—whatever we ask—we know say we get wetin we ask am for.

¹⁶If anybody see im brother dey commit sin wey no dey carry person go death, make e ask, and our Papa go give am life—give those wey dey sin but no to death. One sin dey wey dey carry person go death; I no dey talk say make e pray about dat one. ¹⁷All wrong wey person dey do na sin, and sin dey wey no dey carry person go death.

¹⁸We know say: anybody wey our Papa born no dey continue to dey sin, but di One wey our Papa born dey protect am, and di evil one no fit touch am. ^b b v18 Every believer na our Papa born am, and Jesus, wey na our Papa born am for special way, dey protect dem from di evil one. ¹⁹We know say we be from our Papa, and di whole world dey under di evil one im power. ²⁰We know say di Pikin of our Papa don come and give us understanding, so we fit know di One wey be true. We dey inside di One wey be true, inside im Pikin Jesus Christ. Na im be di true God and life wey no dey end. ^c c v20 John im last words call Jesus Christ “di true God and life wey no dey end”—na one of di places for Scripture wey clear pass to declare say di Pikin share di Papa im own God-nature.

²¹Small pikin dem, keep unasef from idols.