1 John 5:20 in every translation
Leer en españolThe same verse in each translation we publish, grouped by language and by the tradition that made it. Numbering is matched for each text (for example, Psalms in the Septuagint).
English
Catholic
DRB Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
And we know that the Son of God is come: and he hath given us understanding that we may know the true God, and may be in his true Son. This is the true God and life eternal.
CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version
And we know that the Son of God has arrived, and that he has given us understanding, so that we may know the true God, and so that we may remain in his true Son. This is the true God, and this is Eternal Life.
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
We know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
We know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, [even] in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, [even ]in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
MSB Majority Standard Bible
And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, [even] in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
LSV Literal Standard Version
but we have known that the Son of God has come, and has given us a mind that we may know Him who is true, and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ; this One is the true God and the continuous Life!
Read in context · Literal Standard Version. Copyright © 2020 Covenant Press. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/englsv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Darby Darby Translation
And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us an understanding that we should know him that [is] true; and we are in him that [is] true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
And we know that the Son of God hath come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, [even] in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
But we know that that Sone of God is come, and hath giue vs a mind to know him, which is true: and we are in him that is true, that is, in that his Sone Iesus Christ: this same is that very God, and that eternal life.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
But we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true. Also, we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This one is the true God and eternal life.
Read in context · Unlocked Literal Bible. Copyright © 2017 Door43 World Missions Community. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engULB/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tyndale Tyndale New Testament (1534)
We knowe that the sonne of God is come and hath geven vs a mynde to knowe him which is true: and we are in him that is true through his sonne Iesu Christ. This same is very god and eternall lyfe.
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
and we have known that the Son of God is come, and hath given us a mind, that we may know Him who is true, and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ; this one is the true God and the life age-during!
FBV Free Bible Version
We also know that the Son of God has come, and has helped us to understand so we can recognize the one who is true. We live in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God, and is eternal life.
Read in context · Free Bible Version. Copyright © 2018 Dr. Jonathan Gallagher. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engfbv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Scholarly edition
BBE Bible in Basic English
And we are certain that the Son of God has come, and has given us a clear vision, so that we may see him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Y sabemos que vino el Hijo de Dios; y que nos dió entendimiento para que conozcamos al verdadero Dios, y estemos en su verdadero Hijo. Este es el verdadero Dios, y la vida eterna.
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Empero sabemos que el Hijo de Dios es venido, y nos ha dado entendimiento para conocer al que es verdadero: y estamos en el verdadero, en su Hijo Jesucristo. Este es el verdadero Dios, y la vida eterna.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
pero sabemos que Cristo, el Hijo de Dios, vino a ayudarnos a hallar y entender al Dios verdadero. Ahora estamos en Dios, porque estamos en su Hijo Jesucristo, que es también Dios verdadero y la vida eterna.
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Pero sabemos que el Hijo de Dios vino y nos dio entendimiento para que conozcamos al Verdadero. Y estamos en el Verdadero: en su Hijo Jesucristo. Éste es el verdadero Dios y Vida Eterna.
Read in context · Palabra de Dios para ti © 2020 Asociación Bíblica Latinoamericana. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spapddpt/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
Individual translator
VBL Free Bible Version (Spanish)
También sabemos que el Hijo de Dios ha venido, y nos ha ayudado a entender, para que podamos reconocer al que es verdadero. Vivimos en él, que es verdadero, en su Hijo Jesucristo. Él es el verdadero Dios, y es vida eterna.
Read in context · Versión Biblia Libre. Copyright © 2018-2020 Jonathan Gallagher y Shelly Barrios de Avila. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spavbl/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
BES Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
También sabemos que el Hijo de Dios ha venido y nos ha dado entendimiento para conocer al Verdadero. Y estamos en el Verdadero, en su Hijo Jesucristo. Este es el verdadero Dios y la vida eterna.
Read in context · La Biblia en Español Sencillo, traducida y editada por Irma Flores (AudioBiblia.org).
Greek
Orthodox
PT1904 Patriarchal Text 1904 (accented, eBible edition)
οἴδαμεν δὲ ὅτι ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ ἥκει καὶ δέδωκεν ἡμῖν διάνοιαν ἵνα γινώσκωμεν τὸν ἀληθινόν· καί ἐσμεν ἐν τῷ ἀληθινῷ, ἐν τῷ υἱῷ αὐτοῦ Ἰησοῦ Χριστῷ. οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ ἀληθινὸς Θεὸς καὶ ζωὴ αἰώνιος.
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
οιδαμεν δε οτι ο υιος του θεου ηκει και δεδωκεν ημιν διανοιαν ινα γινωσκωμεν τον αληθινον· και εσμεν εν τω αληθινω, εν τω υιω αυτου ιησου χριστω. ουτος εστιν ο αληθινος θεος και ζωη αιωνιος.
Read in context · Patriarchal Text, Antoniades 1904/1912 edition, verified by Maurice A. Robinson and Jussi Ala-Konni (https://github.com/byztxt/greektext-antoniades). Public domain.
Individual translator
TR Textus Receptus (Boyd collation)
Οἴδαμεν δὲ ὅτι ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ ἥκει, καὶ δέδωκεν ἡμῖν διάνοιαν ἵνα γινώσκωμεν τὸν ἀληθινόν· καί ἐσμεν ἐν τῷ ἀληθινῷ, ἐν τῷ υἱῷ αὐτοῦ Ἰησοῦ Χριστῷ. Οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ ἀληθινὸς Θεός, καὶ ἡ ζωὴ αἰώνιος.
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
οιδαμεν δε οτι ο υιοσ του θεου ηκει και δεδωκεν ημιν διανοιαν ινα γινωσκωμεν τον αληθινον και εσμεν εν τω αληθινω εν τω υιω αυτου ιησου χριστω ουτοσ εστιν ο αληθινοσ θεοσ και ζωη αιωνιοσ
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
οἴδαμεν δὲ ὅτι ὁ Υἱὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ ἥκει, καὶ δέδωκεν ἡμῖν διάνοιαν ἵνα γινώσκομεν τὸν ἀληθινόν· καὶ ἐσμὲν ἐν τῷ ἀληθινῷ, ἐν τῷ Υἱῷ αὐτοῦ Ἰησοῦ Χριστῷ. οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ ἀληθινὸς Θεὸς καὶ ζωὴ αἰώνιος.
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
οἴδαμεν δὲ ὅτι ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ ἥκει, καὶ δέδωκεν ἡμῖν διάνοιαν ἵνα ⸀γινώσκωμεν τὸν ἀληθινόν· καὶ ἐσμὲν ἐν τῷ ἀληθινῷ, ἐν τῷ υἱῷ αὐτοῦ Ἰησοῦ Χριστῷ. οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ ἀληθινὸς θεὸς καὶ ζωὴ αἰώνιος.
Read in context · The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition. Copyright 2010 by the Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/grcsbl/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Latin
Catholic
VUL Clementine Vulgate
Et scimus quoniam Filius Dei venit, et dedit nobis sensum ut cognoscamus verum Deum, et simus in vero Filio ejus. Hic est verus Deus, et vita æterna.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Вѣ́мы же, ꙗ҆́кѡ сн҃ъ бж҃їй прїи́де и҆ да́лъ є҆́сть на́мъ (свѣ́тъ и҆) ра́зꙋмъ, да позна́емъ бг҃а и҆́стиннаго и҆ да бꙋ́демъ во и҆́стиннѣмъ сн҃ѣ є҆гѡ̀ і҆и҃сѣ хрⷭ҇тѣ̀: се́й є҆́сть и҆́стинный бг҃ъ и҆ живо́тъ вѣ́чный.
Read in context · Church Slavonic text: Ponomar Project (github.com/typiconman/ponomar), © 2006–2018 Aleksandr Andreev and others, licensed under the GNU General Public License v3 or later. Changes for this site (2026-10-18): lectionary pericope markers, marginal glosses and the closing note of Genesis removed, Psalm verses renumbered to the Russian Synodal numbering, joined verses noted; the words are unchanged.
Russian
Orthodox
Synodal Russian Synodal Bible (1876)
Знаем также, что Сын Божий пришел и дал нам свет и разум, да познаем Бога истинного и да будем в истинном Сыне Его Иисусе Христе. Сей есть истинный Бог и жизнь вечная.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Εξεύρομεν δε ότι ο Υιός του Θεού ήλθε και έδωκεν εις ημάς νόησιν, διά να γνωρίζωμεν τον αληθινόν· και είμεθα εν τω αληθινώ, εν τω Υιώ αυτού Ιησού Χριστώ. Ούτος είναι ο αληθινός Θεός και η ζωή η αιώνιος.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
А знамо да Син Божји дође, и дао нам је разум да познамо Бога Истинитог, и да будемо у истинитом Сину Његовом Исусу Христу. Ово је Истинити Бог и Живот вечни.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
A znamo da Sin Božji dođe, i dao nam je razum da poznamo Boga Istinitog, i da budemo u istinitom Sinu Njegovom Isusu Hristu. Ovo je Istiniti Bog i Život večni.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
وَنَعْلَمُ أَنَّ ٱبْنَ ٱللهِ قَدْ جَاءَ وَأَعْطَانَا بَصِيرَةً لِنَعْرِفَ ٱلْحَقَّ. وَنَحْنُ فِي ٱلْحَقِّ فِي ٱبْنِهِ يَسُوعَ ٱلْمَسِيحِ. هَذَا هُوَ ٱلْإِلَهُ ٱلْحَقُّ وَٱلْحَيَاةُ ٱلْأَبَدِيَّةُ.
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC