1 John 3:1–11
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See ywhat kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called zchildren of God; and so we are. The reason why athe world does not know us is that bit did not know him. 2Beloved, we are zGod’s children cnow, and what we will be dhas not yet appeared; but we know that ewhen he appears1 fwe shall be like him, because gwe shall see him as he is. 3And everyone who hthus hopes in him ipurifies himself as he is pure.
4Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; jsin is lawlessness. 5You know that khe appeared in order to ltake away sins, and min him there is no sin. 6No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; nno one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him. 7Little children, olet no one deceive you. pWhoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous. 8qWhoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was rto destroy the works of the devil. 9sNo one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God’s2 seed abides in him; and he cannot keep on sinning, because he has been born of God. 10By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, tnor is the one who udoes not love his brother.
Love One Another
11For vthis is the message that you have heard from the beginning, wthat we should love one another.
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- ych. 4:10; John 3:16
- zJohn 1:12
- a[ch. 4:17]
- bJohn 16:3; 17:25
- z[See ver. 1 above]
- cRom. 8:15; Gal. 3:26; Eph. 1:5
- d[Rom. 8:18; 2 Cor. 4:17]
- ech. 2:28
- fRom. 8:29; 2 Cor. 3:18; 4:11; Phil. 3:21; 2 Pet. 1:4
- gJohn 17:24; 1 Cor. 13:12; Rev. 22:4
- hRom. 15:12
- i2 Cor. 7:1
- j[ch. 5:17; Rom. 4:15]
- kHeb. 9:26; See ch. 1:2
- l[Isa. 53:11, 12]
- mSee 1 Pet. 2:22
- nch. 2:4; 4:8; 3 John 11
- och. 2:26
- pch. 2:29
- qMatt. 13:38; John 8:44
- rHeb. 2:14; [Gen. 3:15; Luke 10:18; John 16:11]
- sch. 5:18
- tch. 4:8
- uch. 4:20, 21
- vch. 1:5; 2:24
- wSee John 13:34
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