⁸The one who does sin is ^aof the devil, because the devil sins from the beginning. ^bThe Son of God ^cwas manifested for this purpose, ^dto destroy the works of the devil.

⁹Everyone who has been ¹^aborn of God ^bdoes not sin, because His seed abides in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been ²born of God.

¹⁰By this the ^achildren of God and the ^bchildren of the devil are manifested: everyone who does not do righteousness is not of God, as well as the one who ^cdoes not love his ^dbrother.

¹¹^aFor this is the message ^bwhich you have heard from the beginning, ^cthat we should love one another;

¹²not as ^aCain, who was of ^bthe evil one and slew his brother. And for what reason did he slay him? Because ^chis deeds were evil, and his brother’s were righteous.

¹³Do not marvel, brothers, if ^athe world hates you.

¹⁴We know that we have ^apassed out of death into life, ^bbecause we love the brothers. The one who does not love abides in death.

¹⁵Everyone who ^ahates his brother is a murderer, and you know that ^bno murderer has eternal life abiding in him.

¹⁶By this we have known love, that ^aHe laid down His life for us; and ^bwe ought to lay down our lives for the ^cbrothers.

¹⁷But ^awhoever has the world’s goods, and sees his brother in need and ^bcloses his ¹heart ²against him, ^chow does the love of God abide in him?

¹⁸^aLittle children, let us not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and ^btruth.

¹⁹And by this we will know that we are ^aof the truth, and will ¹assure our heart before Him

²⁰¹in whatever our heart condemns us; for God is greater than our heart and knows all things.

²¹^aBeloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have ^bconfidence ¹before God;

²²and ^awhatever we ask we receive from Him, because we ^bkeep His commandments and do ^cthe things that are pleasing in His sight.

²³And this is His commandment, that we ¹^abelieve in ^bthe name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as ^cHe gave a commandment to us.

²⁴And the one who ^akeeps His commandments ^babides in Him, and He in him. ^cWe know by this that ^dHe abides in us, by the Spirit whom He gave us.

Read in Logos

1 John 3:16: By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

Footnotes

1Or begotten
2Or begotten
1Lit inward parts
2Lit from
1Lit persuade
1Or that if our heart condemns us, that God …
1Lit toward
1Or believe the name

Cross references

a 1 John 2:1
b 1 John 2:26
c 1 John 2:29
a Matt 13:38; John 8:44; 1 John 3:10
b Matt 4:3
c 1 John 3:5
d John 12:31; 16:11
a John 1:13; 3:3; 1 John 2:29; 4:7; 5:1, 4, 18; 3 John 11
b 1 Pet 1:23; 1 John 3:6; 5:18
a John 1:12; 11:52; Rom 8:16; 1 John 3:1, 2
b Matt 13:38; John 8:44; 1 John 3:8
c Rom 13:8ff; Col 3:14; 1 Tim 1:5; 1 John 4:8
d 1 John 2:9
a 1 John 1:5
b 1 John 2:7
c John 13:4f; 15:12; 1 John 4:7, 11f, 21; 2 John 5
a Gen 4:8
b Matt 5:37; 1 John 2:13f
c Ps 38:20; Prov 29:10; John 8:40, 41
a John 15:18; 17:14
a John 5:24
b John 13:35; 1 John 2:10
a Matt 5:21f; John 8:44
b Gal 5:20f; Rev 21:8
a John 10:11; 15:13
b Phil 2:17; 1 Thess 2:8
c 1 John 2:9
a James 2:15f
b Deut 15:7
c 1 John 4:20
a 1 John 2:1; 3:7
b2 John 1; 3 John 1
a 1 John 2:21
a 1 John 3:2
b 1 John 2:28; 5:14
a Job 22:26f; Matt 7:7; 21:22; John 9:31
b 1 John 2:3
c John 8:29; Heb 13:21
a John 6:29
b John 1:12; 2:23; 3:18
c John 13:34; 15:12; 1 John 2:8
a 1 John 2:3
b John 6:56; 10:38; 1 John 2:6, 24; 4:15
c John 14:17; Rom 8:9, 14, 16; 1 Thess 4:8; 1 John 4:13
d 1 John 2:5