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1 John 3:1–11

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See what great lovem the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God!n And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.o 2Dear friends,p now we are children of God,q and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears,ar we shall be like him,s for we shall see him as he is.t 3All who have this hope in him purify themselves,u just as he is pure.v

4Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness.w 5But you know that he appeared so that he might take away our sins.x And in him is no sin.y 6No one who lives in him keeps on sinning.z No one who continues to sin has either seen hima or known him.b

7Dear children,c do not let anyone lead you astray.d The one who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous.e 8The one who does what is sinful is of the devil,f because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of Godg appeared was to destroy the devil’s work.h 9No one who is born of Godi will continue to sin,j because God’s seedk remains in them; they cannot go on sinning, because they have been born of God. 10This is how we know who the children of Godl are and who the children of the devilm are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not God’s child, nor is anyone who does not loven their brother and sister.o

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11For this is the message you heardp from the beginning:q We should love one another.r

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1 John 3:1: See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.

Footnotes

  1. aOr when it is made known

Cross references

  1. mSee Jn 3:16
  2. nver 2, 10; See Jn 1:12
  3. oJn 15:21; 16:3
  4. pSee 1 Co 10:14
  5. qver 1, 10; See Jn 1:12
  6. rCol 3:4; 1 Jn 2:28
  7. sRo 8:29; 2 Pe 1:4
  8. tPs 17:15; Jn 17:24; 2 Co 3:18
  9. u2 Co 7:1; 2 Pe 3:13, 14
  10. vPs 18:26
  11. w1 Jn 5:17
  12. xver 8; See Jn 3:17
  13. ySee 2 Co 5:21
  14. zver 9; 1 Jn 5:18
  15. a3 Jn 11
  16. bSee 1 Jn 2:4
  17. cSee 1 Jn 2:1
  18. d1 Jn 2:26
  19. e1 Jn 2:29
  20. fver 10; Jn 8:44
  21. gSee Mt 4:3
  22. hHeb 2:14
  23. iSee Jn 1:13
  24. jver 6; Ps 119:3; 1 Jn 5:18
  25. k1 Pe 1:23
  26. lver 1, 2; See Jn 1:12
  27. mver 8
  28. n1 Jn 4:8
  29. oSee 1 Jn 2:9
  30. p1 Jn 1:5
  31. qSee 1 Jn 2:7
  32. rJn 13:34, 35; 15:12; 1 Jn 4:7, 11, 21; 2 Jn 5

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