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    1John 3

    1 See what kind of love the Father has given us: We are called God’s children—and that is what we are! a3:1 Other mss. lack And that is what we are! For this reason the world does not recognize us, because it did not recognize him, either.ISV — 1John 3:1

    2 Dear friends, we are now God’s children, but what we will be like has not been revealed yet. We know that when the Messiah b3:2 Lit. he is revealed, we will be like him, because we will see him as he is.ISV — 1John 3:2

    3 And everyone who has this hope based on him keeps himself pure, just as the Messiah c3:3 Lit. as he is pure.ISV — 1John 3:3

    4 Everyone who keeps living in sin also practices disobedience. In fact, sin is disobedience.ISV — 1John 3:4

    5 You know that the Messiah d3:5 Lit. that he was revealed to take away sins, e3:5 Other mss. read our sins and there is not any sin in him.ISV — 1John 3:5

    6 No one who remains in union with him keeps on sinning. The one who keeps on sinning hasn’t seen him or known him.ISV — 1John 3:6

    7 Little children, don’t let anyone deceive you. The person who practices righteousness is righteous, just as the Messiah f3:7 Lir. as he is righteous.ISV — 1John 3:7

    8 The person who practices sin belongs to the evil one, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason that the Son of God was revealed was to destroy what the devil has been doing.ISV — 1John 3:8

    9 No one who has been born from God practices sin, because God’s g3:9 Lit. his seed abides in him. Indeed, he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born from God.ISV — 1John 3:9

    10 This is how God’s children and the devil’s children are distinguished. h3:10 Lit. are revealed No person who fails to practice righteousness and to love his brother is from God.ISV — 1John 3:10

    11 This is the message that you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another.ISV — 1John 3:11

    12 Do not be like Cain, i3:12 Lit. Not like Cain who was from the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because what he was doing was evil and his brother’s actions j3:12 The Gk. lacks actions were righteous.ISV — 1John 3:12

    13 So do not be surprised, brothers, if the world hates you.ISV — 1John 3:13

    14 We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love one another. The person who does not love k3:14 Other mss. read doesn’t love his brother remains spiritually l3:14 The Gk. lacks spiritually dead.ISV — 1John 3:14

    15 Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life present in him.ISV — 1John 3:15

    16 This is how we have come to know love: the Messiah m3:16 Lit. he gave his life for us. We, too, ought to give our lives for our brothers.ISV — 1John 3:16

    17 Whoever has earthly possessions and notices a brother in need and yet withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God be present in him?ISV — 1John 3:17

    18 Little children, we must stop expressing love merely by our words and manner of speech; we must love n3:18 The Gk. lacks love also in action o3:18 Or work and in truth.ISV — 1John 3:18

    19 This is how we will know that we belong to the truth and how we will be able to keep ourselves p3:19 Lit. keep our hearts strong in his presence.ISV — 1John 3:19

    20 If our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts and knows everything.ISV — 1John 3:20

    21 Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence in the presence of God.ISV — 1John 3:21

    22 Whatever we request we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him.ISV — 1John 3:22

    23 And this is his commandment: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus the Messiah, q3:23 Or Christ and to love one another as he commanded us.ISV — 1John 3:23

    24 The person who keeps his commandments abides in God, r3:24 Lit. in him and God abides in him. s3:24 Lit. and he in him This is how we can be sure that he remains in us: he has given us his Spirit.ISV — 1John 3:24

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