1 John 3 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

Children of God, Love One Another

See^G3708 [fn]how^G4217 great^G4217 a love^G26 the Father^G3962 has given^G1325 to us, that we would be called^G2564 children^G5043 of God^G2316; and we are. For this^G3778 reason^G1223 the world^G2889 does not know^G1097 us, because^G3754 it did not know^G1097 Him.

1Jo 3:2

1Jo 3:2Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not been manifested as yet what we will be. We know that when He is manifested, we will be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is.

1Jo 3:3

1Jo 3:3And everyone who has this hope fixed on Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.

1Jo 3:4

Everyone^G3956 who does^G4160 sin^G266 also^G2532 does^G4160 lawlessness^G458; and sin^G266 is lawlessness^G458.

1Jo 3:5

1Jo 3:5And you know that He was manifested in order to take away sins, and in Him there is no sin.

1Jo 3:6

1Jo 3:6No one who abides in Him sins; no one who sins has seen Him or [fn]has come to know Him.

1Jo 3:7

1Jo 3:7Little children, let no one deceive you. The one who does righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous.

1Jo 3:8

1Jo 3:8The one who does sin is of the devil, because the devil sins from the beginning. The Son of God was manifested for this purpose, to destroy the works of the devil.

1Jo 3:9

1Jo 3:9Everyone who has been [fn]born of God does not sin, because His seed abides in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been [fn]born of God.

(Mat 22:39 )

1Jo 3:10

1Jo 3:10By this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifested: everyone who does not do righteousness is not of God, as well as the one who does not love his brother.

1Jo 3:11

For this^G3778 is the message^G31 which^G3739 you have heard^G191 from the beginning^G746, that we should love^G25 one^G240 another^G240;

1Jo 3:12

1Jo 3:12not as Cain, who was of the evil one and slew his brother. And for what reason did he slay him? Because his deeds were evil, and his brother’s were righteous.

1Jo 3:13

Do not marvel^G2296, brothers^G80, if^G1487 the world^G2889 hates^G3404 you.

1Jo 3:14

1Jo 3:14We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. The one who does not love abides in death.

1Jo 3:15

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

1Jo 3:16

1Jo 3:16By this we have known love, that He laid down His life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

1Jo 3:17

1Jo 3:17But whoever has the world’s goods, and sees his brother in need and closes his [fn]heart [fn]against him, how does the love of God abide in him?

1Jo 3:18

1Jo 3:18Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and truth.

1Jo 3:19

1Jo 3:19And by this we will know that we are of the truth, and will [fn]assure our heart before Him

1Jo 3:20

1Jo 3:20 [fn]in whatever our heart condemns us; for God is greater than our heart and knows all things.

1Jo 3:21

1Jo 3:21Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence [fn]before God;

1Jo 3:22

1Jo 3:22and whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do the things that are pleasing in His sight.

1Jo 3:23

And this^G3778 is His commandment^G1785, that we [fn]believe^G4100 in the name^G3686 of His Son^G5207 Jesus^G2424 Christ^G5547, and love^G25 one^G240 another^G240, just^G2531 as He gave^G1325 a commandment^G1785 to us.