{"book":"1 John","slug":"1-john","ch":3,"genre":"letter","sub":"1 John","prev":"1-john/2","next":"1-john/4","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And [that is what] we are! The reason the world does not know us [is] that it did not know Him.","f":[],"h":"Children of God","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be {has} not yet been revealed. We know that when [Christ] appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is.","f":["Literally when He appears or when it appears"]},{"v":3,"t":"And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as [ Christ ] is pure.","f":["Literally just as He is pure"]},{"v":4,"t":"Everyone who practices sin practices lawlessness as well. Indeed, sin is lawlessness.","f":["Or is violation of the Law"],"style":"reg"},{"v":5,"t":"[But] you know that [Christ] appeared to take away sins, and in Him there is no sin.","f":[]},{"v":6,"t":"No one who remains in Him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has seen Him [or] known Him.","f":[]},{"v":7,"t":"Little children, {let} no one deceive you: The [one who] practices righteousness is righteous, just as [Christ] is righteous.","f":["NA Young children in training","Literally He is righteous"],"style":"reg"},{"v":8,"t":"The [one who] practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from [the] very start. This is why the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the devil.","f":[]},{"v":9,"t":"Anyone born of God refuses to practice sin, because [God’s] seed abides in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":10,"t":"By this the children of God are distinguished [from] the children of the devil: Anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, [nor is] anyone who does not love his brother.","f":[]},{"v":11,"t":"This is the message you have heard from [the] beginning: We should love one another.","f":[],"h":"Love One Another","style":"reg"},{"v":12,"t":"[Do] not [be] like Cain, [who] belonged to the evil [one] and murdered his brother. And why did [Cain] slay him? Because his [own] deeds were evil, while those of his brother [were] righteous.","f":[]},{"v":13,"t":"[So] {do} not be surprised, brothers, if the world hates you.","f":[]},{"v":14,"t":"We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love [our] brothers. The [one who] does not love remains in death.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":15,"t":"Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that eternal life {does} not reside in a murderer.","f":[]},{"v":16,"t":"By this we know what love [is]: [Jesus] laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down [our] lives for [our] brothers.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":17,"t":"If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother [in] need, [but] withholds his compassion from him, how {can} the love of God abide in him?","f":[]},{"v":18,"t":"Little children, let us love not in word [and] speech, but in action and truth.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":19,"t":"And by this we will know that we belong to the truth, and will assure our hearts in His presence:","f":[]},{"v":20,"t":"Even if our hearts condemn [us], God is greater than our hearts, and He knows all things.","f":[]},{"v":21,"t":"Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn [us], we have confidence before God,","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":22,"t":"and we will receive from Him whatever we ask, because we keep His commandments and do what is pleasing in His sight.","f":[]},{"v":23,"t":"And this is His commandment: that we should believe in the name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and we should love one another just as He commanded us.","f":[]},{"v":24,"t":"Whoever keeps His commandments remains in [God], and [God] in him. And by this we know that He remains in us: by the Spirit He has given us.","f":[]}]}