| I
John 3:1 |
See how
great a love the Father has bestowed upon us, that we should be called
children of God; and such we are. For this reason the world does not
know us, because it did not know Him. |
| I
John 3:2 |
Beloved,
now we are children of God, and it has not appeared as yet what we shall
be. We know that, when He appears, we shall be like Him, because we
shall see Him just as He is. |
| I
John 3:3 |
And
everyone who has this hope fixed on Him purifies himself, just as He is
pure. |
| I
John 3:4 |
Everyone
who practices sin also practices lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness. |
| I
John 3:5 |
And you
know that He appeared in order to take away sins; and in Him there is no
sin. |
| I
John 3:6 |
No one who
abides in Him sins; no one who sins has seen Him or knows Him. |
| I
John 3:7 |
Little
children, let no one deceive you; the one who practices righteousness is
righteous, just as He is righteous; |
| I
John 3:8 |
the one who
practices sin is of the devil; for the devil has sinned from the
beginning. The Son of God appeared for this purpose, that He might
destroy the works of the devil. |
| I
John 3:9 |
No one who
is born of God practices sin, because His seed abides in him; and he
cannot sin, because he is born of God. |
| I
John 3:10 |
By this the
children of God and the children of the devil are obvious: anyone who
does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor the one who does not
love his brother. |