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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>1 John 3 Legacy Standard Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/1_john/3.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/1_john/3-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">LSB</a> > 1 John 3</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../1_john/2.htm" title="1 John 2">◄</a> 1 John 3 <a href="../1_john/4.htm" title="1 John 4">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Legacy Standard Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/nasb_/1_john/3.htm" style="color:#0092f2" title="NASB">►► </a></td></tr></table></div><p class="hdg">Children of God, Love One Another</p><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/3-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>See <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>how great a love the Father has given to us, that we would be called children of God; and we are. For this reason the world does not know us, because it did not know Him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/3-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Beloved, 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/3-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And everyone who has this hope <i>fixed</i> on Him purifies himself, just as He is pure. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Everyone who does sin also does lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And you know that He was manifested in order to take away sins, and in Him there is no sin. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>No one who abides in Him sins; no one who sins has seen Him or <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>has come to know Him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Little children, let no one deceive you. The one who does righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Everyone who has been <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>born of God does not sin, because His seed abides in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>born of God. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>By 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. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>For this is the message which you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another; <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>not as Cain, <i>who</i> 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. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Do not marvel, brothers, if the world hates you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. The one who does not love abides in death. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/3-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>By this we have known love, that He laid down His life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/3-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>But whoever has the world’s goods, and sees his brother in need and closes his <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>heart <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>against him, how does the love of God abide in him? <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/3-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and truth. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/3-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And by this we will know that we are of the truth, and will <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>assure our heart before Him <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/3-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>in whatever our heart condemns us; for God is greater than our heart and knows all things. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/3-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>before God; <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/3-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>and whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do the things that are pleasing in His sight. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/3-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And this is His commandment, that we <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as He gave a commandment to us. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/3-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And the one who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him. We know by this that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He gave us.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="fnverse">1</span> Lit <i>what kind of love</i><br><span class="fnverse">6</span> Or <i>has known</i><br><span class="fnverse">9</span> Or <i>begotten</i><br><span class="fnverse">9</span> Or <i>begotten</i><br><span class="fnverse">17</span> Lit <i>inward parts</i><br><span class="fnverse">17</span> Lit <i>from</i><br><span class="fnverse">19</span> Lit <i>persuade</i><br><span class="fnverse">20</span> Or <i>that if our heart condemns us, that God...</i><br><span class="fnverse">21</span> Lit <i>toward</i><br><span class="fnverse">23</span> Or <i>believe the name</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Legacy Standard Bible Copyright ©2021 by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved. 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