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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</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/bsb/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="/bmc//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="/1_john/">1 John</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 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 align="center" id="jump2"><a href="/niv/1_john/3.htm">NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/1_john/3.htm">NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/1_john/3.htm">ESV</a> • <a href="/kjv/1_john/3.htm">KJV</a> • <a href="/nkjv/1_john/3.htm">NKJ</a> • <a href="/nasb/1_john/3.htm">NAS</a></div><br /><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="1%" valign="top">BSB</td><td width="99%" valign="top" align="right"><a href="/parallel/1_john/3.htm" style="font-weight:normal" title="Parallel Chapters">Parallel Chapters ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Children of God<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/3-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>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. <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/3-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is. <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/3-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as Christ is pure.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> <A name="5"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Everyone who practices sin practices lawlessness as well. Indeed, sin is lawlessness.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>But you know that Christ appeared to take away sins, and in Him there is no sin. <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>No one who remains in Him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has seen Him or known Him. <A name="8"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Little children,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span> let no one deceive you: The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as Christ is righteous.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">e</a></span> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>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. <A name="10"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>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. <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>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. <A name="12"></a><p class="hdg">Love One Another<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../john/13.htm#31">John 13:31–35</a>; <a href ="../romans/12.htm#9">Romans 12:9–13</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>This is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>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. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>So do not be surprised, brothers, if the world hates you. <A name="15"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. The one who does not love remains in death. <A name="16"></a><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 eternal life does not reside in a murderer. <A name="17"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/3-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>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. <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/3-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>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? <A name="19"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/3-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Little children, let us love not in word and speech, but in action and truth. <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/3-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And by this we will know that we belong to the truth, and will assure our hearts in His presence: <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/3-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Even if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and He knows all things. <A name="22"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/3-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God, <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/3-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>and we will receive from Him whatever we ask, because we keep His commandments and do what is pleasing in His sight. <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/3-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/3-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>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.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">2</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Literally <i>when He appears</i><span class="thin"> </span> or <i>when it appears</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">3</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Literally <i>just as He is pure</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">4</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> Or <i>is violation of the Law</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">7</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> NA <i>Young children in training</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">7</span> <span class="footnotesbot">e</span> Literally <i>He is righteous</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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