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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 NLT</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="../">NLT</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 class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/1_john/3.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_john/3-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>See how very much our Father loves us, for he calls us his children, and that is what we are! But the people who belong to this world don’t recognize that we are God’s children because they don’t know him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_john/3-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Dear friends, we are already God’s children, but he has not yet shown us what we will be like when Christ appears. But we do know that we will be like him, for we will see him as he really is. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_john/3-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And all who have this eager expectation will keep themselves pure, just as he is pure.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_john/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Everyone who sins is breaking God’s law, for all sin is contrary to the law of God. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_john/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And you know that Jesus came to take away our sins, and there is no sin in him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_john/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Anyone who continues to live in him will not sin. But anyone who keeps on sinning does not know him or understand who he is.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_john/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Dear children, don’t let anyone deceive you about this: When people do what is right, it shows that they are righteous, even as Christ is righteous. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_john/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>But when people keep on sinning, it shows that they belong to the devil, who has been sinning since the beginning. But the Son of God came to destroy the works of the devil. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_john/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Those who have been born into God’s family do not make a practice of sinning, because God’s life<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a> is in them. So they can’t keep on sinning, because they are children of God. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_john/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>So now we can tell who are children of God and who are children of the devil. Anyone who does not live righteously and does not love other believers<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a> does not belong to God.</p><p class="hdg">Love One Another</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_john/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>We must not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because Cain had been doing what was evil, and his brother had been doing what was righteous. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_john/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>So don’t be surprised, dear brothers and sisters,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a> if the world hates you.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_john/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>If we love our brothers and sisters who are believers,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">d</span></a> it proves that we have passed from death to life. But a person who has no love is still dead. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_john/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Anyone who hates another brother or sister<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">e</span></a> is really a murderer at heart. And you know that murderers don’t have eternal life within them.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_john/3-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>We know what real love is because Jesus gave up his life for us. So we also ought to give up our lives for our brothers and sisters. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_john/3-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>If someone has enough money to live well and sees a brother or sister<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">f</span></a> in need but shows no compassion—how can God’s love be in that person?</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_john/3-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Dear children, let’s not merely say that we love each other; let us show the truth by our actions. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_john/3-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Our actions will show that we belong to the truth, so we will be confident when we stand before God. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_john/3-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Even if we feel guilty, God is greater than our feelings, and he knows everything.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_john/3-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Dear friends, if we don’t feel guilty, we can come to God with bold confidence. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_john/3-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And we will receive from him whatever we ask because we obey him and do the things that please him.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_john/3-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And this is his commandment: We must believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as he commanded us. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_john/3-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Those who obey God’s commandments remain in fellowship with him, and he with them. And we know he lives in us because the Spirit he gave us lives in us.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">3:9 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="it">because his seed.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">3:10 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="it">does not love his brother.</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">3:13 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="it">brothers.</span><br><span class="fn">d</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">3:14 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="it">the brothers;</span><span class="ft"> similarly in 3:16.</span><br><span class="fn">e</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">3:15 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="it">hates his brother.</span><br><span class="fn">f</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">3:17 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="it">sees his brother.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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