1 John 3 - New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Children of God Love One Another

3 See [a](A)how great a love the Father has given us, that we would be called (B)children of God; and in fact we are. For this reason the world does not know us: because (C)it did not know Him. 2 (D)Beloved, now we are (E)children of God, and (F)it has not appeared as yet what we will be. We know that when He (G)appears, we will be (H)like Him, because we will (I)see Him just as He is. 3 And everyone who has this (J)hope set on Him (K)purifies himself, just as He is pure.

4 Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness; and (L)sin is lawlessness. 5 You know that He (M)appeared in order to (N)take away sins; and (O)in Him there is no sin. 6 No one who remains in Him (P)sins continually; no one who sins continually has seen Him or [b](Q)knows Him. 7 (R)Little children, make sure no one (S)deceives you; (T)the one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous; 8 the one who practices sin is (U)of the devil; for the devil [c]has been sinning from the beginning. (V)The Son of God (W)appeared for this purpose, (X)to destroy the works of the devil. 9 No one who has been (Y)born of God practices sin, because His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin continually, because he has been born of God. 10 By this the (Z)children of God and the (AA)children of the devil are obvious: [d]anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor the one who (AB)does not love his (AC)brother and sister.

11 (AD)For this is the message (AE)which you have heard from the beginning, (AF)that we are to love one another; 12 not as (AG)Cain, who was of (AH)the evil one and murdered his brother. And for what reason did he murder him? Because (AI)his own deeds were evil, but his brother’s were righteous.

13 Do not be surprised, brothers and sisters, if (AJ)the world hates you. 14 We know that we have (AK)passed out of death into life, (AL)because we love the brothers and sisters. The one who does not love remains in death. 15 Everyone who (AM)hates his brother or sister is a murderer, and you know that (AN)no murderer has eternal life remaining in him. 16 We know love by this, that (AO)He laid down His life for us; and (AP)we ought to lay down our lives for the (AQ)brothers and sisters. 17 But (AR)whoever has worldly goods and sees his brother or sister in need, and (AS)closes his [e]heart [f]against him, (AT)how does the love of God remain in him? 18 (AU)Little children, let’s not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and (AV)truth. 19 We will know by this that we are (AW)of the truth, and will set our heart at ease before Him, 20 that if our heart condemns us, that God is greater than our heart, and He knows all things. 21 (AX)Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have (AY)confidence [g]before God; 22 and (AZ)whatever we ask, we receive from Him, because we (BA)keep His commandments and do (BB)the things that are pleasing in His sight.

23 This is His commandment, that we [h](BC)believe in (BD)the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as (BE)He [i]commanded us. 24 The one who (BF)keeps His commandments (BG)remains in Him, and He in him. (BH)We know by this that (BI)He remains in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us.

Footnotes

  1. 1 John 3:1 Lit what kind of love
  2. 1 John 3:6 Or has known
  3. 1 John 3:8 Lit sins
  4. 1 John 3:10 Lit everyone
  5. 1 John 3:17 Lit inward parts
  6. 1 John 3:17 Lit from
  7. 1 John 3:21 Lit toward
  8. 1 John 3:23 Or believe the name
  9. 1 John 3:23 Lit gave us a commandment

Cross references

  1. 1 John 3:1 : John 3:16; 1 John 4:10
  2. 1 John 3:1 : John 1:12; 11:52; Rom 8:16; 1 John 3:2, 10
  3. 1 John 3:1 : John 15:18, 21; 16:3
  4. 1 John 3:2 : 1 John 2:7
  5. 1 John 3:2 : John 1:12; 11:52; Rom 8:16; 1 John 3:1, 10
  6. 1 John 3:2 : Rom 8:19, 23f
  7. 1 John 3:2 : Luke 17:30; Col 3:4; 1 John 2:28
  8. 1 John 3:2 : Rom 8:29; 2 Pet 1:4
  9. 1 John 3:2 : John 17:24; 2 Cor 3:18
  10. 1 John 3:3 : Rom 15:12; 1 Pet 1:3
  11. 1 John 3:3 : John 17:19; 2 Cor 7:1
  12. 1 John 3:4 : Rom 4:15; 1 John 5:17
  13. 1 John 3:5 : 1 John 1:2; 3:8
  14. 1 John 3:5 : John 1:29; 1 Pet 1:18-20; 1 John 2:2
  15. 1 John 3:5 : 2 Cor 5:21; 1 John 2:29
  16. 1 John 3:6 : 1 John 3:9
  17. 1 John 3:6 : 1 John 2:3; 3 John 11
  18. 1 John 3:7 : 1 John 2:1
  19. 1 John 3:7 : 1 John 2:26
  20. 1 John 3:7 : 1 John 2:29
  21. 1 John 3:8 : Matt 13:38; John 8:44; 1 John 3:10
  22. 1 John 3:8 : Matt 4:3
  23. 1 John 3:8 : 1 John 3:5
  24. 1 John 3:8 : John 12:31; 16:11
  25. 1 John 3:9 : John 1:13; 3:3; 1 John 2:29; 4:7; 5:1, 4, 18; 3 John 11
  26. 1 John 3:10 : John 1:12; 11:52; Rom 8:16; 1 John 3:1, 2
  27. 1 John 3:10 : Matt 13:38; John 8:44; 1 John 3:8
  28. 1 John 3:10 : Rom 13:8ff; Col 3:14; 1 Tim 1:5; 1 John 4:8
  29. 1 John 3:10 : 1 John 2:9
  30. 1 John 3:11 : 1 John 1:5
  31. 1 John 3:11 : 1 John 2:7
  32. 1 John 3:11 : John 13:4f; 15:12; 1 John 4:7, 11f, 21; 2 John 5
  33. 1 John 3:12 : Gen 4:8
  34. 1 John 3:12 : Matt 5:37; 1 John 2:13f
  35. 1 John 3:12 : Ps 38:20; Prov 29:10; John 8:40, 41
  36. 1 John 3:13 : John 15:18; 17:14
  37. 1 John 3:14 : John 5:24
  38. 1 John 3:14 : John 13:35; 1 John 2:10
  39. 1 John 3:15 : Matt 5:21f; John 8:44
  40. 1 John 3:15 : Gal 5:20f; Rev 21:8
  41. 1 John 3:16 : John 10:11; 15:13
  42. 1 John 3:16 : Phil 2:17; 1 Thess 2:8
  43. 1 John 3:16 : 1 John 2:9
  44. 1 John 3:17 : James 2:15f
  45. 1 John 3:17 : Deut 15:7
  46. 1 John 3:17 : 1 John 4:20
  47. 1 John 3:18 : 1 John 2:1; 3:7
  48. 1 John 3:18 : 2 John 1; 3 John 1
  49. 1 John 3:19 : 1 John 2:21
  50. 1 John 3:21 : 1 John 3:2
  51. 1 John 3:21 : 1 John 2:28; 5:14
  52. 1 John 3:22 : Job 22:26f; Matt 7:7; 21:22; John 9:31
  53. 1 John 3:22 : 1 John 2:3
  54. 1 John 3:22 : John 8:29; Heb 13:21
  55. 1 John 3:23 : John 6:29
  56. 1 John 3:23 : John 1:12; 2:23; 3:18
  57. 1 John 3:23 : John 13:34; 15:12; 1 John 2:8
  58. 1 John 3:24 : 1 John 2:3
  59. 1 John 3:24 : John 6:56; 10:38; 1 John 2:6, 24; 4:15
  60. 1 John 3:24 : John 14:17; Rom 8:9, 14, 16; 1 Thess 4:8; 1 John 4:13
  61. 1 John 3:24 : 1 John 2:5

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