1 John 3 - New Life Version (NLV)

We Are God’s Children

3 See what great love the Father has for us that He would call us His children. And that is what we are. For this reason the people of the world do not know who we are because they did not know Him. ²Dear friends, we are God’s children now. But it has not yet been shown to us what we are going to be. We know that when He comes again, we will be like Him because we will see Him as He is. ³The person who is looking for this to happen will keep himself pure because Christ is pure.

⁴The person who keeps on sinning is guilty of not obeying the Law of God. For sin is breaking the Law of God. ⁵You know that Christ came to take away our sins. There is no sin in Him. ⁶The person who lives by the help of Christ does not keep on sinning. The person who keeps on sinning has not seen Him or has not known Him. ⁷My children, let no one lead you in the wrong way. The man who does what is right, is right with God in the same way as Christ is right with God. ⁸The person who keeps on sinning belongs to the devil. The devil has sinned from the beginning. But the Son of God came to destroy the works of the devil. ⁹No person who has become a child of God keeps on sinning. This is because the Holy Spirit is in him. He cannot keep on sinning because God is his Father. ¹⁰This is the way you can know who are the children of God and who are the children of the devil. The person who does not keep on doing what is right and does not love his brother does not belong to God. ¹¹This is what you have heard from the beginning, that we should love each other. ¹²Do not be like Cain. He was a child of the devil and killed his brother. Why did he kill him? It was because he did what was sinful and his brother did what was right.

¹³Do not be surprised if the world hates you, Christian brothers. ¹⁴We know we have passed from death into life. We know this because we love the Christians. The person who does not love has not passed from death into life. ¹⁵A man who hates his brother is a killer in his heart. You know that life which lasts forever is not in one who kills.

¹⁶We know what love is because Christ gave His life for us. We should give our lives for our brothers. ¹⁷What if a person has enough money to live on and sees his brother in need of food and clothing? If he does not help him, how can the love of God be in him? ¹⁸My children, let us not love with words or in talk only. Let us love by what we do and in truth. ¹⁹This is how we know we are Christians. It will give our heart comfort for sure when we stand before Him. ²⁰Our heart may say that we have done wrong. But remember, God is greater than our heart. He knows everything. ²¹Dear friends, if our heart does not say that we are wrong, we will have no fear as we stand before Him. ²²We will receive from Him whatever we ask if we obey Him and do what He wants. ²³This is what He said we must do: Put your trust in the name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and love each other. Christ told us to do this. ²⁴The person who obeys Christ lives by the help of God and God lives in him. We know He lives in us by the Holy Spirit He has given us.

1 John 3 - Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

3 See ye what love the Father hath given to us, that children of God we may be called; because of this the world doth not know us, because it did not know Him; 2 beloved, now, children of God are we, and it was not yet manifested what we shall be, and we have known that if he may be manifested, like...
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1 John 3 - Wycliffe Bible (WYC)

3 See ye what manner charity the Father gave to us, that we be named the sons of God, and be his sons. For this thing the world knew not us, for it knew not him [For this thing the world knoweth not us, for it knoweth not him]. 2 Most dear brethren, now we be the sons of God, and yet it appeared no...
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1 John 3 - Worldwide English (New Testament) (WE)

3 See how much the Father has loved us! We are called God's children. It is true, we are God's children. People in this world did not know him and so they do not know us. 2 My dear brothers, we are God's children now. No one knows yet what we shall be like. But we know that when Jesus comes, we will...
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1 John 3 - World English Bible (WEB)

3 See how great a love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn’t know us, because it didn’t know him. 2 Beloved, now we are children of God. It is not yet revealed what we will be; but we know that when he is revealed, we will be like him...
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1 John 3 - The Voice (VOICE)

3 Consider the kind of extravagant love the Father has lavished on us—He calls us children of God! It’s true; we are His beloved children. And in the same way the world didn’t recognize Him, the world does not recognize us either. When we feel like we are not good enough to be loved by God, we shoul...
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1 John 3 - Tree of Life Version (TLV)

3 See how glorious a love the Father has given us, that we should be called God’s children—and so we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him. 2 Loved ones, now we are God’s children; and it has not yet been revealed what we will be. But we do know that when it’s revea...
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1 John 3 - Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (RSVCE)

3 See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. 2 Beloved, we are God’s children now; it does not yet appear what we shall be, but we know that when he appears we shall be like h...
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1 John 3 - Revised Standard Version (RSV)

1 John 3 - Revised Geneva Translation (RGT)

3 Behold, what love the Father has given to us, that we should be called the sons of God! For this reason, this world does not know you: because it does not know Him. 2 Dearly beloved, we are now the sons of God. But what we shall be is yet to be revealed. And we know that when He shall be revealed,...
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1 John 3 - New Testament for Everyone (NTE)

Born of God3 Look at the remarkable love the father has given us – that we should be called God’s children! That indeed is what we are. That’s why the world doesn’t know us, because it didn’t know him. 2 Beloved ones, we are now, already, God’s children; it hasn’t yet been revealed what we are goin...
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1 John 3 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)

3 1 See what love the Father has given 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. 2 Beloved, we are God’s children now; what we will be has not yet been revealed. What we do know is this: when he[a] is r...
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1 John 3 - New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition (NRSVACE)

1 John 3 - New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised (NRSVA)

1 John 3 - New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

3 1 See what love the Father has given 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. 2 Beloved, we are God’s children now; what we will be has not yet been revealed. What we do know is this: when he[a] is rev...
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1 John 3 - New Matthew Bible (NMB)

The singular love of God toward us. How we in response ought to love one another. 3 Behold what love the Father has shown on us, that we should be called the children of God. Because of this, the world does not know you: because it does not know him. 2 Dearly beloveds, now we are the children of Go...
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1 John 3 - New Living Translation (NLT)

3 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. 2 Dear friends, we are already God’s children, but he has not yet shown us what we will be l...
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