1 John 3

1 Consider how great a love the Father has bestowed on us that we should be called children of God! The world does not acknowledge us for this reason: it did not acknowledge Him.

Look at how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God; and such we are. For this cause the world does not know us, because it did not know him.

2 Dear ones, right now we are children of God and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed we will be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is

Beloved, now we are children of God, and it is not yet revealed what we will be. We know that, when he is revealed, we will be like him; for we will see him just as he is.

3 —everyone who has this hope upon him purifies himself, even as He is pure.

Everyone who has this hope set on him purifies himself, even as he is pure.

4 Everyone who commits sin commits lawlessness as well; yes, sin is lawlessness.

Everyone who sins also commits lawlessness. Sin is lawlessness.

5 And you know that He was revealed in order to remove our sins—in Him there is no sin.

You know that he was revealed to take away sins, and in him is no sin.

6 Whoever is abiding in Him does not sin; indeed, whoever is sinning has neither seen Him nor known Him.

Whoever remains in him does not sin. Whoever sins hasn't seen him, neither knows him.

7 Dear children, let no one mislead you; he who keeps doing righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous.

Children, let no one lead you astray. He who does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.

8 He who keeps doing sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The Son of God was manifested for this purpose: to undo the devil's works.

He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. To this end the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the devil.

9 Whoever has been begotten by God does not commit sin, because His seed remains in him; actually, he is not able to sin, because he has been begotten by God.

Whoever is born of God does not commit sin, because his seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.

10 In this the children of God and the children of the devil are distinguished: whoever is not doing righteousness is not of God, also whoever is not loving his brother.

In this the children of God are revealed, and the children of the devil. Whoever does not do righteousness is not of God, neither is he who does not love his brother.

11 Because this is the message that you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another

For this is the message which you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another;

12 —not like Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own works were evil, while those of his brother were righteous.

unlike Cain, who was of the evil one, and killed his brother. Why did he kill him? Because his works were evil, and his brother's righteous.

13 My brothers, do not be surprised if the world hates you.

Therefore do not be surprised, brothers, if the world hates you.

14 We know that we have transferred out of the death into the life because we love our brothers; he who does not love his brother remains in the death.

We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. He who does not love remains in death.

15 Whoever is hating his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding within himself. (aiōnios g166)

Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has everlasting life remaining in him. (aiōnios g166)

16 We know the Love by this: He laid down His life in our behalf; we also are obligated to lay down our lives in behalf of our brothers.

By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

17 Now whoever has this world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart toward him—how does the love of God abide in him?

But whoever has the world's goods, and sees his brother in need, and closes his heart of compassion against him, how does the love of God remain in him?

18 My dear children, let us not love in word or with the tongue only, but in deed and truth

Little children, let us not love in word only, neither with the tongue only, but in deed and truth.

19 —yes, by this we know that we are of the Truth and may put our hearts at ease in His presence,

And by this we will know that we are of the truth, and persuade our heart before him,

20 and that, if our heart should condemn us, God is greater than our heart and knows all.

because if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.

21 Dear ones, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence toward God,

Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God;

22 and whatever we may ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do the things that are pleasing in His sight.

and whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.

23 Now this is His commandment, that we believe in the name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as He commanded.

This is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, even as he commanded us.

24 He who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him. This is how we know that He remains in us: by the Spirit whom He gave us.

He who keeps his commandments remains in him, and he in him. By this we know that he remains in us, by the Spirit which he gave us.