1 John 3

1 See how great a sincere love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God! Because the world didn’t know Him, it doesn’t know us.

See what love the Father has given to us, that we may be called children of God; because of this the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.

2 Beloved, now we are children of God, and it hasn’t yet appeared what we will be. We know that when He appears we will be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is.

Beloved, now, we are children of God, and it was not yet revealed what we will be. We have known that if He may have appeared, we will be like Him, because we will see Him as He is;

3 Everyone who has this hope fixed on Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.

and everyone who is having this hope on Him, purifies himself, even as He is pure.

4 Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness. Sin is lawlessness.

Everyone who is doing sin, he also does lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness,

5 You know that He appeared to take away sins. There is no sin in Him.

and you have known that He appeared that He may take away our sins, and sin is not in Him;

6 No one who lives in Him sins. No one who sins has seen Him or knows Him.

everyone who is remaining in Him does not sin; everyone who is sinning, has not seen Him, nor known Him.

7 Little children, don’t let anybody deceive you. The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous.

Little children, let no one lead you astray; he who is doing righteousness is righteous, even as He is righteous,

8 The one who practices sin is the Devil’s, because the Devil has sinned from the beginning. The Son of God appeared for this purpose, that He might destroy the works of the Devil.

he who is doing sin, he is of the Devil, because the Devil sins from the beginning; for this [reason] the Son of God appeared, that He may undo the works of the Devil;

9 No one who is born of God practices sin, because God’s seed lives in him. He can’t continue to sin, because he is born of God.

everyone who has been begotten of God, he does not sin, because His seed remains in him, and he is not able to sin, because he has been begotten of God.

10 By this the children of God and the children of the Devil are obvious: anyone who doesn’t practice righteousness is not God’s, and neither is anyone who doesn’t sincerely love his brother or sister.

In this are revealed the children of God, and the children of the Devil; everyone who is not doing righteousness, is not of God, and he who is not loving his brother,

11 For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should sincerely love one another.

because this is the message that you heard from the beginning, that we may love one another,

12 Don’t be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one, and killed his brother. Why did he kill him? Because Cain’s deeds were evil, and his brother’s were righteous.

not as Cain—he was of the evil one, and he slew his brother. And for [what] reason did he slay him? Because his works were evil, and those of his brother [were] righteous.

13 Don’t be surprised, brothers and sisters, if the world hates you.

Do not wonder, my brothers, if the world hates you;

14 We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we sincerely love our brothers and sisters. Whoever doesn’t sincerely love lives in death.

we have known that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers; he who is not loving [his] brother remains in death.

15 Whoever hates his brother or sister is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life living in him. (aiōnios g166)

Everyone who is hating his brother is a manslayer, and you have known that no manslayer has continuous life remaining in him; (aiōnios g166)

16 By this we know God’s sincere love, because He laid down His life for us. So we also ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.

in this we have known love, because He laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down [our] lives for the brothers;

17 If someone has this world’s goods, and sees a brother in need, and closes up his heart of compassion from him, how does God’s sincere love live in him?

and whoever may have the goods of the world, and may view his brother having need, and may shut up his yearnings from him—how does the love of God remain in him?

18 My little children, let’s not sincerely love just in words or in language, but in deed and in truth.

My little children, may we not love in word nor in tongue, but in work and in truth!

19 This is how we will know that we belong to the truth, and how we will assure our hearts before Him

And in this we know that we are of the truth, and before Him we will assure our hearts,

20 whenever our hearts condemn us; for God is greater than our hearts, and He knows all things.

because if our heart may condemn—because greater is God than our heart, and He knows all things.

21 Beloved, if our hearts don’t condemn us, we have confidence before God;

Beloved, if our heart may not condemn us, we have boldness toward God,

22 and we receive from Him whatever we ask, because we keep His commandments and do the things that please Him.

and whatever we may ask, we receive from Him, because we keep His commands, and we do the things pleasing before Him,

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

and this is His command, that we may believe in the Name of His Son Jesus Christ, and may love one another, even as He gave command to us,

24 Whoever keeps His commandments lives in Him, and He lives in that person. This is how we know that He lives in us: by the Spirit He has given us.

and he who is keeping His commands, remains in Him, and He in him; and in this we know that He remains in us, from the Spirit that He gave us.