1 John 3

1 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.

Behold, how great love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called the children of God! For this reason, the world knows us not, because it knew him not.

2 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;

Beloved, now are we the children of God, and it does not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

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

And every one that has this hope in Him purifies himself, even as He is pure.

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

Every one that works sin, works also transgression of law: and sin is transgression of law.

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

And you know that he was manifested, that he might take away our sins; and in him there is no sin.

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

Whoever abides in him, sins not. Whoever sins, has neither seen him nor known him.

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

Little children, let no one deceive you: he that works righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.

8 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;

He that works sin is of the devil, for the devil sins from the beginning: for this purpose was the son of God manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

9 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.

Whoever has been begotten of God does not work sin; because his seed remains in him: and he can not sin, because he has been begotten of God.

10 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,

By this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil. Whoever does not work righteousness is not of God; neither is he that loves not his brother.

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

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

12 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.

Not as Cain, who was of the wicked one, and slew his brother: and for what reason did he slay him? because his own works were evil, and his brother’s, righteous.

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

Wonder not, my brethren, if the world hates you.

14 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.

We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren: he that loves not his brother, abides in death.

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

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

16 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;

By this we know the love of Christ, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

17 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?

Whoever has this world’s goods, and sees his brother have need, and shuts his heart against him, how dwells the love of God in him?

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

My little children, let us not love in word, nor in tongue, but in deed, and in truth.

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

And by this we know that we are of the truth; and we shall have our hearts at rest before him:

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

for if our heart condemn us, we know that God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.

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

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

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

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

23 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,

And this is his commandment: That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.

24 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.

And he that keeps his commandments abides in him, and he in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit which he has given us.