1 John 3
1 [Think about] how much our [heavenly] Father loves us! He allows us to (say that we are/be called) his children! [And it is indeed true that] we are [his children. But people in] the world [MTY] [who are unbelievers] have not understood [who] God [is]. So they do not understand [who we are], that we [belong to God].
Mirad qué amor nos ha mostrado el Padre, para que seamos llamados hijos de Dios. Y lo somos; por eso el mundo no nos conoce a nosotros, porque a Él no lo conoció.
2 Dear friends, even though (at present/now) we are God’s children, [he] has not yet (made clear/revealed) [to us] what we will be like [in the future]. However, we know that when [Christ] comes back again, we will be like him, because we will see what he is [really] like.
Carísimos, ya somos hijos de Dios aunque todavía no se ha manifestado lo que seremos. Mas sabemos que cuando se manifieste seremos semejantes a Él, porque lo veremos tal como es.
3 [So], all those who confidently expect [to see Christ as he actually is/what Christ is like when he returns] must keep themselves pure in every way, just like Christ, who is pure in every way.
Entretanto quienquiera tiene en Él esta esperanza se hace puro, así como Él es puro.
4 But everyone who continues sinning is refusing to obey [God’s] laws, because that is what sin is, refusing to obey [God’s] laws.
Quienquiera obra el pecado obra también la iniquidad, pues el pecado es la iniquidad.
5 You know that Christ came in order to completely remove [the guilt of] our sins. You know also that he never sinned.
Y sabéis que Él se manifestó para quitar los pecados, y que en Él no hay pecado.
6 Those who continue [doing what] Christ wants them to, do not continue sinning repeatedly. But those who repeatedly sin have not understood [who Christ is], nor have they had a close relationship with him.
Quien permanece en Él no peca; quien peca no le ha visto ni conocido.
7 [So I urge you, ] who are all very dear to me, do not let anyone deceive you [by telling you that it is all right to sin]. If you continue doing what is right, you are righteous, just like Christ is righteous.
Hijitos, que nadie os engañe; el que obra la justicia es justo según es justo Él.
8 [But] if anyone continues sinning, he is like the devil, because the devil has always been sinning. [And] the reason why God’s Son became a human being was to destroy what the devil has done.
Quien comete pecado es del diablo, porque el diablo peca desde el principio. Para esto se manifestó el Hijo de Dios: para destruir las obras del diablo.
9 People do not continue sinning repeatedly if they have become children of God. Instead, [they] continue [to conduct their lives according to the character/nature that God produced in them] [MET]. They cannot continually sin because God has caused them to become his children.
Todo el que ha nacido de Dios no peca, porque en él permanece la simiente de Aquel y no es capaz de pecar por cuanto es nacido de Dios.
10 Those who are God’s children are clearly different from those who are (the devil’s/Satan’s) children. [The way that we can know who are Satan’s children is this]: Those who do not do what is right are not God’s children. [Specifically], those who do not love their fellow believers are not [God’s children Instead, they are Satan’s children].
En esto se manifiestan los hijos de Dios y los hijos del diablo: cualquiera que no obra justicia no es de Dios, y tampoco aquel que no ama a su hermano.
11 The message that you heard when you first [MTY] [believed in Christ] is that we should love each other.
Porque este es el mensaje que habéis oído desde el principio: que nos amemos unos a otros.
12 [We should] not [hate others] as did [Adam’s son], Cain, who belonged to [Satan], the evil one. [Because Cain hated his younger brother], he murdered him. (I will tell you about why he murdered his brother./Do you know why he murdered his brother [RHQ]?) It was because Cain habitually conducted his life in an evil way, and [he hated his younger brother] because his [younger] brother [conducted his life] righteously.
No como Caín, que siendo del Maligno mató a su hermano. Y ¿por qué le mató? Porque sus obras eran malas, y las de su hermano justas.
13 You should not be amazed/surprised, my fellow believers, when [unbelievers] [MTY] hate you.
No os extrañéis, hermanos, de que el mundo os odie.
14 We know that we have been changed from [being spiritually] dead [MET] to [being spiritually] alive. We know this because we love our fellow believers. [Those who] do not love [their fellow believers] are still [spiritually] [MET] dead.
Nosotros conocemos que hemos pasado de la muerte a la vida, porque amamos a los hermanos. El que no ama se queda en la muerte.
15 Those who hate [any of] their fellow believers, [God considers] [MET] them [to be] murderers. And you know that no murderer has eternal life. (aiōnios g166)
Todo el que odia a su hermano es homicida; y sabéis que ningún homicida tiene permanente en sí vida eterna. (aiōnios g166)
16 The way that we now know [how to truly] love [our fellow believers is by remembering] that Christ (voluntarily died/gave his life) for us. So, [when our fellow believers need something, we should be willing to help them. We should even be willing to] die for them.
En esto hemos conocido el amor, en que Él puso su vida por nosotros; así nosotros debemos poner nuestras vidas por los hermanos.
17 Many [of us] have the things that are necessary for us to live in this world. If we become aware that any of our fellow believers do not have what they need and [if we] refuse to ([provide for them/give to them what they need]), it is clear that we do not love God [as we claim/say that we do].
Quien tiene bienes de este mundo, y ve a su hermano padecer necesidad y le cierra sus entrañas ¿de qué manera permanece el amor de Dios en él?
18 [I say to] all of you whom I love dearly, let us not merely say [MTY] that [we love our fellow believers!] Let us genuinely/really love them by doing things [to help them]!
Hijitos, no amemos de palabra, y con la lengua, sino de obra y en verdad.
19 When we [truly love our fellow believers], we can be sure that we are [conducting our lives according to] the true message. [As a result], we will not feel guilty/ashamed [when we talk] [MTY] to God.
En esto conoceremos que somos de la verdad, y podremos tener seguridad en nuestro corazón delante de Él,
20 [We can pray confidently], because [although] we might feel guilty/ashamed [about our sins], God is (greater/more worthy to be trusted) than what we feel. He knows everything [about us].
cualquiera sea el reproche que nos haga nuestro corazón, porque Dios es más grande que nuestro corazón y lo sabe todo.
21 Dear friends, when we do not feel guilty [because of our sins], we can pray to God confidently.
Y si el corazón no nos reprocha, carísimos, tenemos plena seguridad delante de Dios;
22 And, when we confidently pray to him and request [something from him], we receive it because we do what he commands [us to do], and because we do what pleases him.
y cuanto pedimos lo recibimos de Él, porque guardamos sus mandamientos y hacemos lo que es agradable en su presencia.
23 [I will tell you] what he commands [us to do]: [We must] believe that Jesus Christ is (his Son/the one who is also God). [We must] also love each other, just like he commanded [us to do].
Y su mandamiento es este: que creamos en el nombre de su Hijo Jesucristo, y nos amemos unos a otros, como Él nos mandó.
24 Those who do what God commands are ones who have a close relationship with God, and God has a close relationship with them. [I will tell you how] we can be sure that God has a close relationship with us: It is because [we have] his Spirit, whom he gave to us, that we can be sure that God has a close relationship with us.
Quien guarda sus mandamientos habita en Dios y Dios en él; y en esto conocemos que Él mora en nosotros: por el Espíritu que nos ha dado.
