1 John 3
1 See what marvellous love the Father has bestowed upon us--that we should be called God's children: and that is what we are. For this reason the world does not recognize us--because it has not known Him.
Videte qualem charitatem dedit nobis Pater, ut filii Dei nominemur et simus. Propter hoc mundus non novit nos: quia non novit eum.
2 Dear friends, we are now God's children, but what we are to be in the future has not yet been fully revealed. We know that if Christ reappears we shall be like Him, because we shall see Him as He is.
Charissimi, nunc filii Dei sumus: et nondum apparuit quid erimus. Scimus quoniam cum apparuerit, similes ei erimus: quoniam videbimus eum sicuti est.
3 And every man who has this hope fixed on Him, purifies himself so as to be as pure as He is.
Et omnis, qui habet hanc spem in eo, sanctificat se, sicut et ille sanctus est.
4 Every one who is guilty of sin is also guilty of violating Law; for sin is the violation of Law.
Omnis, qui facit peccatum, et iniquitatem facit: et peccatum est iniquitas.
5 And you know that He appeared in order to take away sins; and in Him there is no sin.
Et scitis quia ille apparuit ut peccata nostra tolleret: et peccatum in eo non est.
6 No one who continues in union with Him lives in sin: no one who lives in sin has seen Him or knows Him.
Omnis, qui in eo manet, non peccat: et omnis, qui peccat, non vidit eum, nec cognovit eum.
7 Dear children, let no one lead you astray. The man who acts righteously is righteous, just as He is righteous.
Filioli, nemo vos seducat. Qui facit iustitiam, iustus est: sicut et ille iustus est.
8 He who is habitually guilty of sin is a child of the Devil, because the Devil has been a sinner from the very beginning. The Son of God appeared for the purpose of undoing the work of the Devil.
Qui facit peccatum, ex diabolo est: quoniam ab initio diabolus peccat. In hoc apparuit Filius Dei, ut dissolvat opera diaboli.
9 No one who is a child of God is habitually guilty of sin. A God-given germ of life remains in him, and he cannot habitually sin--because he is a child of God.
Omnis, qui natus est ex Deo, peccatum non facit: quoniam semen ipsius in eo manet, et non potest peccare, quoniam ex Deo natus est.
10 By this we can distinguish God's children and the Devil's children: no one who fails to act righteously is a child of God, nor he who does not love his brother man.
In hoc manifesti sunt filii Dei, et filii diaboli. Omnis qui non est iustus, non est ex Deo, et qui non diligit fratrem suum:
11 For this is the Message you have heard from the beginning--that we are to love one another.
quoniam hæc est annunciatio, quam audistis ab initio, ut diligatis alterutrum.
12 We are not to resemble Cain, who was a child of the Evil one and killed his own brother. And why did he kill him? Because his own actions were wicked and his brother's actions righteous.
Non sicut Cain, qui ex maligno erat, et occidit fratrem suum. Et propter quid occidit eum? Quoniam opera eius maligna erant: fratris autem eius, iusta.
13 Do not be surprised, brethren, if the world hates you.
Nolite mirari fratres, si odit vos mundus.
14 As for us, we know that we have already passed out of death into Life--because we love our brother men. He who is destitute of love continues dead.
Nos scimus quoniam translati sumus de morte ad vitam, quoniam diligimus fratres. Qui non diligit, manet in morte:
15 Every one who hates his brother man is a murderer; and you know that no murderer has the Life of the Ages continuing in him. (aiōnios g166)
omnis, qui odit fratrem suum, homicida est. Et scitis quoniam omnis homicida non habet vitam æternam in semetipso manentem. (aiōnios g166)
16 We know what love is--through Christ's having laid down His life on our behalf; and in the same way we ought to lay down our lives for our brother men.
In hoc cognovimus charitatem Dei, quoniam ille animam suam pro nobis posuit: et nos debemus pro fratribus animas ponere.
17 But if any one has this world's wealth and sees that his brother man is in need, and yet hardens his heart against him--how can such a one continue to love God?
Qui habuerit substantiam huius mundi, et viderit fratrem suum necessitatem habere, et clauserit viscera sua ab eo: quomodo charitas Dei manet in eo?
18 Dear children, let us not love in words only nor with the lips, but in deed and in truth.
Filioli mei, non diligamus verbo, neque lingua, sed opere et veritate.
19 And in this way we shall come to know that we are loyal to the truth, and shall satisfy our consciences in His presence
in hoc cognoscimus quoniam ex veritate sumus: et in conspectu eius suadebimus corda nostra.
20 in whatever matters our hearts condemn us--because God is greater than our hearts and knows everything.
Quoniam si reprehenderit nos cor nostrum: maior est Deus corde nostro, et novit omnia.
21 Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have perfect confidence towards God;
Charissimi, si cor nostrum non reprehenderit nos, fiduciam habemus ad Deum:
22 and whatever we ask for we obtain from Him, because we obey His commands and do the things which are pleasing in His sight.
et quidquid petierimus, accipiemus ab eo: quoniam mandata eius custodimus, et ea, quæ sunt placita coram eo, facimus.
23 And this is His command--that we are to believe in His Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as He has commanded us to do.
Et hoc est mandatum eius: Ut credamus in nomine Filii eius Iesu Christi: et diligamus alterutrum, sicut dedit mandatum nobis.
24 The man who obeys His commands continues in union with God, and God continues in union with him; and through His Spirit whom He has given us we can know that He continues in union with us.
Et qui servat mandata eius, in illo manet, et ipse in eo: et in hoc scimus quoniam manet in nobis de Spiritu, quem dedit nobis.
