1 John 3
1 Se ye what maner charite the fadir yaf to vs, that we be named the sones of God, and ben hise sones. For this thing the world knewe not vs, for it knew not hym.
See what great love the Father has given us in naming us the children of God; and such we are. For this reason the world does not see who we are, because it did not see who he was.
2 Moost dere britheren, now we ben the sones of God, and yit it apperide not, what we schulen be. We witen, that whanne he schal appere, we schulen be lijk hym, for we schulen se hym as he is.
My loved ones, now we are children of God, and at present it is not clear what we are to be. We are certain that at his revelation we will be like him; for we will see him as he is.
3 And ech man that hath this hope in hym, makith hym silf hooli, as he is hooli.
And everyone who has this hope in him makes himself holy, even as he is holy.
4 Ech man that doith synne, doith also wickidnesse, and synne is wickidnesse.
Everyone who is a sinner goes against the law, for sin is going against the law.
5 And ye witen, that he apperide to do awei synnes, and synne is not in hym.
And you have knowledge that he came to take away sin: and in him there is no sin.
6 Ech man that dwellith in hym, synneth not; and ech that synneth, seeth not hym, nether knew hym.
Anyone who is in him does no sin; anyone who is a sinner has not seen him and has no knowledge of him.
7 Litle sones, no man disseyue you; he that doith riytwysnesse, is iust, as also he is iust.
My little children, let no man take you out of the true way: he who does righteousness is upright, even as he is upright;
8 He that doith synne, is of the deuel; for the deuel synneth fro the bigynnyng. In this thing the sone of God apperide, that he vndo the werkis of the deuel.
The sinner is a child of the Evil One; for the Evil One has been a sinner from the first. And the Son of God was seen on earth so that he might put an end to the works of the Evil One.
9 Ech man that is borun of God, doith not synne; for the seed of God dwellith in hym, and he may not do synne, for he is borun of God.
Anyone who is a child of God does no sin, because he still has God's seed in him; he is not able to be a sinner, because God is his Father.
10 In this thing the sones of God ben knowun, and the sones of the feend. Ech man that is not iust, is not of God, and he that loueth not his brothir.
In this way it is clear who are the children of God and who are the children of the Evil One; anyone who does not do righteousness or who has no love for his brother, is not a child of God.
11 For this is the tellyng, that ye herden at the bigynnyng, that ye loue ech othere;
Because this is the word which was given to you from the first, that we are to have love for one another;
12 not as Caym, that was of the yuele, and slouy his brother. And for what thing slouy he him? for hise werkis weren yuele, and hise brotheris iust.
Not being of the Evil One like Cain, who put his brother to death. And why did he put him to death? Because his works were evil and his brother's works were good.
13 Britheren, nyle ye wondre, if the world hatith you.
Do not be surprised, my brothers, if the world has no love for you.
14 We witen, that we ben translatid fro deeth to lijf, for we louen britheren. He that loueth not, dwellith in deth.
We are conscious that we have come out of death into life because of our love for the brothers. He who has no love is still in death.
15 Ech man that hatith his brother, is a man sleere; and ye witen, that ech mansleere hath not euerlastinge lijf dwellinge in hym. (aiōnios g166)
Anyone who has hate for his brother is a taker of life, and you may be certain that no taker of life has eternal life in him. (aiōnios g166)
16 In this thing we han knowe the charite of God, for he puttide his lijf for vs, and we owen to putte oure lyues for oure britheren.
In this we see what love is, because he gave his life for us; and it is right for us to give our lives for the brothers.
17 He that hath the catel of this world, and seeth that his brothir hath nede, and closith his entrailis fro hym, hou dwellith the charite of God in hym?
But if a man has this world's goods, and sees that his brother is in need, and keeps his heart shut against his brother, how is it possible for the love of God to be in him?
18 Mi litle sones, loue we not in word, nethir in tunge, but in werk and treuthe.
My little children, do not let our love be in word and in tongue, but let it be in act and in good faith.
19 In this thing we knowen, that we ben of treuthe, and in his siyt we monesten oure hertis.
In this way we may be certain that we are true, and may give our heart comfort before him,
20 For if oure herte repreueth vs, God is more than oure hert, and knowith alle thingis.
When our heart says that we have done wrong; because God is greater than our heart, and has knowledge of all things.
21 Moost dere britheren, if oure herte repreueth not vs, we han trust to God;
My loved ones, if our heart does not say that we have done wrong, we have no fear before him;
22 and what euer we schulen axe, we schulen resseyue of hym, for we kepen hise comaundementis, and we don tho thingis that ben plesaunt bifor hym.
And he gives us all our requests, because we keep his laws and do the things which are pleasing in his eyes.
23 And this is the comaundement of God, that we bileue in the name of his sone Jhesu Crist, and that we loue ech othere, as he yaf heeste to vs.
And this is his law, that we have faith in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love for one another, even as he said to us.
24 And he that kepith hise comaundementis, dwellith in hym, and he in hym. And in this thing we witen, that he dwellith in vs, bi the spirit, whom he yaf to vs.
He who keeps his laws is in God and God is in him. And the Spirit which he gave us is our witness that he is in us.
