Iohannis I 3
1 Videte qualem charitatem dedit nobis Pater, ut filii Dei nominemur et simus. Propter hoc mundus non novit nos: quia non novit eum.
See what kind of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God; and we are. For this reason the world does not know us, because it did not know him.
2 Charissimi, nunc filii Dei sumus: et nondum apparuit quid erimus. Scimus quoniam cum apparuerit, similes ei erimus: quoniam videbimus eum sicuti est.
Beloved, now we are children of God, and it is not yet revealed what we will be. We know that, when he is revealed, we will be like him; for we will see him just as he is.
3 Et omnis, qui habet hanc spem in eo, sanctificat se, sicut et ille sanctus est.
Everyone who has this hope set on him purifies himself, even as he is pure.
4 Omnis, qui facit peccatum, et iniquitatem facit: et peccatum est iniquitas.
Everyone who sins also commits lawlessness. Sin is lawlessness.
5 Et scitis quia ille apparuit ut peccata nostra tolleret: et peccatum in eo non est.
You know that he was revealed to take away sins, and in him is no sin.
6 Omnis, qui in eo manet, non peccat: et omnis, qui peccat, non vidit eum, nec cognovit eum.
Whoever remains in him does not sin. Whoever sins hasn't seen him, neither knows him.
7 Filioli, nemo vos seducat. Qui facit iustitiam, iustus est: sicut et ille iustus est.
Children, let no one lead you astray. He who does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
8 Qui facit peccatum, ex diabolo est: quoniam ab initio diabolus peccat. In hoc apparuit Filius Dei, ut dissolvat opera diaboli.
He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. To this end the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the devil.
9 Omnis, qui natus est ex Deo, peccatum non facit: quoniam semen ipsius in eo manet, et non potest peccare, quoniam ex Deo natus est.
Whoever is born of God does not commit sin, because his seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
10 In hoc manifesti sunt filii Dei, et filii diaboli. Omnis qui non est iustus, non est ex Deo, et qui non diligit fratrem suum:
In this the children of God are revealed, and the children of the devil. Whoever does not do righteousness is not of God, neither is he who does not love his brother.
11 quoniam haec est annunciatio, quam audistis ab initio, ut diligatis alterutrum.
For this is the message which you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another;
12 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.
unlike Cain, who was of the evil one, and killed his brother. Why did he kill him? Because his works were evil, and his brother's righteous.
13 Nolite mirari fratres, si odit vos mundus.
Therefore do not be surprised, brothers, if the world hates you.
14 Nos scimus quoniam translati sumus de morte ad vitam, quoniam diligimus fratres. Qui non diligit, manet in morte:
We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. He who does not love remains in death.
15 omnis, qui odit fratrem suum, homicida est. Et scitis quoniam omnis homicida non habet vitam aeternam in semetipso manentem. (aiōnios g166)
Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has everlasting life remaining in him. (aiōnios g166)
16 In hoc cognovimus charitatem Dei, quoniam ille animam suam pro nobis posuit: et nos debemus pro fratribus animas ponere.
By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
17 Qui habuerit substantiam huius mundi, et viderit fratrem suum necessitatem habere, et clauserit viscera sua ab eo: quomodo charitas Dei manet in eo?
But whoever has the world's goods, and sees his brother in need, and closes his heart of compassion against him, how does the love of God remain in him?
18 Filioli mei, non diligamus verbo, neque lingua, sed opere et veritate.
Little children, let us not love in word only, neither with the tongue only, but in deed and truth.
19 in hoc cognoscimus quoniam ex veritate sumus: et in conspectu eius suadebimus corda nostra.
And by this we will know that we are of the truth, and persuade our heart before him,
20 Quoniam si reprehenderit nos cor nostrum: maior est Deus corde nostro, et novit omnia.
because if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.
21 Charissimi, si cor nostrum non reprehenderit nos, fiduciam habemus ad Deum:
Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God;
22 et quidquid petierimus, accipiemus ab eo: quoniam mandata eius custodimus, et ea, quae sunt placita coram eo, facimus.
and whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.
23 Et hoc est mandatum eius: Ut credamus in nomine Filii eius Iesu Christi: et diligamus alterutrum, sicut dedit mandatum nobis.
This is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, even as he commanded us.
24 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.
He who keeps his commandments remains in him, and he in him. By this we know that he remains in us, by the Spirit which he gave us.
