1 John 3

¹²But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God—

²⁶You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.

¹⁸And: “I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”

⁵to redeem those under the law, that we might receive our adoption as sons.

⁶And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!”

¹⁶For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

²⁵Righteous Father, although the world has not known You, I know You, and they know that You sent Me.

²¹who, by the power that enables Him to subject all things to Himself, will transform our lowly bodies to be like His glorious body.

⁴When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.

¹²Now we see but a dim reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

¹⁸And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into His image with intensifying glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.

¹⁵As for me, I will behold Your face in righteousness; when I awake, I will be satisfied in Your presence.

⁴⁹And just as we have borne the likeness of the earthly man, so also shall we bear the likeness of the heavenly man.

¹Therefore, beloved, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles body and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

⁶Whoever claims to abide in Him must walk as Jesus walked.

¹⁴Therefore, beloved, as you anticipate these things, make every effort to be found at peace—spotless and blameless in His sight.

⁴⁸Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

¹⁴Pursue peace with everyone, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.

²⁶Such a high priest truly befits us—One who is holy, innocent, undefiled, set apart from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.

¹⁷All unrighteousness is sin, yet there is sin that does not lead to death.

²⁰Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law. For the law merely brings awareness of sin.

¹⁵because the law brings wrath. And where there is no law, there is no transgression.

³¹He shall certainly be cut off, because he has despised the word of the Lord and broken His commandment; his guilt remains on him.”

⁸The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the very start. This is why the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the devil.

⁹Anyone born of God refuses to practice sin, because God’s seed abides in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God.

²¹I am afraid that when I come again, my God will humble me before you, and I will be grieved over many who have sinned earlier and have not repented of their acts of impurity, sexual immorality, and debauchery.

²¹God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.

²⁸so also Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many; and He will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who eagerly await Him.

²⁴He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”

¹⁸For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,

²⁶Otherwise, Christ would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of Himself.

⁹This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him.

¹⁰And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.

¹¹Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not seen God.

⁴If anyone says, “I know Him,” but does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

⁹Anyone born of God refuses to practice sin, because God’s seed abides in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God.

⁸Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.

⁴Remain in Me, and I will remain in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in Me.

⁵I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing.

¹⁸We know that anyone born of God does not keep on sinning; the One who was born of God protects him, and the evil one cannot touch him.

²⁹If you know that He is righteous, you also know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of Him.

¹³For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but it is the doers of the law who will be declared righteous.

¹⁵But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do,

¹⁶for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”

³And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as Christ is pure.

²⁶I have written these things to you about those who are trying to deceive you.

⁷You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you above your companions with the oil of joy.

¹⁴Now since the children have flesh and blood, He too shared in their humanity, so that by His death He might destroy him who holds the power of death, that is, the devil,

⁴⁴You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

¹⁵And having disarmed the powers and authorities, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.

¹¹and in regard to judgment, because the prince of this world has been condemned.

³¹Now judgment is upon this world; now the prince of this world will be cast out.

²⁰The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

¹⁸We know that anyone born of God does not keep on sinning; the One who was born of God protects him, and the evil one cannot touch him.

²³For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.

¹³children born not of blood, nor of the desire or will of man, but born of God.

¹Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father also loves those born of Him.

²⁹If you know that He is righteous, you also know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of Him.

¹⁸A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit.

⁸Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.

¹¹Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not seen God.

²¹And we have this commandment from Him: Whoever loves God must love his brother as well.

³⁸The field is the world, and the good seed represents the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one,

⁴⁴You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

³⁵But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.

¹²This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.

⁵And now I urge you, dear lady—not as a new commandment to you, but one we have had from the beginning—that we love one another.

⁷Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

³⁴A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another.

³⁵By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another.”

⁸Finally, all of you, be like-minded and sympathetic, love as brothers, be tenderhearted and humble.

²¹And we have this commandment from Him: Whoever loves God must love his brother as well.

⁴By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous when God gave approval to his gifts. And by faith he still speaks, even though he is dead.

⁴while Abel brought the best portions of the firstborn of his flock. And the Lord looked with favor on Abel and his offering,

⁵but He had no regard for Cain and his offering. So Cain became very angry, and his countenance fell.

²⁷An unjust man is detestable to the righteous, and one whose way is upright is detestable to the wicked.

²⁵And Adam again had relations with his wife, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, saying, “God has granted me another seed in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.”

¹¹Woe to them! They have traveled the path of Cain; they have rushed for profit into the error of Balaam; they have perished in Korah’s rebellion.

¹⁰Men of bloodshed hate a blameless man, but the upright care for his life.

¹⁸If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first.

¹⁹If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.

¹⁴I have given them Your word and the world has hated them. For they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.

¹⁷And you will be hated by everyone because of My name.

¹²Indeed, all who desire to live godly lives in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,

²²Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil because of the Son of Man.

¹³You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.

²By this we know that we love the children of God: when we love God and keep His commandments.

³⁵By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another.”

²⁴Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment. Indeed, he has crossed over from death to life.

²⁰If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.

²¹And we have this commandment from Him: Whoever loves God must love his brother as well.

⁹Now about brotherly love, you do not need anyone to write to you, because you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another.

⁷Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

⁸Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.

²¹You have heard that it was said to the ancients, ‘Do not murder’ and ‘Anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.’

²²But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, ‘Raca,’ will be subject to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be subject to the fire of hell.

⁸But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”

²⁴A hateful man disguises himself with his speech, but he lays up deceit in his heart.

²⁵When he speaks graciously, do not believe him, for seven abominations fill his heart.

⁴⁴You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

¹⁶You must not go about spreading slander among your people. You must not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am the Lord.

¹⁷You must not harbor hatred against your brother in your heart. Directly rebuke your neighbor, so that you will not incur guilt on account of him.

¹⁴They went to the chief priests and elders and said, “We have bound ourselves with a solemn oath not to eat anything until we have killed Paul.

⁹This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him.

¹⁰And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.

²and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.

³⁴A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another.

¹⁶For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

⁸But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

¹²This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.

¹³Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.

¹⁶And do not neglect to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.

⁷Isn’t it to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your home, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?

⁸Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will come quickly. Your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard.

⁷If there is a poor man among your brothers within any of the gates in the land that the Lord your God is giving you, then you are not to harden your heart or shut your hand from your poor brother.

⁸Instead, you are to open your hand to him and freely loan him whatever he needs.

²⁰If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.

¹⁷Kindness to the poor is a loan to the Lord, and He will repay the lender.

¹¹John replied, “Whoever has two tunics should share with him who has none, and whoever has food should do the same.”

¹⁵Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food.

¹⁶If one of you tells him, “Go in peace; stay warm and well fed,” but does not provide for his physical needs, what good is that?

⁹Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good.

²²Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart.

¹³For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love.

⁴Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.

⁵It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs.

¹Brothers, if someone is caught in a trespass, you who are spiritual should restore him with a spirit of gentleness. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted.

²Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.

²²let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

²¹Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God,

¹⁷The work of righteousness will be peace; the service of righteousness will be quiet confidence forever.

¹⁰For God is not unjust. He will not forget your work and the love you have shown for His name as you have ministered to the saints and continue to do so.

¹¹We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, in order to make your hope sure.

³⁷“Then You are a king!” Pilate said. “You say that I am a king,” Jesus answered. “For this reason I was born and have come into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to My voice.”

¹²For this reason, even though I suffer as I do, I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him for that day.

¹For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O Lord, You have searched me and known me.

²You know when I sit and when I rise; You understand my thoughts from afar.

¹⁰I, the Lord, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.

¹³Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.

⁴My conscience is clear, but that does not vindicate me. It is the Lord who judges me.

⁴You, little children, are from God and have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.

²⁴“Can a man hide in secret places where I cannot see him?” declares the Lord. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” declares the Lord.

²⁸And now, little children, remain in Christ, so that when He appears, we may be confident and unashamed before Him at His coming.

¹⁶Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

¹²For this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in relation to you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God—not in worldly wisdom, but in the grace of God.

²I will ponder the way that is blameless—when will You come to me? I will walk in my house with integrity of heart.

³O Lord my God, if I have done this, if injustice is on my hands,

⁴if I have rewarded my ally with evil, if I have plundered my foe without cause,

¹⁴And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.

⁷If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

³¹We know that God does not listen to sinners, but He does listen to the one who worships Him and does His will.

²²If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”

¹⁴And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.

²⁴Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

²³In that day you will no longer ask Me anything. Truly, truly, I tell you, whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.

²⁴Until now you have not asked for anything in My name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.

²⁹Jesus replied, “The work of God is this: to believe in the One He has sent.”

³⁴A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another.

²²Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart.

¹²This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.

⁸Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.

¹¹This is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another.

¹⁶Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?

¹⁵If anyone confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.

¹⁶And we have come to know and believe the love that God has for us. God is love; whoever abides in love abides in God, and God in him.

¹²No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us.

¹³By this we know that we remain in Him, and He in us: He has given us of His Spirit.

¹⁹Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;

¹⁴Guard the treasure entrusted to you, with the help of the Holy Spirit who dwells in us.

⁶Whoever claims to abide in Him must walk as Jesus walked.