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1 John 3:9-11
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1 John 3:9-11
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9 Those who are God’s children do not continue to sin, because the new life God gave them[a] stays in them. They cannot keep sinning, because they have become children of God. 10 So we can see who God’s children are and who the devil’s children are. These are the ones who are not God’s children: those who don’t do what is right and those who do not love their brothers and sisters in God’s family.
We Must Love One Another
11 This is the teaching you have heard from the beginning: We must love each other.
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- 1 John 3:9 the new life God gave them Literally, “his seed.”
1 John 3:9-11
New International Version
1 John 3:9-11
New International Version
9 No one who is born of God(A) will continue to sin,(B) because God’s seed(C) remains in them; they cannot go on sinning, because they have been born of God. 10 This is how we know who the children of God(D) are and who the children of the devil(E) are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not God’s child, nor is anyone who does not love(F) their brother and sister.(G)
More on Love and Hatred
11 For this is the message you heard(H) from the beginning:(I) We should love one another.(J)
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