1 John 3:1-10

Legacy Standard Bible

Children of God, Love One Another

3 See ^[a](A)how great a love the Father has given to us, that we would be called ^(B)children of God; and we are. For this reason the world does not know us, because ^(C)it did not know Him. ^2 (D)Beloved, now we are ^(E)children of God, and ^(F)it has not been manifested as yet what we will be. We know that when He ^(G)is manifested, we will be ^(H)like Him, because we will ^(I)see Him just as He is. ³ And everyone who has this ^(J)hope fixed on Him ^(K)purifies himself, just as He is pure.

⁴ Everyone who does sin also does lawlessness; and ^(L)sin is lawlessness. ⁵ And you know that He ^(M)was manifested in order to ^(N)take away sins, and ^(O)in Him there is no sin. ⁶ No one who abides in Him ^(P)sins; no one who sins has seen Him or ^[b](Q)has come to know Him. ^7 (R)Little children, let no one ^(S)deceive you. ^(T)The one who does righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous. ⁸ The one who does sin is ^(U)of the devil, because the devil sins from the beginning. ^(V)The Son of God ^(W)was manifested for this purpose, ^(X)to destroy the works of the devil. ⁹ Everyone who has been ^[c](Y)born of God ^(Z)does not sin, because His seed abides in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been ^[d]born of God. ¹⁰ By this the ^(AA)children of God and the ^(AB)children of the devil are manifested: everyone who does not do righteousness is not of God, as well as the one who ^(AC)does not love his ^(AD)brother.