1 John 3
Lexham English Bible
3 See what sort of love the Father has given to us: that we should be called children of God, and we are! Because of this the world does not know us: because it did not know him. 2 Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that whenever he is revealed we will be like him, because we will see him just as he is. 3 And everyone who has this hope in him purifies himself, just as that one is pure.
4 Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness. 5 And you know that that one was revealed in order that he might take away sins, and in him there is no sin. 6 Everyone who resides in him does not sin. Everyone who sins has neither seen him nor known him. 7 Little children, let no one deceive you: the one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as that one is righteous. 8 The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. For this reason the Son of God was revealed: in order to destroy the works of the devil. 9 Everyone who is fathered by God does not practice sin, because his seed resides in him, and he is not able to sin, because he has been fathered by God. 10 By this the children of God and the children of the devil are evident: everyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, namely, the one who does not love his brother.
God is Love, so Love One Another
11 For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning: that we should love one another, 12 not as Cain, who was of the evil one and violently murdered his brother. And for what reason[a] did he violently murder him? Because his deeds were evil and the deeds of his brother were righteous.
13 Do not marvel,[b] brothers, if the world hates you. 14 We know that we have passed over from death to life because we love the brothers. The one who does not love remains in death. 15 Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that every murderer does not have eternal life residing in him. 16 We have come to know love by this: that he[c] laid down his life on behalf of us, and we ought to lay down our lives on behalf of the brothers. 17 But whoever has the world’s material possessions and observes his brother in need[d] and shuts his heart against him, how does the love of God reside in him?
18 Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and truth. 19 By this[e] we know that we are of the truth and will convince our heart before him, 20 that[f] if our heart condemns us, that God is greater than our heart and knows all things. 21 Dear friends, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God, 22 and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what is pleasing in his sight[g]. 23 And this is his commandment: that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he commanded us[h]. 24 And the one who keeps his commandments resides in him, and he in him. And by this we know that he resides in us: by the Spirit whom he has given to us.
Footnotes
- 1 John 3:12 Literally “on account of what”
- 1 John 3:13 Some manuscripts have “And do not marvel”
- 1 John 3:16 Literally “that one” (referring to Jesus Christ)
- 1 John 3:17 Literally “having need”
- 1 John 3:19 Some manuscripts have “And by this”
- 1 John 3:20 Or “because”
- 1 John 3:22 Literally “in the sight of him”
- 1 John 3:23 Literally “he gave us commandment”
1 Juan 3
Dios Habla Hoy
3 Miren cuánto nos ama Dios el Padre, que se nos puede llamar hijos de Dios, y lo somos. Por eso, los que son del mundo no nos conocen, pues no han conocido a Dios. 2 Queridos hermanos, ya somos hijos de Dios. Y aunque no se ve todavía lo que seremos después, sabemos que cuando Jesucristo aparezca seremos como él, porque lo veremos tal como es. 3 Y todo el que tiene esta esperanza en él, se purifica a sí mismo, de la misma manera que Jesucristo es puro.
4 Pero todo el que peca, hace maldad; porque el pecado es la maldad. 5 Ustedes ya saben que Jesucristo vino al mundo para quitar los pecados, y que él no tiene pecado alguno. 6 Así pues, todo el que permanece unido a él, no sigue pecando; pero todo el que peca, no lo ha visto ni lo ha conocido. 7 Hijitos míos, que nadie los engañe: el que practica la justicia es justo, como él es justo; 8 pero el que practica el pecado es del diablo, porque el diablo peca desde el principio. Precisamente para esto ha venido el Hijo de Dios: para deshacer lo hecho por el diablo.
9 Ninguno que sea hijo de Dios practica el pecado, porque tiene en sí mismo el germen de la vida de Dios; y no puede seguir pecando porque es hijo de Dios. 10 Se sabe quiénes son hijos de Dios y quiénes son hijos del diablo, porque cualquiera que no hace el bien o no ama a su hermano, no es de Dios.
2. El mandamiento del amor
11 Éste es el mensaje que han oído ustedes desde el principio: que nos amemos unos a otros. 12 No seamos como Caín, que era del maligno y mató a su hermano. ¿Y por qué lo mató? Pues porque los hechos de Caín eran malos, y los de su hermano, buenos.
13 Hermanos míos, no se extrañen si los que son del mundo los odian. 14 Nosotros hemos pasado de la muerte a la vida, y lo sabemos porque amamos a nuestros hermanos. El que no ama, aún está muerto. 15 Todo el que odia a su hermano es un asesino, y ustedes saben que ningún asesino puede tener vida eterna en sí mismo. 16 Conocemos lo que es el amor porque Jesucristo dio su vida por nosotros; así también, nosotros debemos dar la vida por nuestros hermanos. 17 Pues si uno es rico y ve que su hermano necesita ayuda, pero no se la da, ¿cómo puede tener amor de Dios en su corazón? 18 Hijitos míos, que nuestro amor no sea solamente de palabra, sino que se demuestre con hechos.
19 De esta manera sabremos que somos de la verdad, y podremos sentirnos seguros delante de Dios; 20 pues si nuestro corazón nos acusa de algo, Dios es más grande que nuestro corazón, y lo sabe todo. 21 Queridos hermanos, si nuestro corazón no nos acusa, tenemos confianza delante de Dios; 22 y él nos dará todo lo que le pidamos, porque obedecemos sus mandamientos y hacemos lo que le agrada. 23 Y su mandamiento es que creamos en su Hijo Jesucristo, y que nos amemos unos a otros como él nos mandó. 24 Los que obedecen sus mandamientos viven en él, y él vive en ellos. Y en esto sabemos que él vive en nosotros: por el Espíritu que nos ha dado.
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