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1 Johannesbrevet 3
Svenska Folkbibeln
1 Johannesbrevet 3
Svenska Folkbibeln
Guds barn
3 Se, vilken kärlek Fadern har skänkt oss: att vi får kallas Guds barn, och det är vi också. Världen känner oss inte, därför att den inte har lärt känna honom. 2 Mina älskade, vi är nu Guds barn, och vad vi skall bli är ännu inte uppenbarat. Men vi vet att när han uppenbaras, kommer vi att bli lika honom, ty då får vi se honom sådan han är. 3 Och var och en som har detta hopp till honom renar sig, liksom han är ren.
4 Var och en som gör synd bryter mot lagen, ty synd är brott mot lagen. 5 Och ni vet att han uppenbarades för att ta bort synderna, och synd finns inte i honom. 6 Den som förblir i honom syndar inte. Den som syndar har inte sett honom och känner honom inte.
7 Kära barn, låt ingen föra er vilse. Den som gör det rätta är rättfärdig liksom han är rättfärdig. 8 Den som gör synd är av djävulen, ty djävulen har syndat ända från begynnelsen. Och Guds Son uppenbarades för att han skulle göra slut på djävulens gärningar. 9 Den som är född av Gud gör inte synd, ty Guds säd förblir i honom. Han kan inte synda, eftersom han är född av Gud. 10 På samma sätt är det uppenbart vilka som är Guds barn och vilka som är djävulens barn: den som inte gör det rätta, är inte av Gud, ej heller den som inte älskar sin broder.
11 Ty detta är det bud som ni har hört från början, att vi skall älska varandra 12 och inte likna Kain, som var den ondes barn och mördade sin bror. Och varför mördade Kain honom? Jo, därför att hans gärningar var onda men hans brors var rättfärdiga. 13 Bröder, var inte förvånade över att världen hatar er. 14 Vi vet att vi har gått över från döden till livet, ty vi älskar bröderna. Den som inte älskar blir kvar i döden. 15 Den som hatar sin broder är en mördare, och ni vet att ingen mördare har evigt liv i sig. 16 Genom att han gav sitt liv för oss har vi lärt känna kärleken. Så är också vi skyldiga att ge vårt liv för våra bröder. 17 Om någon har denna världens tillgångar och ser sin broder lida nöd men stänger sitt hjärta för honom, hur kan då Guds kärlek förbli i honom?
18 Kära barn, låt oss älska, inte med ord eller fraser utan i handling och sanning. 19 Då vet vi att vi är av sanningen, och vi kan inför honom övertyga vårt hjärta, 20 vad det än anklagar oss för, att Gud är större än vårt hjärta och vet allt. 21 Mina älskade, om hjärtat inte anklagar oss är vi frimodiga inför Gud, 22 och vad vi än ber om, det får vi av honom, ty vi håller hans bud och gör det som gläder honom. 23 Och detta är hans bud, att vi skall tro på hans Son Jesu Kristi namn och älska varandra så som han har befallt oss. 24 Den som håller fast vid hans budskap förblir i Gud och Gud i honom. Och att Gud förblir i oss, det vet vi av Anden som han gav oss.
1 John 3
New International Version
1 John 3
New International Version
3 See what great love(A) the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God!(B) And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.(C) 2 Dear friends,(D) now we are children of God,(E) and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears,[a](F) we shall be like him,(G) for we shall see him as he is.(H) 3 All who have this hope in him purify themselves,(I) just as he is pure.(J)
4 Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness.(K) 5 But you know that he appeared so that he might take away our sins.(L) And in him is no sin.(M) 6 No one who lives in him keeps on sinning.(N) No one who continues to sin has either seen him(O) or known him.(P)
7 Dear children,(Q) do not let anyone lead you astray.(R) The one who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous.(S) 8 The one who does what is sinful is of the devil,(T) because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God(U) appeared was to destroy the devil’s work.(V) 9 No one who is born of God(W) will continue to sin,(X) because God’s seed(Y) 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(Z) are and who the children of the devil(AA) are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not God’s child, nor is anyone who does not love(AB) their brother and sister.(AC)
More on Love and Hatred
11 For this is the message you heard(AD) from the beginning:(AE) We should love one another.(AF) 12 Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one(AG) and murdered his brother.(AH) And why did he murder him? Because his own actions were evil and his brother’s were righteous.(AI) 13 Do not be surprised, my brothers and sisters,[b] if the world hates you.(AJ) 14 We know that we have passed from death to life,(AK) because we love each other. Anyone who does not love remains in death.(AL) 15 Anyone who hates a brother or sister(AM) is a murderer,(AN) and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing in him.(AO)
16 This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us.(AP) And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.(AQ) 17 If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them,(AR) how can the love of God be in that person?(AS) 18 Dear children,(AT) let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.(AU)
19 This is how we know that we belong to the truth and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence: 20 If our hearts condemn us, we know that God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything. 21 Dear friends,(AV) if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God(AW) 22 and receive from him anything we ask,(AX) because we keep his commands(AY) and do what pleases him.(AZ) 23 And this is his command: to believe(BA) in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ,(BB) and to love one another as he commanded us.(BC) 24 The one who keeps God’s commands(BD) lives in him,(BE) and he in them. And this is how we know that he lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he gave us.(BF)
Footnotes
- 1 John 3:2 Or when it is made known
- 1 John 3:13 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in verse 16.
1 John 3
English Standard Version
1 John 3
English Standard Version
3 See (A)what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called (B)children of God; and so we are. The reason why (C)the world does not know us is that (D)it did not know him. 2 Beloved, we are (E)God's children (F)now, and what we will be (G)has not yet appeared; but we know that (H)when he appears[a] (I)we shall be like him, because (J)we shall see him as he is. 3 And everyone who (K)thus hopes in him (L)purifies himself as he is pure.
4 Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; (M)sin is lawlessness. 5 You know that (N)he appeared in order to (O)take away sins, and (P)in him there is no sin. 6 No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; (Q)no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him. 7 Little children, (R)let no one deceive you. (S)Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous. 8 (T)Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was (U)to destroy the works of the devil. 9 (V)No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God's[b] seed abides in him; and he cannot keep on sinning, because he has been born of God. 10 By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, (W)nor is the one who (X)does not love his brother.
Love One Another
11 For (Y)this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, (Z)that we should love one another. 12 We should not be like (AA)Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? (AB)Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's righteous. 13 Do not be surprised, brothers,[c] (AC)that the world hates you. 14 We know that (AD)we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love abides in death. 15 (AE)Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that (AF)no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.
16 By this we know love, that (AG)he laid down his life for us, and (AH)we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. 17 But (AI)if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet (AJ)closes his heart against him, (AK)how does God's love abide in him? 18 Little children, let us not (AL)love in word or talk but in deed and (AM)in truth.
19 By this we shall know that we are of the truth and reassure our heart before him; 20 for whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything. 21 Beloved, (AN)if our heart does not condemn us, (AO)we have confidence before God; 22 and (AP)whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and (AQ)do what pleases him. 23 And this is his commandment, (AR)that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and (AS)love one another, (AT)just as he has commanded us. 24 (AU)Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God,[d] and God[e] in him. And (AV)by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us.
Footnotes
- 1 John 3:2 Or when it appears
- 1 John 3:9 Greek his
- 1 John 3:13 Or brothers and sisters. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, the plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) may refer either to brothers or to brothers and sisters; also verses 14, 16
- 1 John 3:24 Greek him
- 1 John 3:24 Greek he
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