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1 John 3
King James Version
1 John 3
King James Version
3 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
5 And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.
6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.
7 Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
11 For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
12 Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.
13 Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
14 We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.
15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
16 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
17 But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
19 And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.
20 For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.
21 Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.
22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
23 And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.
24 And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.
1 John 3
New King James Version
1 John 3
New King James Version
The Command to Love
3 Behold (A)what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that (B)we should be called children of [a]God! Therefore the world does not know [b]us, (C)because it did not know Him. 2 Beloved, (D)now we are children of God; and (E)it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, (F)we shall be like Him, for (G)we shall see Him as He is. 3 (H)And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.
Sin and the Child of God
4 Whoever commits sin also commits lawlessness, and (I)sin is lawlessness. 5 And you know (J)that He was manifested (K)to take away our sins, and (L)in Him there is no sin. 6 Whoever abides in Him does not sin. Whoever sins has neither seen Him nor known Him.
7 Little children, let no one deceive you. He who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous. 8 (M)He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, (N)that He might destroy the works of the devil. 9 Whoever has been (O)born of God does not sin, for (P)His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God.
The Imperative of Love(Q)
10 In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: Whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is he who does not love his brother. 11 For this is the message that you heard from the beginning, (R)that we should love one another, 12 not as (S)Cain who was of the wicked one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his works were evil and his brother’s righteous.
13 Do not marvel, my brethren, if (T)the world hates you. 14 We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love [c]his brother abides in death. 15 (U)Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that (V)no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.
The Outworking of Love
16 (W)By this we know love, (X)because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. 17 But (Y)whoever has this world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him?
18 My little children, (Z)let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth. 19 And by this we [d]know (AA)that we are of the truth, and shall [e]assure our hearts before Him. 20 (AB)For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things. 21 Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, (AC)we have confidence toward God. 22 And (AD)whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments (AE)and do those things that are pleasing in His sight. 23 And this is His commandment: that we should believe on the name of His Son Jesus Christ (AF)and love one another, as He gave [f]us commandment.
The Spirit of Truth and the Spirit of Error
24 Now (AG)he who keeps His commandments (AH)abides in Him, and He in him. And (AI)by this we know that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us.
Footnotes
- 1 John 3:1 NU adds And we are.
- 1 John 3:1 M you
- 1 John 3:14 NU omits his brother
- 1 John 3:19 NU shall know
- 1 John 3:19 persuade, set at rest
- 1 John 3:23 M omits us
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 JUAN 3
Cakchiquel Occidental
1 JUAN 3
Cakchiquel Occidental
Ri rubanic ri quicˈaslen ri ye ralcˈual chic ri Dios
3 Can tichˈoboˈ cˈa chi utz ri nimalaj ajowabel ri cˈo riqˈui ri Dios Tataˈixel, ruma sibilaj yojrajoˈ, y rumariˈ tek kabiniˈan chi yoj ralcˈual ri Dios. Rumacˈariˈ ri winek ri xa riqˈui re ruwachˈulef quicukuban wi quicˈuˈx, ma quetaman ta kawech chi yoj ralcˈual chic ri Dios, ruma riyeˈ ma quetaman ta ruwech ri Dios. 2 Wachˈalal ri sibilaj yixinwajoˈ, wacami yoj ralcˈual chic ri Dios. Xa yacˈa chi ma jane nikˈalajin ta ri kas mero kabanic ri xtibekabanaˈ re chkawech apo, pero ketaman chi tek xtipe chic jun bey ri Jesucristo, can xkoj‑oc achiˈel Riyaˈ, tek xtikatzˈet achique rubanic Riyaˈ. 3 Y quinojel ri can coyoben ri kˈij riˈ, quichapon niquiben chˈajchˈoj chare ri quicˈaslen. Ruma ri Jesucristo can chˈajchˈoj wi.
4 Quinojel ri yemacun, ma niquinimaj ta ri nubij ri ruley ri Dios. Ruma can mac wi riˈ tek nixalkˈotix ri ruley ri Dios. 5 Y riyix iwetaman chi ri Jesucristo xpe riche (rixin) chi xorelesaj ri kamac, y Riyaˈ ma aj mac ta. 6 Y quinojel ri xa jun chic quibanon riqˈui ri Cristo, ma yemacun ta chic. Pero wi cˈa yemacun na, can nikˈalajin chi ma quitzˈeton ta ni ma quetaman ta ruwech ri Jesucristo. 7 Riyix ri can yix achiˈel tak walcˈual, man cˈa quixkˈolotej ta. Ri winek ri rucˈuan jun cˈaslen choj, can choj wi, achiˈel ri Jesucristo chi can choj wi. 8 Pero achique cˈa ri cˈa nika na chuwech nuben ri mac, xa can cˈa riche (rixin) na ri itzel winek. Ruma ri itzel winek can pa rutiquiribel ruchapon pe nimacun. Y xa rumacˈariˈ tek xpe ri Rucˈajol ri Dios, riche (rixin) chi xuyoj ri rusamaj ri itzel winek.
9 Quinojel ri ye alaxnek chic riqˈui ri Dios, quiyaˈon chic ca rubanic ri mac, ruma ri Dios xuyaˈ jun cˈaslen chare ri can achiˈel ri rucˈaslen Riyaˈ y xujel ri runaˈoj. Y ruma chi ri cˈaslen ri cˈo riqˈui ri winek riˈ can riqˈui ri Dios petenak wi, nuben cˈa chare chi ma nimacun ta chic. 10 Y can nikˈalajin wi cˈa ri ye ralcˈual ri Dios. Y nikˈalajin chukaˈ ri ye ralcˈual ri itzel winek. Xabachique winek ri ma rucˈuan ta jun cˈaslen choj y ma yerajoˈ ta ri kachˈalal, yariˈ ri ma riche (rixin) ta ri Dios.
11 Ruma re chˈabel reˈ can iwacˈaxan wi pe pa rutiquiribel tek xinimaj ri Jesucristo, chˈabel ri nubij chi can tikajoˈ kiˈ. 12 Y man cˈa tikaben ta achiˈel xuben ri Caín ojer ca. Riyaˈ can riche (rixin) wi ri itzel winek, y xucamisaj ri ruchakˈ. ¿Y achique cˈa ruma xucamisaj? Ruma ri yeruben ri ruchakˈ ye choj. Y ri yeruben riyaˈ xa ye itzel.
13 Wachˈalal, wi yixetzelex cuma ri winek ri xa riqˈui re ruwachˈulef quicukuban wi quicˈuˈx, man cˈa tisach ta icˈuˈx. 14 Riyoj can yoj elenak chic pe chupan ri camic, riche (rixin) chi xojkˈax chupan ri cˈaslen, ketaman chi queriˈ ruma can nikajoˈ chic kiˈ chikachˈalal kiˈ. Yacˈa ri ma nrajoˈ ta ri rachˈalal, can cˈa caminek na chupan ri rumac. 15 Ruma xabachique ri netzelan ri rachˈalal, ri winek riˈ can achiˈel jun camisanel. Y riyix iwetaman chi majun cˈa jun camisanel ri cˈo ta ri cˈaslen riche (rixin) xtibe kˈij xtibe sek riqˈui. 16 Ri Jesucristo ma xupokonaj ta xuyaˈ ri rucˈaslen kuma riyoj. Y riqˈui riˈ xucˈut chkawech achique riˈ ri ajowabel y riyoj chukaˈ nicˈatzin chi ma nikapokonaj ta nikayaˈ kiˈ pa camic cuma ri kachˈalal, wi can nicˈatzin. 17 Yacˈa wi cˈo jun ri can cˈo ronojel riqˈui ri nicˈatzin chare, y nutzˈet jun kachˈalal ri majun ruway, o majun rutziak, y can ma nubij ta ri ránima chi nutoˈ, can nikˈalajin chi majun ajowabel riche (rixin) ri Dios riqˈui. 18 Riyix ri can yix achiˈel tak walcˈual, quekajoˈ quinojel pero ma xaxu (xaxe) ta wi riqˈui ri kachˈabel. Xa can quekatoˈ chukaˈ riqˈui ronojel kánima y ma riqˈui ta caˈiˈ kapalej.
19 Y wi yekajoˈ quinojel, niketamaj cˈa chi yoj riche (rixin) ri kitzij, y reˈ nucukubaˈ ka kacˈuˈx chuwech ri Dios. 20 Y wi nikanaˈ ka pa kánima chi cˈo mac kabanon, ri Dios can retaman wi, ruma ri Dios más nim que chuwech ri kánima. Ruma Riyaˈ can retaman ronojel. 21 Wachˈalal ri sibilaj yixinwajoˈ, wi nikanaˈ ka pa kánima chi majun kamac chuwech ri Dios, can majun cˈa xibinriˈil kiqˈui riche (rixin) chi yojapon apo chuwech. 22 Tek nikaben cˈa orar, Riyaˈ nuyaˈ chake ronojel ri nikacˈutuj chare ruma yekanimaj ri rupixaˈ, y chukaˈ nikaben ri yeka chuwech. 23 Y ri rupixaˈ Riyaˈ ya ri tikanimaj ri rubiˈ ri Jesucristo ri Rucˈajol, y tikajoˈ kiˈ achiˈel ri rubin ca chake chi tikabanaˈ. 24 Ri nibano ri nubij ri rupixaˈ ri Dios, xa can jun chic quibanon riqˈui ri Dios. Y chukaˈ ri Dios can cˈo chic pa ránima riyaˈ. Y riyoj ketaman chi can cˈo chic Riyaˈ pa kánima, ruma cˈo ri Lokˈolaj Espíritu ri ruyaˈon chake.
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