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
1 Juan 3
La Palabra (España)
II.— COMPORTARNOS COMO HIJOS DE DIOS (3,1—4,6)
Somos hijos de Dios
3 ¡Mirad qué amor tan inmenso el del Padre, que nos proclama y nos hace ser hijos suyos! Si el mundo nos ignora, es porque no conoce a Dios. 2 Ahora, queridos, somos hijos de Dios, aunque todavía no se ha manifestado lo que hemos de ser. Pero sabemos que el día en que se manifieste, seremos semejantes a él, porque lo veremos tal cual es. 3 Esta esperanza que hemos puesto en él es la que nos va perfeccionando, como él es perfecto.
Jesucristo borra nuestros pecados
4 Todo el que peca quebranta la ley, pues el pecado consiste en conculcar la ley. 5 Y sabéis que Jesucristo, en quien no hay pecado, vino a borrar nuestros pecados. 6 Quien permanece unido a él no comete pecado; quien sigue pecando, es que no lo ha visto ni conocido. 7 Hijos míos, que nadie os engañe; el que practica el bien es justo, como Jesús es justo. 8 Pero el que sigue pecando pertenece al diablo, porque el diablo es pecador desde el principio del mundo. El Hijo de Dios vino para aniquilar la obra del diablo, 9 y ninguno que sea hijo de Dios puede seguir pecando, porque Dios es su Padre, y la vida misma de Dios alienta en él. 10 En esto se distinguen los hijos de Dios de los hijos del diablo: quien no practica el bien ni ama al hermano, no es hijo de Dios.
El amor fraterno
11 Desde el principio habéis escuchado el anuncio de amaros unos a otros. 12 No como Caín, quien, por ser del maligno, asesinó a su hermano. Y ¿por qué lo asesinó? Pues porque sus acciones eran malas, y las de su hermano, en cambio, eran buenas.
13 No os extrañéis, hermanos, si el mundo os aborrece. 14 Sabemos que por amar a nuestros hermanos hemos pasado de la muerte a la vida, mientras que quien no ama sigue muerto. 15 Odiar al hermano es como darle muerte, y debéis saber que ningún asesino tiene dentro de sí vida eterna. 16 Nosotros hemos conocido lo que es el amor en que Cristo dio su vida por nosotros; demos también nosotros la vida por los hermanos. 17 Pero si alguien nada en la abundancia y, viendo que su hermano está necesitado le cierra el corazón, ¿tendrá valor para decir que ama a Dios? 18 Hijos míos, ¡obras son amores y no buenas razones!
Confianza en Dios
19 Esta será la señal de que pertenecemos a la verdad y podemos sentirnos seguros en presencia de Dios: 20 que si alguna vez nos acusa la conciencia, Dios es más grande que nuestra conciencia y conoce todas las cosas. 21 Pero si la conciencia no nos acusa, queridos, crece nuestra confianza en Dios 22 y él nos concederá todo lo que le pidamos, porque cumplimos sus mandamientos y hacemos cuanto le agrada. 23 Y este es su mandamiento: que creamos en su Hijo Jesucristo y que nos amemos unos a otros conforme al precepto que él nos dio. 24 Quien cumple sus mandamientos, permanece en Dios y Dios en él; así nos lo hace saber el Espíritu que nos dio.
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