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. 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. And everyone who (K)thus hopes in him (L)purifies himself as he is pure.

Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; (M)sin is lawlessness. You know that (N)he appeared in order to (O)take away sins, and (P)in him there is no sin. No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; (Q)no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him. Little children, (R)let no one deceive you. (S)Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous. (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. (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. 1 John 3:2 Or when it appears
  2. 1 John 3:9 Greek his
  3. 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
  4. 1 John 3:24 Greek him
  5. 1 John 3:24 Greek he

Mga Anak sang Dios

Hunahunaa ninyo kon daw ano ka dako ang paghigugma sang Amay sa aton! Ginatawag niya kita nga iya mga anak. Matuod gid nga kita iya mga anak. Gani wala nakakilala sa aton ang mga tawo diri sa kalibutan tungod kay wala man sila nakakilala sa Dios. Mga hinigugma, karon mga anak na kita sang Dios. Pero wala pa mapahayag kon mangin ano gid kita sa ulihi. Nahibaluan ta nga kon mag-abot na si Cristo mangin kaangay kita sa iya, kay makita gid naton kon sin-o gid siya. Gani ang tagsa-tagsa nga may ara sini nga paglaom kay Cristo dapat magkabuhi sing matinlo subong nga ang kabuhi ni Cristo matinlo.

Ang bisan sin-o nga nagapakasala nagalapas sang mga sugo sang Dios, kay ang sala amo ang paglapas sang mga sugo sang Dios. Nahibaluan ninyo nga si Cristo nga wala gid sing sala nagkadto diri sa kalibutan sa pagkuha sang aton mga sala. Gani ang mga tawo nga nagakabuhi kay Cristo wala nagapadayon sa pagpakasala. Pero ang bisan sin-o nga nagapadayon sa pagpakasala wala gid makakita ukon makakilala sa iya.

Mga anak, indi kamo magtugot nga patalangon ni bisan sin-o! Ang tawo nga nagahimo sing matarong nagapakilala nga siya matarong, subong nga si Cristo matarong. Pero ang tawo nga nagapadayon sa pagpakasala, iya ni Satanas, kay si Satanas nagapakasala halin pa sang ginsuguran. Tungod sina, ang Anak sang Dios nagkadto diri sa pagguba sang ginahimo ni Satanas. Ang tawo nga nangin anak sang Dios wala nagapadayon sa pagpakasala, kay ang kinaugali sang Dios ara na sa iya. Kag tungod nga ang Dios amo ang iya Amay, indi na siya makapadayon sa pagpakasala. 10 Sa sini makilala kon sin-o gid ang mga anak sang Dios kag kon sin-o ang mga anak ni Satanas: Ang tawo nga wala nagahimo sang matarong ukon wala nagahigugma sa iya utod indi anak sang Dios.

Maghigugmaanay Kita

11 Amo ini ang pagpanudlo nga inyo nabatian sugod sang nagtuo kamo: dapat gid kita maghigugmaanay. 12 Indi kita dapat magsunod kay Cain. Sakop siya ni Satanas, gani ginpatay niya ang iya utod. Pero ngaa ginpatay gid niya ang iya utod? Kay ang mga binuhatan sang iya utod matarong kag ang iya malaot. 13 Gani mga utod ko kay Cristo, indi kamo magkatingala kon ginadumtan kamo sang mga tawo diri sa kalibutan. 14 Nahibaluan ta nga ginsaylo kita halin sa kamatayon pakadto sa kabuhi tungod nga ginahigugma ta ang aton mga utod. Ang wala nagahigugma ara pa sa kamatayon. 15 Ang tawo nga wala nagahigugma sa iya utod manugpatay. Kag nahibaluan ninyo nga wala sing manugpatay nga may kabuhi nga wala sing katapusan. 16 Sa sini nahibaluan ta ang matuod nga paghigugma: ginhatag ni Jesus ang iya kabuhi para sa aton. Gani kita dapat man maghatag sang aton kabuhi para sa aton mga utod. 17 Kon maayo ang aton pangabuhi pero wala kita nagabulig bisan nakita ta nga ginapigaduhan ang aton utod, makasiling bala kita nga ang gugma sang Dios ari sa aton? 18 Mga anak, indi lang kita maghambal nga nagahigugma kita, kundi ipakita ta sa aton mga ginahimo nga matuod nga nagahigugma kita. 19 Sa sini nga paagi, nahibaluan naton nga ara kita sa kamatuoran, kag sarang na kita makaatubang sa Dios nga wala sing kahadlok 20 bisan kon ginasuknaan[a] kita sang aton konsensya. Kay nahibaluan ta nga ang Dios labaw pa sang sa aton konsensya, kag nahibaluan niya ang tanan. 21 Mga hinigugma, kon wala na kita ginasuknaan sang aton konsensya, mas may kaisog kita sa pagpalapit sa Dios. 22 Kag bisan ano ang aton pangayuon sa iya mabaton ta, kay ginatuman ta ang iya mga sugo kag ginahimo ang iya luyag. 23 Amo ini ang iya sugo: magtuo kita sa iya Anak[b] nga si Jesu-Cristo, kag maghigugmaanay kita suno sa iya sugo sa aton. 24 Ang tawo nga nagatuman sang mga sugo sang Dios nagakabuhi sa Dios, kag ang Dios nagakabuhi sa iya. Nahibaluan ta nga ang Dios nagakabuhi sa aton paagi sa iya Espiritu nga iya ginhatag sa aton.

Footnotes

  1. 3:20 ginasuknaan: sa iban nga Bisaya, ginasukmaan.
  2. 3:23 sa iya Anak: sa literal, sa ngalan sang iya Anak.

The Command to Love

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. 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. (H)And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.

Sin and the Child of God

Whoever commits sin also commits lawlessness, and (I)sin is lawlessness. And you know (J)that He was manifested (K)to take away our sins, and (L)in Him there is no sin. Whoever abides in Him does not sin. Whoever sins has neither seen Him nor known Him.

Little children, let no one deceive you. He who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous. (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. 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. 1 John 3:1 NU adds And we are.
  2. 1 John 3:1 M you
  3. 1 John 3:14 NU omits his brother
  4. 1 John 3:19 NU shall know
  5. 1 John 3:19 persuade, set at rest
  6. 1 John 3:23 M omits us