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
Tnejil Tuˈj Juan 3
Mam, Central
Ma qo ok kˈwalbˈaj te Dios
3 Werman, kykaˈyinktziˈn, nimx teˈ qMan Dios tqˈaqˈbˈil tkˈuˈj qiˈj; ma tzaj tqˈoˈn qoklin te kˈwalbˈaj. Me aye xjal nya nimilqe mi n‑el kynikyˈ qe, quˈn tuˈn naˈm tel kynikyˈ te qMan Dios. 2 Me awotzinqe ma qo ok te tkˈwal qMan Dios. Me naˈmxixpe qlonte tzeˈn qo okila, aj tul Jesús juntl majl. Quˈn ex bˈiˈn quˈn, qa aj tul, qo okil ikyxjo tzeˈnku a, quˈn k‑okil qkaˈyin ikyx tzeˈnkuxix t‑xilin. 3 Ex alkye taj tuˈn tok ikyjo, il tiˈj tuˈn tsaqsin te tibˈ toj tchwinqil, ikyx tzeˈnku te Jesús saqxix teˈ toj tkyaqil.
4 Me ayetziˈn bˈinchil il, n‑el kyiˈjlin tnukˈbˈil Dios, quˈn tuˈn atzin il nbˈant kyuˈn, atzin n‑el iˈjlinte tnukˈbˈil Diosjo. 5 Ex bˈiˈn kyuˈn, qa ul Jesús tzaluˈn twutz txˈotxˈ te najsil qil, quˈn oˈkx te Jesús ntiˈ il xbˈant tuˈn. 6 Tuˈn ikyjo, tkyaqil xjal, a o tmujbˈe tibˈ tukˈa, mi nbˈetl toj il. Me ayetzin xjal nchi bˈet toj il, naˈm tel kynikyˈ te, ex nya ojtzqiˈn kyuˈn.
7 Ayiˈy werman, mix aˈl jun kubˈ sbˈun kyeˈy. Quˈn ankye teˈ wenx nbˈant tuˈn, ex wenx teˈ, ikyx tzeˈnku te Jesús wenxix teˈ. 8 Me atziˈn a bˈinchil il, te tajaw ilx teˈ, quˈn ate tajaw il bˈinchin il te tnejil. Tuˈntzin ikyjo, ul Tkˈwal Dios tzaluˈn twutz txˈotxˈ tuˈn t‑xititjo tkyaqil taqˈin tajaw il.
9 Mix aˈl jun xjal aku tzˈok te tkˈwal qMan Dios qa kukx nbˈetjo toj il, quˈn tuˈn o tzˈok te tkˈwal Dios, ex quˈn o tzaj tqˈoˈn Dios jun akˈaj tchwinqil. Tuˈnpetziˈn, nya tuˈn tbˈinchin il, quˈn o tzˈok kˈwalbˈaj te Dios. 10 Quˈn bˈiˈn quˈn alkye qeˈ tkˈwal Dios, ex alkye qeˈ tkˈwal tajaw il: Quˈn aye, a nya bˈaˈn kybˈinchbˈin, ex mi n‑ok kykˈuˈjliˈn txqantl nimil, nya teqe te Diosjo.
Qkˈuˈjlim qibˈ qxolx
11 Atzin yoljo lo, a kybˈiy atxix ojtxe: Tuˈn tok qkˈuˈjlin qibˈ qxolilex. 12 Ex mi qo ok tzeˈnku te Caín, a xi tqˈoˈn tibˈ te tajaw il. Ex tuˈn ikyjo, kubˈ tbˈyoˈn titzˈin. ¿Me tinquˈnil kubˈ tbˈyoˈn? Quˈn tuˈn nya wentaq tbˈinchbˈin Caín, quˈn tuˈn tlochˈj tanmin tiˈj titzˈin, quˈn atzin tbˈinchbˈin titzˈin wentaq taˈ.
13 Ayiˈy werman, mi chi jaw kaˈylaja qa ma chi el ikyˈin kyuˈnxjal, ayeˈ nya nimil. 14 Awotzinqe, a o qo etz toj kyimin, ex ma qo kanin toj jun akˈaj chwinqil, ma tzˈel qnikyˈ te, tuˈn tkˈuˈjbˈil qkˈuˈj kyiˈj txqantl nimil. Ankye ntiˈ tkˈuˈjbˈil tkˈuˈj kyiˈj txqantl, naˈm tkanin tojjo akˈaj chwinqil, ex axsi taˈye toj kyimin. 15 Quˈn tkyaqilxjo a n‑el tikyˈin txqantl nimil, ikyx tzˈeleˈ tzeˈnku jun bˈyol xjal. Ex bˈiˈn kyeˈ kyuˈn, qa ntiˈ jun bˈyol xjal aku ten chwinqil te jun majx. 16 Me qalatzin qe, ma tzˈel qnikyˈ te a tqˈaqˈbˈil tkˈuˈj Klolqe Jesús: Quˈn xi tqˈoˈn tchwinqil noq tuˈn qpaj; exsintla ikyxjo qetz, tuˈn t‑xi qqˈoˈn qchwinqil tuˈn kypaj txqantl. 17 Me qa at jun, a at chˈin at te, exsin qa noq s‑ok kyim tiˈjjo juntl, a ntiˈx chˈin at te, ex mi saj chyoˈnx tanmin tuˈn t‑xi tmojin, ¿Ma atpela tqˈaqˈbˈil tkˈuˈj Dios toj tanmin? ¡Ntiˈ! 18 Tuˈn ikyjo, ayiˈy werman, atzin tqˈaqˈbˈil qkˈuˈj nya noq tuˈn tkubˈ qyolin, qalaˈ tuˈn tkubˈ qyekˈin tukˈa qbˈinchbˈin qa twutzxix.
A tqˈaqˈbˈil tkˈuˈj Dios toj qanmin
19 Ikytzin tumiljo, qa matxixix qo ok te tbˈanil nimil, ex ikytzin kqebˈil qkˈuˈjjo twutz Dios. 20 Mi kubˈ qbˈisin toj qanmin qa ntiˈ qoklin twutz Dios. Qalaˈ il tiˈj tuˈn tel qnikyˈ te, qa a qoklin tzajnin tiˈj qMan, a ojtzqiˈn tkyaqil tuˈn. 21 Ayiˈy werman, nimxix nkˈuˈja kyiˈja. Qa ntiˈ nkubˈ qximin ikyjo toj qanmin, at qˈuqbˈil qkˈuˈjtz tiˈj Dios. 22 Ex noq tuˈn qbˈinchbˈin, ex tuˈn nkubˈ qnimin tnukˈbˈil, at qˈuqbˈil qkˈuˈj, tuˈn ttzaj tqˈoˈn Dios, ikyx tzeˈnku nxi qqanin te. 23 ¿Ex altzin kye tnukˈbˈil Dios? Atzin ma txi qnimin Tkˈwal, a Jesucrist, ex tuˈn tok qkˈuˈjlin qibˈ qxolile, ikyjo tzeˈnku o tqˈma. 24 Ayetziˈn nchi kubˈ nimin teˈ nukˈbˈil lo, najleqe tukˈa qMan Dios ex Dios najle kyukˈa. Ex ma tzˈel qnikyˈ te qa najle Dios qukˈa, noq tuˈn Xewbˈaj Xjan, a o tzaj tqˈoˈn toj qanmin.
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