1 John 3
Worldwide English (New Testament)
3 See how much the Father has loved us! We are called God's children. It is true, we are God's children. People in this world did not know him and so they do not know us.
2 My dear brothers, we are God's children now. No one knows yet what we shall be like. But we know that when Jesus comes, we will be like him. We will see him as he really is.
3 Everyone who has this hope about Christ makes his life holy. He makes his life holy and clean, just as Christ is holy.
4 Everyone who does wrong things is breaking God's law. Doing wrong things is breaking the law.
5 You know that Christ came to take away the wrong things people have done. He is the one who has done no wrong.
6 Everyone who stays with him does not do wrong things. Everyone who does wrong things has never seen him and has never known him.
7 My children, do not let anyone fool you. Anyone who does what is good, is good just as Christ is good.
8 Anyone who does what is wrong belongs to the devil. The devil has done what is wrong from the beginning. That is why God's Son came. He came to stop what the devil does.
9 No one who is God's child does wrong things, because God's life is in him. And he cannot keep on doing wrong things, because he is God's child.
10 This is how people can know who are God's children and who are the devil's children. Everyone who does not do right is not God's child. And anyone who does not love his brother is not God's child.
11 This is the word you have heard from the beginning. `We must love one another.'
12 We must not be like Cain. He was a child of the devil and killed his brother. Why did he kill him? He killed him because the things he himself did were wrong, and the things his brother did were right with God.
13 My brothers, do not be surprised if people in this world hate you.
14 We know that we have gone from death to life. We know this because we love the Christian brothers. Anyone who does not love them has not gone from death to life.
15 Everyone who hates his brother is like a man who kills a person. And you know that no one who kills a person has life that will live for ever.
16 Christ died for us. That is how we know what love is. We also should be willing to die for our brothers.
17 Perhaps a man has plenty of food and things. He sees that his brother needs some. If he does not want to help his brother, does he love God?
18 My children, we must not only talk about loving people; we must show we love people by what we do for them. We must really love them.
19 And this is how we will know that we are true. This is why we will not be afraid in front of God.
20 Even if our hearts think we are wrong, God is greater than our hearts and he knows everything.
21 My dear brothers, if our hearts do not think we are wrong, we will not be afraid in front of God.
22 If we ask God for something, we get it. We get it because we obey his laws. We get it because we do what pleases him.
23 This is his law. We must believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ. And we must love one another as he told us to do.
24 If anyone obeys his laws, he belongs to God and God belongs to him. God has given us the Holy Spirit. That is how we know that God is with us.
1 João 3
Nova Versão Transformadora
3 Vejam como é grande o amor do Pai por nós, pois ele nos chama de filhos, o que de fato somos! Mas quem pertence a este mundo não reconhece que somos filhos de Deus, porque não o conhece. 2 Amados, já somos filhos de Deus, mas ele ainda não nos mostrou o que seremos quando Cristo vier. Sabemos, porém, que seremos semelhantes a ele, pois o veremos como ele realmente é. 3 E todos que têm essa esperança se manterão puros, como ele é puro.
4 Quem vive no pecado transgride a lei, pois todo pecado é contrário à lei. 5 E vocês sabem que ele veio para tirar nossos pecados, e nele não há pecado. 6 Quem permanece nele não continua a pecar. Mas quem continua a pecar não o conhece e não entende quem ele é.
7 Filhinhos, não deixem que ninguém os engane a este respeito: quando uma pessoa faz o que é justo, mostra que é justa, como ele é justo. 8 Mas, quando continua a pecar, mostra que pertence ao diabo, pois o diabo peca desde o início. Por isso o Filho de Deus veio, para destruir as obras do diabo. 9 Aquele que é nascido de Deus não vive no pecado, pois a vida de Deus[a] está nele. Logo, não pode continuar a pecar, pois é nascido de Deus. 10 Assim, podemos identificar quem é filho de Deus e quem é filho do diabo. Quem não pratica a justiça e não ama seus irmãos não pertence a Deus.
Amem uns aos outros
11 Esta é a mensagem que vocês ouviram desde o princípio: que amemos uns aos outros. 12 Não sejamos como Caim, que pertencia ao maligno e assassinou seu irmão. E por que o assassinou? Porque Caim praticava o mal, e seu irmão praticava a justiça. 13 Portanto, meus irmãos, não se surpreendam se o mundo os odiar.
14 Se amamos nossos irmãos, significa que passamos da morte para a vida. Mas quem não ama continua morto. 15 Quem odeia seu irmão já é assassino. E vocês sabem que nenhum assassino tem dentro de si a vida eterna.
16 Sabemos o que é o amor porque Jesus deu sua vida por nós. Portanto, também devemos dar nossa vida por nossos irmãos. 17 Se alguém tem recursos suficientes para viver bem e vê um irmão em necessidade, mas não mostra compaixão, como pode estar nele o amor de Deus?
18 Filhinhos, não nos limitemos a dizer que amamos uns aos outros; demonstremos a verdade por meio de nossas ações. 19 Com isso saberemos que pertencemos à verdade, e nos tranquilizaremos quando estivermos diante de Deus. 20 E, ainda que a consciência nos condene, Deus é maior que nossa consciência e sabe todas as coisas.
21 Amados, se a consciência não nos condena, podemos ir a Deus com total confiança 22 e dele receberemos tudo que pedirmos, pois lhe obedecemos e fazemos o que lhe agrada.
23 E este é seu mandamento: que creiamos no nome de seu Filho, Jesus Cristo, e amemos uns aos outros, conforme ele nos ordenou. 24 Aqueles que obedecem a seus mandamentos permanecem nele, e ele permanece neles. E sabemos que ele permanece em nós porque o Espírito que ele nos deu permanece em nós.
Footnotes
- 3.9 Em grego, a semente de Deus.
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.
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