1 John 3:7-10
New American Standard Bible
7 (A)Little children, make sure no one (B)deceives you; (C)the one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous; 8 the one who practices sin is (D)of the devil; for the devil [a]has been sinning from the beginning. (E)The Son of God (F)appeared for this purpose, (G)to destroy the works of the devil. 9 No one who has been (H)born of God practices sin, because His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin continually, because he has been born of God. 10 By this the (I)children of God and the (J)children of the devil are obvious: [b]anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor the one who (K)does not love his (L)brother and sister.
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- 1 John 3:8 Lit sins
- 1 John 3:10 Lit everyone
1 John 3:7-10
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
7 Little-children, let no one be deceiving you— the one doing righteousness is righteous, just as that One is righteous. 8 The one doing sin is of the devil, because the devil is sinning[a] from the beginning. The Son of God appeared for this: that He might destroy the works of the devil. 9 Everyone having been born[b] from God is not doing sin— because His seed[c] is abiding in him, and he is not able to be sinning[d] because he has been born from God. 10 By this, the children of God and the children of the devil are evident.
Abiding Means Loving In Deed And Truth, As Jesus Commanded Us
Everyone not doing[e] righteousness is not from God— and the one not loving his brother!
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- 1 John 3:8 Or, continuing to sin since.
- 1 John 3:9 Or, fathered.
- 1 John 3:9 That is, His nature, His life. It is transforming us from within, growing into His likeness.
- 1 John 3:9 That is, to be continuing in sin as a pattern of life. We all still sin, 1:8-10.
- 1 John 3:10 What John said positively in 2:29, he says negatively here.
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