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1 John 3

Holman Christian Standard Bible, 2009 (HCSB)

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¹ Look at how great a love [1] the Father has given us that we should be called God’s children. And we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it didn’t know Him.

² Dear friends, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. ⓐ We know that when He appears, we will be like Him ⓑ because we will see Him as He is. ⓒ

³ And everyone who has this hope ⓓ in Him purifies himself just as He is pure. ⓔ

⁴ Everyone who commits sin also breaks the law; [2] sin is the breaking of law.

⁵ You know that He was revealed so that He might take away sins, [3] ⓕ and there is no sin in Him. ⓖ

⁶ Everyone who remains in Him ⓗ does not sin; [4] ⓘ everyone who [5] sins has not seen Him or known Him.

⁷ Little children, let no one deceive you! The one who does what is right is righteous, just as He is righteous.

⁸ The one who commits [6] sin is of the Devil, for the Devil has sinned from the beginning. The Son of God ⓙ was revealed ⓚ for this purpose: to destroy the Devil’s works.

⁹ Everyone who has been born of God ⓛ does not sin, [7] because His [8] seed ⓜ remains in him; he is not able to sin, [9] because he has been born of God.

¹⁰ This is how God’s children — and the Devil’s children — are made evident. The Command to Love Whoever does not do what is right is not of God, especially the one who does not love his brother. ⓝ

¹¹ For this is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another,

¹² unlike Cain, ⓞ who was of the evil one ⓟ and murdered [10] his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his works were evil, and his brother’s were righteous.

¹³ Do not be surprised, brothers, if the world hates ⓠ you.

¹⁴ We know that we have passed from death to life because we love our brothers. The one who does not love remains in death. ⓡ

¹⁵ Everyone who hates his brother ⓢ is a murderer, ⓣ and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing in him.

¹⁶ This is how we have come to know love: He laid down His life ⓤ for us. ⓥ We should also lay down our lives for our brothers. ⓦ

¹⁷ If anyone has this world’s goods ⓧ and sees his brother in need ⓨ but closes his eyes ⓩ to his need — how can God’s love reside in him? ⓐ

¹⁸ Little children, we must not love with word or speech, but with truth and action. ⓑ

¹⁹ This is how we will know we belong to the truth ⓒ and will convince our conscience in His presence,

²⁰ even if our conscience condemns us, that God is greater than our conscience, and He knows all things. ⓓ

²¹ Dear friends, if our conscience doesn’t condemn us, we have confidence before God

²² and can receive whatever we ask from Him because we keep His commands ⓔ and do what is pleasing in His sight.

²³ Now this is His command: that we believe in the name ⓕ of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another as He commanded us.

²⁴ The one who keeps His commands remains in Him, ⓖ and He in him. And the way we know that He remains in us ⓗ is from the Spirit ⓘ He has given us.

#	HCSB
1	Look at how great a love [1] the Father has given us that we should be called God’s children. And we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it didn’t know Him.
2	Dear friends, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. ⓐ We know that when He appears, we will be like Him ⓑ because we will see Him as He is. ⓒ
3	And everyone who has this hope ⓓ in Him purifies himself just as He is pure. ⓔ
4	Everyone who commits sin also breaks the law; [2] sin is the breaking of law.
5	You know that He was revealed so that He might take away sins, [3] ⓕ and there is no sin in Him. ⓖ
6	Everyone who remains in Him ⓗ does not sin; [4] ⓘ everyone who [5] sins has not seen Him or known Him.
7	Little children, let no one deceive you! The one who does what is right is righteous, just as He is righteous.
8	The one who commits [6] sin is of the Devil, for the Devil has sinned from the beginning. The Son of God ⓙ was revealed ⓚ for this purpose: to destroy the Devil’s works.
9	Everyone who has been born of God ⓛ does not sin, [7] because His [8] seed ⓜ remains in him; he is not able to sin, [9] because he has been born of God.
10	This is how God’s children — and the Devil’s children — are made evident. The Command to Love Whoever does not do what is right is not of God, especially the one who does not love his brother. ⓝ
11	For this is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another,
12	unlike Cain, ⓞ who was of the evil one ⓟ and murdered [10] his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his works were evil, and his brother’s were righteous.
13	Do not be surprised, brothers, if the world hates ⓠ you.
14	We know that we have passed from death to life because we love our brothers. The one who does not love remains in death. ⓡ
15	Everyone who hates his brother ⓢ is a murderer, ⓣ and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing in him.
16	This is how we have come to know love: He laid down His life ⓤ for us. ⓥ We should also lay down our lives for our brothers. ⓦ
17	If anyone has this world’s goods ⓧ and sees his brother in need ⓨ but closes his eyes ⓩ to his need — how can God’s love reside in him? ⓐ
18	Little children, we must not love with word or speech, but with truth and action. ⓑ
19	This is how we will know we belong to the truth ⓒ and will convince our conscience in His presence,
20	even if our conscience condemns us, that God is greater than our conscience, and He knows all things. ⓓ
21	Dear friends, if our conscience doesn’t condemn us, we have confidence before God
22	and can receive whatever we ask from Him because we keep His commands ⓔ and do what is pleasing in His sight.
23	Now this is His command: that we believe in the name ⓕ of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another as He commanded us.
24	The one who keeps His commands remains in Him, ⓖ and He in him. And the way we know that He remains in us ⓗ is from the Spirit ⓘ He has given us.

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^{1 John 3:2 [8]} Or when it is made known

^{1 John 3:13 [9]} The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in verse 16.

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