1 John 3 (FBV)

1 Look at the amazing kind of love the Father has for us! This is why we can be called God's children—for that's who we are! The reason why the people of this world don't recognize us as God's children is because they don't recognize him. 2 My friends, we are already God's children; however what we shall become hasn't been revealed just yet. But we do know that when he appears, we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he really is. 3 All those who have this hope in them make sure they are pure, just as he is pure. 4 All those who sin are lawless, because sin is lawlessness. 5 But of course you know that Jesus came to take away sins, and that there is no sin in him. 6 All those who live in him don't go on sinning; all those who keep on sinning haven't seen him and haven't known him. 7 Dear friends, don't let anyone fool you: those who do what is right are right, in the same way as Jesus is right. 8 Those who sin are of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. That's the reason why the Son of God came—to destroy what the devil has done. 9 All those who are born of God don't keep on sinning, for God's nature lives in them. They can't keep on sinning because they are born of God. 10 This is how God's children and the devil's children can be distinguished: all those who don't do what's right don't belong to God, nor do those who don't love their fellow Christians. 11 The message you've heard from the beginning is simply this: we should love one another. 12 We cannot be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one, and murdered his brother. Why did he murder him? Because Cain did what was evil, while his brother did what was right. 13 So don't be surprised, my friends, if this world hates you! 14 The reason we know that we have changed from death to life is because we love our Christian brothers and sisters. Anyone who doesn't love remains dead. 15 All those who hate their Christian brothers and sisters are murderers, and you know that no murderers have eternal life within them! 16 This is how we know what love is: Jesus laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our Christian brothers and sisters. 17 If one of you is living well in this world and you see your Christian brother or sister in need, but you don't show compassion—how can God's love be living in you? 18 Dear friends, let's not just say we love with words, but show our love in what we do and how we demonstrate the truth. 19 This is how we will know that we belong to the truth, and how we will set our minds at rest before God 20 whenever we think we're in the wrong. God is greater than how we think, and he knows everything. 21 Dear friends, if we're reassured we're not in the wrong, we can have confidence before God. 22 We'll receive from him whatever we ask him for, because we follow his commands and do what pleases him. 23 This is what he commands: we should trust in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as he commanded us to do. 24 Those who keep his commands continue to live in him, and he lives in them. We know that he lives in us by the Spirit he has given us.

In Other Versions

1 John 3 in the ANGEFD

1 John 3 in the ANTPNG2D

1 John 3 in the AS21

1 John 3 in the BAGH

1 John 3 in the BBPNG

1 John 3 in the BBT1E

1 John 3 in the BDS

1 John 3 in the BEV

1 John 3 in the BHAD

1 John 3 in the BIB

1 John 3 in the BLPT

1 John 3 in the BNT

1 John 3 in the BNTABOOT

1 John 3 in the BNTLV

1 John 3 in the BOATCB

1 John 3 in the BOATCB2

1 John 3 in the BOBCV

1 John 3 in the BOCNT

1 John 3 in the BOECS

1 John 3 in the BOGWICC

1 John 3 in the BOHCB

1 John 3 in the BOHCV

1 John 3 in the BOHLNT

1 John 3 in the BOHNTLTAL

1 John 3 in the BOICB

1 John 3 in the BOILNTAP

1 John 3 in the BOITCV

1 John 3 in the BOKCV

1 John 3 in the BOKCV2

1 John 3 in the BOKHWOG

1 John 3 in the BOKSSV

1 John 3 in the BOLCB

1 John 3 in the BOLCB2

1 John 3 in the BOMCV

1 John 3 in the BONAV

1 John 3 in the BONCB

1 John 3 in the BONLT

1 John 3 in the BONUT2

1 John 3 in the BOPLNT

1 John 3 in the BOSCB

1 John 3 in the BOSNC

1 John 3 in the BOTLNT

1 John 3 in the BOVCB

1 John 3 in the BOYCB

1 John 3 in the BPBB

1 John 3 in the BPH

1 John 3 in the BSB

1 John 3 in the CCB

1 John 3 in the CUV

1 John 3 in the CUVS

1 John 3 in the DBT

1 John 3 in the DGDNT

1 John 3 in the DHNT

1 John 3 in the DNT

1 John 3 in the ELBE

1 John 3 in the EMTV

1 John 3 in the ESV

1 John 3 in the FEB

1 John 3 in the GGMNT

1 John 3 in the GNT

1 John 3 in the HARY

1 John 3 in the HNT

1 John 3 in the IRVA

1 John 3 in the IRVB

1 John 3 in the IRVG

1 John 3 in the IRVH

1 John 3 in the IRVK

1 John 3 in the IRVM

1 John 3 in the IRVM2

1 John 3 in the IRVO

1 John 3 in the IRVP

1 John 3 in the IRVT

1 John 3 in the IRVT2

1 John 3 in the IRVU

1 John 3 in the ISVN

1 John 3 in the JSNT

1 John 3 in the KAPI

1 John 3 in the KBT1ETNIK

1 John 3 in the KBV

1 John 3 in the KJV

1 John 3 in the KNFD

1 John 3 in the LBA

1 John 3 in the LBLA

1 John 3 in the LNT

1 John 3 in the LSV

1 John 3 in the MAAL

1 John 3 in the MBV

1 John 3 in the MBV2

1 John 3 in the MHNT

1 John 3 in the MKNFD

1 John 3 in the MNG

1 John 3 in the MNT

1 John 3 in the MNT2

1 John 3 in the MRS1T

1 John 3 in the NAA

1 John 3 in the NASB

1 John 3 in the NBLA

1 John 3 in the NBS

1 John 3 in the NBVTP

1 John 3 in the NET2

1 John 3 in the NIV11

1 John 3 in the NNT

1 John 3 in the NNT2

1 John 3 in the NNT3

1 John 3 in the PDDPT

1 John 3 in the PFNT

1 John 3 in the RMNT

1 John 3 in the SBIAS

1 John 3 in the SBIBS

1 John 3 in the SBIBS2

1 John 3 in the SBICS

1 John 3 in the SBIDS

1 John 3 in the SBIGS

1 John 3 in the SBIHS

1 John 3 in the SBIIS

1 John 3 in the SBIIS2

1 John 3 in the SBIIS3

1 John 3 in the SBIKS

1 John 3 in the SBIKS2

1 John 3 in the SBIMS

1 John 3 in the SBIOS

1 John 3 in the SBIPS

1 John 3 in the SBISS

1 John 3 in the SBITS

1 John 3 in the SBITS2

1 John 3 in the SBITS3

1 John 3 in the SBITS4

1 John 3 in the SBIUS

1 John 3 in the SBIVS

1 John 3 in the SBT

1 John 3 in the SBT1E

1 John 3 in the SCHL

1 John 3 in the SNT

1 John 3 in the SUSU

1 John 3 in the SUSU2

1 John 3 in the SYNO

1 John 3 in the TBIAOTANT

1 John 3 in the TBT1E

1 John 3 in the TBT1E2

1 John 3 in the TFTIP

1 John 3 in the TFTU

1 John 3 in the TGNTATF3T

1 John 3 in the THAI

1 John 3 in the TNFD

1 John 3 in the TNT

1 John 3 in the TNTIK

1 John 3 in the TNTIL

1 John 3 in the TNTIN

1 John 3 in the TNTIP

1 John 3 in the TNTIZ

1 John 3 in the TOMA

1 John 3 in the TTENT

1 John 3 in the UBG

1 John 3 in the UGV

1 John 3 in the UGV2

1 John 3 in the UGV3

1 John 3 in the VBL

1 John 3 in the VDCC

1 John 3 in the YALU

1 John 3 in the YAPE

1 John 3 in the YBVTP

1 John 3 in the ZBP