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title: 1 John 3
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createdAt: 2024-09-11T01:04:22.683Z
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**1 **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.