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1 John 3:3-13

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3 And everyone who 1thus hopes in him 2purifies himself as he is pure.
4 Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; 3sin is lawlessness.
5 You know that 4he appeared to 5take away sins, and 6in him there is no sin.
6 No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; 7no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him.
7 Little children, 8let no one deceive you. 9Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous.
8 10Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was 11to destroy the works of the devil.
9 12No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God's[a] seed abides in him, and he cannot keep on sinning because he has been born of God.
10 By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, 13nor is the one who 14does not love his brother.

Love One Another

11 For 15this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, 16that we should love one another.
12 We should not be like 17Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? 18Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's righteous.
13 Do not be surprised, brothers,[b]19that the world hates you.
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Cross References 19

  • 1. Romans 15:12
  • 2. 2 Corinthians 7:1
  • 3. [1 John 5:17; Romans 4:15]
  • 4. Hebrews 9:26; See 1 John 1:2
  • 5. [Isaiah 53:11, 12]
  • 6. See 1 Peter 2:22
  • 7. 1 John 2:4; 1 John 4:8; 3 John 11
  • 8. 1 John 2:26
  • 9. 1 John 2:29
  • 10. Matthew 13:38; John 8:44
  • 11. Hebrews 2:14; [Genesis 3:15; Luke 10:18; John 16:11]
  • 12. 1 John 5:18
  • 13. 1 John 4:8
  • 14. 1 John 4:20, 21
  • 15. 1 John 1:5; 1 John 2:24
  • 16. See John 13:34
  • 17. Genesis 4:4, 8; Hebrews 11:4; Jude 11
  • 18. Psalms 38:20; Proverbs 29:10
  • 19. John 15:18; John 17:14

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. Greek his
  • [b]. Or brothers and sisters. The plural Greek word adelphoi (translated "brothers") refers to siblings in a family. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, adelphoi may refer either to men or to both men and women who are siblings (brothers and sisters) in God's family, the church; also verses 14, 16
The English Standard Version is published with the permission of Good News Publishers.