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1 John 3:4-14

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4 Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; 1sin is lawlessness.
5 You know that 2he appeared to 3take away sins, and 4in him there is no sin.
6 No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; 5no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him.
7 Little children, 6let no one deceive you. 7Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous.
8 8Whoever 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 9to destroy the works of the devil.
9 10No 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, 11nor is the one who 12does not love his brother.

Love One Another

11 For 13this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, 14that we should love one another.
12 We should not be like 15Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? 16Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's righteous.
13 Do not be surprised, brothers,[b]17that the world hates you.
14 We know that 18we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love abides in death.
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Cross References 18

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

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.