1 John 3:3-13

3 And everyone who has this ¹hope fixed on Him ²purifies himself, just as He is pure.

4 Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness; and ³sin is lawlessness.

5 You know that He ⁴appeared in order to ⁵take away sins; and ⁶in Him there is no sin.

6 No * one who abides in Him ⁷sins; no * one who sins has seen Him or ⁸knows Him.

7 ⁹Little children, make sure no one ¹⁰deceives you; ¹¹the one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous;

8 the one who practices sin is ¹²of the devil; for the devil has sinned from the beginning. ¹³The Son of God ¹⁴appeared for this purpose, ¹⁵to destroy the works of the devil.

9 No * one who is ¹⁶born of God ¹⁷practices sin, because His seed abides in him; and he cannot * sin, because he is born of God.

10 By this the ¹⁸children of God and the ¹⁹children of the devil are obvious: anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor the one who ²⁰does not love his ²¹brother.

11 ²²For this is the message ²³which you have heard from the beginning, ²⁴that we should love one another;

12 not as ²⁵Cain, who was of ²⁶the evil one and slew his brother. And for what reason did he slay him? Because ²⁷his deeds were evil, and his brother's were righteous.

13 Do not be surprised, brethren, if ²⁸the world hates you.

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Cross References 28

1. Romans 15:12; 1 Peter 1:3
2. John 17:19; 2 Corinthians 7:1
3. Romans 4:15; 1 John 5:17
4. 1 John 1:2; 1 John 3:8
5. John 1:29; 1 Peter 1:18-20; 1 John 2:2
6. 2 Corinthians 5:21; 1 John 2:29
7. 1 John 3:9
8. 1 John 2:3; 3 John 11
9. 1 John 2:1
10. 1 John 2:26
11. 1 John 2:29
12. Matthew 13:38; John 8:44; 1 John 3:10
13. Matthew 4:3
14. 1 John 3:5
15. John 12:31; John 16:11
16. John 1:13; John 3:3; 1 John 2:29; 1 John 4:7; 1 John 5:1, 4, 18; 3 John 11
17. 1 Peter 1:23; 1 John 3:6; 1 John 5:18
18. John 1:12; John 11:52; Romans 8:16; 1 John 3:1, 2
19. Matthew 13:38; John 8:44; 1 John 3:8
20. Romans 13:8f; Colossians 3:14; 1 Timothy 1:5; 1 John 4:8
21. 1 John 2:9
22. 1 John 1:5
23. 1 John 2:7
24. John 13:4; John 15:12; 1 John 4:7, 11f, 21; 2 John 5
25. Genesis 4:8
26. Matthew 5:37; 1 John 2:13
27. Psalms 38:20; Proverbs 29:10; John 8:40, 41
28. John 15:18; John 17:14

Footnotes 5

[a]. Or "has known"
[b]. Lit "sins"
[c]. Or "begotten"
[d]. Or "begotten"
[e]. Lit "everyone"

1 John 3:3-13

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