Revised Standard Version RSV
The Latin Vulgate VUL
1 See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.
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videte qualem caritatem dedit nobis Pater ut filii Dei nominemur et sumus propter hoc mundus non novit nos quia non novit eum
2 Beloved, we are God's children now; it does not yet appear what we shall be, but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.
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carissimi nunc filii Dei sumus et nondum apparuit quid erimus scimus quoniam cum apparuerit similes ei erimus quoniam videbimus eum sicuti est
3 And every one who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.
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et omnis qui habet spem hanc in eo sanctificat se sicut et ille sanctus est
4 Every one who commits sin is guilty of lawlessness; sin is lawlessness.
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omnis qui facit peccatum et iniquitatem facit et peccatum est iniquitas
5 You know that he appeared to take away sins, and in him there is no sin.
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et scitis quoniam ille apparuit ut peccata tolleret et peccatum in eo non est
6 No one who abides in him sins; no one who sins has either seen him or known him.
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omnis qui in eo manet non peccat omnis qui peccat non vidit eum nec cognovit eum
7 Little children, let no one deceive you. He who does right is righteous, as he is righteous.
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filioli nemo vos seducat qui facit iustitiam iustus est sicut et ille iustus est
8 He who commits sin is of the devil; for the devil has sinned from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.
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qui facit peccatum ex diabolo est quoniam ab initio diabolus peccat in hoc apparuit Filius Dei ut dissolvat opera diaboli
9 No one born of God commits sin; for God's nature abides in him, and he cannot sin because he is born of God.
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omnis qui natus est ex Deo peccatum non facit quoniam semen ipsius in eo manet et non potest peccare quoniam ex Deo natus est
10 By this it may be seen who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not do right is not of God, nor he who does not love his brother.
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in hoc manifesti sunt filii Dei et filii diaboli omnis qui non est iustus non est de Deo et qui non diligit fratrem suum
11 For this is the message which you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another,
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quoniam haec est adnuntiatio quam audistis ab initio ut diligamus alterutrum
12 and not be like Cain who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's righteous.
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non sicut Cain ex maligno erat et occidit fratrem suum et propter quid occidit eum quoniam opera eius maligna erant fratris autem eius iusta
13 Do not wonder, brethren, that the world hates you.
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nolite mirari fratres si odit vos mundus
14 We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love abides in death.
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nos scimus quoniam translati sumus de morte in vitam quoniam diligimus fratres qui non diligit manet in morte
15 Any one who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.
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omnis qui odit fratrem suum homicida est et scitis quoniam omnis homicida non habet vitam aeternam in se manentem
16 By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
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in hoc cognovimus caritatem quoniam ille pro nobis animam suam posuit et nos debemus pro fratribus animas ponere
17 But if any one has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him?
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qui habuerit substantiam mundi et viderit fratrem suum necesse habere et clauserit viscera sua ab eo quomodo caritas Dei manet in eo
18 Little children, let us not love in word or speech but in deed and in truth.
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filioli non diligamus verbo nec lingua sed opere et veritate
19 By this we shall know that we are of the truth, and reassure our hearts before him
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in hoc cognoscimus quoniam ex veritate sumus et in conspectu eius suadeamus corda nostra
20 whenever our hearts condemn us; for God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything.
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quoniam si reprehenderit nos cor maior est Deus corde nostro et novit omnia
21 Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God;
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carissimi si cor non reprehenderit nos fiduciam habemus ad Deum
22 and we receive from him whatever we ask, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him.
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et quodcumque petierimus accipiemus ab eo quoniam mandata eius custodimus et ea quae sunt placita coram eo facimus
23 And this is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us.
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et hoc est mandatum eius ut credamus in nomine Filii eius Iesu Christi et diligamus alterutrum sicut dedit mandatum nobis
24 All who keep his commandments abide in him, and he in them. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit which he has given us.
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et qui servat mandata eius in illo manet et ipse in eo et in hoc scimus quoniam manet in nobis de Spiritu quem nobis dedit
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
The Latin Vulgate is in the public domain.