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1 John 3

1 John 3:1

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.... [ Continue Reading ]

1 John 3:2

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.... [ Continue Reading ]

1 John 3:3

AND EVERY MAN THAT HATH THIS HOPE IN HIM PURIFIETH HIMSELF, EVEN AS HE IS PURE. It was righteousness in life and conduct which the apostle had been urging. He now introduces another motive for such conduct: See how great a love the Father has given to us that we should be called the sons of God, and... [ Continue Reading ]

1 John 3:6

WHOSOEVER ABIDETH IN HIM SINNETH NOT; WHOSOEVER SINNETH HATH NOT SEEN HIM, NEITHER KNOWN HIM. Here the apostle shows that deliberate, malicious sinning is incompatible with the new life of the Christians: Every one that commits sin commits also lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness. That the apostle... [ Continue Reading ]

1 John 3:8

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.... [ Continue Reading ]

1 John 3:9

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.... [ Continue Reading ]

1 John 3:10

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.... [ Continue Reading ]

1 John 3:12

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. So much depends upon the genuineness of Christian conduct that the apostle warns against every form of deceit: Little children, let no one deceive you... [ Continue Reading ]

1 John 3:14

WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE PASSED FROM DEATH UNTO LIFE, BECAUSE WE LOVE THE BRETHREN. HE THAT LOVETH NOT HIS BROTHER ABIDETH IN DEATH.... [ Continue Reading ]

1 John 3:16

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.... [ Continue Reading ]

1 John 3:17

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?... [ Continue Reading ]

1 John 3:18

MY LITTLE CHILDREN, LET US NOT LOVE IN WORD, NEITHER IN TONGUE, BUT IN DEED AND IN TRUTH. The apostle, first of all, makes a general application of the thought which was included in the last sentence: And do not wonder, brethren, if the world hates you. What the righteous Abel experienced in the fir... [ Continue Reading ]

1 John 3:22

AND WHATSOEVER WE ASK WE RECEIVE OF HIM, BECAUSE WE KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS, AND DO THOSE THINGS THAT ARE PLEASING IN HIS SIGHT.... [ Continue Reading ]

1 John 3:23

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.... [ Continue Reading ]

1 John 3:24

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. This paragraph contains comfort of a singular kind, since it reassures the believer against himself: In this we shall know that we are out of the truth,... [ Continue Reading ]

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