1 John 3
1 John 3 is chapter 3 of 5 in the book of 1 John, with 24 verses in the Berean Standard Bible.
1 JohnChapter 3 of 524 versesBerean Standard Bible
If God speaks to you through 1 John 3, record what He said in Doxa and come back to it.
Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.
Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is.
And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as Christ is pure.
Everyone who practices sin practices lawlessness as well. Indeed, sin is lawlessness.
But you know that Christ appeared to take away sins, and in Him there is no sin.
No one who remains in Him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has seen Him or known Him.
Little children, let no one deceive you: The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as Christ is righteous.
The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the very start. This is why the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the devil.
Son of God appeared to destroy the devil's work
“And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.””
Read Genesis 3:15›Anyone born of God refuses to practice sin, because God’s seed abides in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God.
By this the children of God are distinguished from the children of the devil: Anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is anyone who does not love his brother.
This is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another.
We should love one another — command from the beginning
“Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against any of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.”
Read Leviticus 19:18›Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain slay him? Because his own deeds were evil, while those of his brother were righteous.
Quoted in the Deeper Dive, day 4: How does the promised line survive Genesis 4?
So do not be surprised, brothers, if the world hates you.
We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. The one who does not love remains in death.
Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that eternal life does not reside in a murderer.
By this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.
If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him?
Little children, let us love not in word and speech, but in action and truth.
And by this we will know that we belong to the truth, and will assure our hearts in His presence:
Even if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and He knows all things.
Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God,
and we will receive from Him whatever we ask, because we keep His commandments and do what is pleasing in His sight.
And this is His commandment: that we should believe in the name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and we should love one another just as He commanded us.
Whoever keeps His commandments remains in God, and God in him. And by this we know that He remains in us: by the Spirit He has given us.
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How to Hear God’s Voice: A Practical Guide for BelieversScripture is the record of a God who speaks. This guide covers how to hear Him today and keep what He says.Cross-references for 1 John 3
“But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God—”
“You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.”
“who, by the power that enables Him to subject all things to Himself, will transform our lowly bodies to be like His glorious body.”
“This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him.”
“and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.”
Cross-references from OpenBible.info, licensed CC BY.
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- Sin Is Crouching at Your Door: What the Hebrew of Genesis 4 Reveals · Quoted in the Deeper Dive, day 4
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