Book of 1 John

[Joy]

1 John 3:10
In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: Whoever do not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is he who does not love his brother.

 

[shinebright]

1 John 3:11

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

 

[Joy]

1 John 3:12
not as Cain who was of the wicked one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his works were evil and his brother's righteous.

 

[kiwimac]

1 John 3:13 (New International Version - UK)

13 Do not be surprised, my brothers, if the world hates you.

 

[Joy]

1 John 3:14
We know that we have passed from death to life because we love the brethern. He who does not love his brother abides in death.

 

[FlatpickingJD]

1 Jn 3:15 (ESV)

Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.

 

[FlatpickingJD]

1 Jn 3:16 (ESV)

By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

 

[rjw64]

1 John 3:17 (RSV)

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?

 

[ArJay81]

1 John 3:18 (NIV)

Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.

 

[ArJay81]

1 John 3:19 (NIV)

This then is how we know that we belong to the truth, and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence

 

[ArJay81]

1 John 3:20 (NIV)

whenever our hearts condemn us. For God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything.

 

[ArJay81]

1 John 3:21 (NIV)

Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God

 

[ArJay81]

1 John 3:22 (NIV)

and receive from him anything we ask, because we obey his commands and do what pleases him.

 

[rjw64]

1 John 3:22 (NRSV)

and we receive from him whatever we ask, because we oby his commandments and do what pleases him.

 

[FlatpickingJD]

1 John 3:23 (HCSB)

Now this is His command: that we believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another as He commanded us.

 

[FlatpickingJD]

1 John 3:24 (HCSB)

The one who keeps His commands remains in Him, and He in him. And the way we know that He remains in us is from the Spirit He has given us.