1 John 3
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1Behold, 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.
1 John 3:1
2Beloved, 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.
1 John 3:2
3And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
1 John 3:3
4Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
1 John 3:4
5And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.
1 John 3:5
6Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.
1 John 3:6
7Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
1 John 3:7
8He 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.
1 John 3:8
9Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
1 John 3:9
10In 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.
1 John 3:10
11For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
1 John 3:11
12Not 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.
1 John 3:12
13Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
1 John 3:13
14We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.
1 John 3:14
15Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
1 John 3:15
16Hereby 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.
1 John 3:16
17But 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?
1 John 3:17
18My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
1 John 3:18
19And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.
1 John 3:19
20For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.
1 John 3:20
21Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.
1 John 3:21
22And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
1 John 3:22
23And 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.
1 John 3:23
24And 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.
1 John 3:24
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Cross References
1 John 3:1
John 1:12But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, ev...Galatians 3:26For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.Galatians 4:5To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of so...2 Corinthians 6:18And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the...John 17:25O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and th...
1 John 3:2
Philippians 3:21Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious...Colossians 3:4When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him i...1 Corinthians 13:12For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in par...2 Corinthians 3:18But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are ch...Romans 8:29For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image...
1 John 3:3
2 Corinthians 7:1Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from a...1 John 2:6He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked...2 Peter 3:14Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may...Matthew 5:48Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.Hebrews 12:14Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord...
1 John 3:4
1 John 5:17All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death.Romans 3:20Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight...Romans 4:15Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.Numbers 15:31Because he hath despised the word of the LORD, and hath broken his commandment,...2 Corinthians 12:21And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall b...
1 John 3:5
2 Corinthians 5:21For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made th...Hebrews 9:28So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for...1 Peter 3:18For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he mi...1 Peter 2:24Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead...Hebrews 9:26For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now...
1 John 3:6
3 John 1:11Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth go...1 John 3:9Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and...1 John 2:4He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the...1 John 4:8He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.John 15:4Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it...
1 John 3:7
1 John 2:29If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness...1 Peter 1:15But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversa...Romans 2:13(For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law sh...1 John 3:3And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.1 John 2:1My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any m...
1 John 3:8
Hebrews 2:14Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself...John 8:44Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was...Colossians 2:15And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, tri...John 16:11Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.Romans 16:20And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of ou...
1 John 3:9
1 John 5:18We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of Go...1 Peter 1:23Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of...John 1:13Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of...1 John 2:29If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness...1 John 5:1Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that...
1 John 3:10
1 John 4:8He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.3 John 1:11Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth go...Matthew 13:38The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the t...1 John 4:21And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother a...John 8:44Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was...
1 John 3:11
John 15:12This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.2 John 1:5And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee,...1 John 4:7Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth...1 John 4:21And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother a...John 13:34A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you...
1 John 3:12
Hebrews 11:4By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he...Genesis 4:4And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof....Proverbs 29:27An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright in the way i...Genesis 4:25¶ And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: Fo...Jude 1:11Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the...
Cross References
1 John 3:1
John 1:12But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, ev...Galatians 3:26For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.Galatians 4:5To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of so...2 Corinthians 6:18And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the...John 17:25O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and th...
1 John 3:2
Philippians 3:21Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious...Colossians 3:4When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him i...1 Corinthians 13:12For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in par...2 Corinthians 3:18But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are ch...Romans 8:29For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image...
1 John 3:3
2 Corinthians 7:1Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from a...1 John 2:6He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked...2 Peter 3:14Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may...Matthew 5:48Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.Hebrews 12:14Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord...
1 John 3:4
1 John 5:17All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death.Romans 3:20Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight...Romans 4:15Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.Numbers 15:31Because he hath despised the word of the LORD, and hath broken his commandment,...2 Corinthians 12:21And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall b...
1 John 3:5
2 Corinthians 5:21For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made th...Hebrews 9:28So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for...1 Peter 3:18For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he mi...1 Peter 2:24Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead...Hebrews 9:26For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now...
1 John 3:6
3 John 1:11Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth go...1 John 3:9Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and...1 John 2:4He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the...1 John 4:8He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.John 15:4Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it...
1 John 3:7
1 John 2:29If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness...1 Peter 1:15But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversa...Romans 2:13(For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law sh...1 John 3:3And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.1 John 2:1My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any m...
1 John 3:8
Hebrews 2:14Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself...John 8:44Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was...Colossians 2:15And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, tri...John 16:11Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.Romans 16:20And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of ou...
1 John 3:9
1 John 5:18We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of Go...1 Peter 1:23Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of...John 1:13Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of...1 John 2:29If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness...1 John 5:1Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that...
1 John 3:10
1 John 4:8He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.3 John 1:11Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth go...Matthew 13:38The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the t...1 John 4:21And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother a...John 8:44Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was...
1 John 3:11
John 15:12This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.2 John 1:5And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee,...1 John 4:7Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth...1 John 4:21And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother a...John 13:34A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you...
1 John 3:12
Hebrews 11:4By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he...Genesis 4:4And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof....Proverbs 29:27An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright in the way i...Genesis 4:25¶ And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: Fo...Jude 1:11Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the...