1 John 2:28-3:10

English Standard Version

Children of God

²⁸ And now, little children, abide in him, so that ^(A)when he appears ^(B)we may have confidence and not shrink from him in shame at his ^(C)coming. ²⁹ If you know that ^(D)he is righteous, you may be sure that ^(E)everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him.

3 See ^(F)what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called ^(G)children of God; and so we are. The reason why ^(H)the world does not know us is that ^(I)it did not know him. ² Beloved, we are ^(J)God's children ^(K)now, and what we will be ^(L)has not yet appeared; but we know that ^(M)when he appears^{[a] (N)}we shall be like him, because ^(O)we shall see him as he is. ³ And everyone who ^(P)thus hopes in him ^(Q)purifies himself as he is pure.

⁴ Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; ^(R)sin is lawlessness. ⁵ You know that ^(S)he appeared in order to ^(T)take away sins, and ^(U)in him there is no sin. ⁶ No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; ^(V)no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him. ⁷ Little children, ^(W)let no one deceive you. ^(X)Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous. ^8 (Y)Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was ^(Z)to destroy the works of the devil. ^9 (AA)No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God's^[b] seed abides in him; and he cannot keep on sinning, because he has been born of God. ¹⁰ By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, ^(AB)nor is the one who ^(AC)does not love his brother.