1 John 3:2-11

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² Dear friends,^(A) now we are children of God,^(B) and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears,^[a](C) we shall be like him,^(D) for we shall see him as he is.^{(E) 3} All who have this hope in him purify themselves,^(F) just as he is pure.^(G)

⁴ Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness.^{(H) 5} But you know that he appeared so that he might take away our sins.^(I) And in him is no sin.^{(J) 6} No one who lives in him keeps on sinning.^(K) No one who continues to sin has either seen him^(L) or known him.^(M)

⁷ Dear children,^(N) do not let anyone lead you astray.^(O) The one who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous.^{(P) 8} The one who does what is sinful is of the devil,^(Q) because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God^(R) appeared was to destroy the devil’s work.^{(S) 9} No one who is born of God^(T) will continue to sin,^(U) because God’s seed^(V) remains in them; they cannot go on sinning, because they have been born of God. ¹⁰ This is how we know who the children of God^(W) are and who the children of the devil^(X) are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not God’s child, nor is anyone who does not love^(Y) their brother and sister.^(Z)

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¹¹ For this is the message you heard^(AA) from the beginning:^(AB) We should love one another.^(AC)