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1 John 3
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3 See how much the Father has loved us! We are called God's children. It is true, we are God's children. People in this world did not know him and so they do not know us.

2 My dear brothers, we are God's children now. No one knows yet what we shall be like. But we know that when Jesus comes, we will be like him. We will see him as he really is.

3 Everyone who has this hope about Christ makes his life holy. He makes his life holy and clean, just as Christ is holy.

4 Everyone who does wrong things is breaking God's law. Doing wrong things is breaking the law.

5 You know that Christ came to take away the wrong things people have done. He is the one who has done no wrong.

6 Everyone who stays with him does not do wrong things. Everyone who does wrong things has never seen him and has never known him.

7 My children, do not let anyone fool you. Anyone who does what is good, is good just as Christ is good.

8 Anyone who does what is wrong belongs to the devil. The devil has done what is wrong from the beginning. That is why God's Son came. He came to stop what the devil does.

9 No one who is God's child does wrong things, because God's life is in him. And he cannot keep on doing wrong things, because he is God's child.

10 This is how people can know who are God's children and who are the devil's children. Everyone who does not do right is not God's child. And anyone who does not love his brother is not God's child.

11 This is the word you have heard from the beginning. `We must love one another.'

12 We must not be like Cain. He was a child of the devil and killed his brother. Why did he kill him? He killed him because the things he himself did were wrong, and the things his brother did were right with God.

13 My brothers, do not be surprised if people in this world hate you.

14 We know that we have gone from death to life. We know this because we love the Christian brothers. Anyone who does not love them has not gone from death to life.

15 Everyone who hates his brother is like a man who kills a person. And you know that no one who kills a person has life that will live for ever.

16 Christ died for us. That is how we know what love is. We also should be willing to die for our brothers.

17 Perhaps a man has plenty of food and things. He sees that his brother needs some. If he does not want to help his brother, does he love God?

18 My children, we must not only talk about loving people; we must show we love people by what we do for them. We must really love them.

19 And this is how we will know that we are true. This is why we will not be afraid in front of God.

20 Even if our hearts think we are wrong, God is greater than our hearts and he knows everything.

21 My dear brothers, if our hearts do not think we are wrong, we will not be afraid in front of God.

22 If we ask God for something, we get it. We get it because we obey his laws. We get it because we do what pleases him.

23 This is his law. We must believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ. And we must love one another as he told us to do.

24 If anyone obeys his laws, he belongs to God and God belongs to him. God has given us the Holy Spirit. That is how we know that God is with us.

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1 John 3
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3 See what great love(A) the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God!(B) And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.(C) 2 Dear friends,(D) now we are children of God,(E) and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears,[a](F) we shall be like him,(G) for we shall see him as he is.(H) 3 All who have this hope in him purify themselves,(I) just as he is pure.(J)

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

7 Dear children,(Q) do not let anyone lead you astray.(R) The one who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous.(S) 8 The one who does what is sinful is of the devil,(T) because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God(U) appeared was to destroy the devil’s work.(V) 9 No one who is born of God(W) will continue to sin,(X) because God’s seed(Y) 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(Z) are and who the children of the devil(AA) are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not God’s child, nor is anyone who does not love(AB) their brother and sister.(AC)

More on Love and Hatred

11 For this is the message you heard(AD) from the beginning:(AE) We should love one another.(AF) 12 Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one(AG) and murdered his brother.(AH) And why did he murder him? Because his own actions were evil and his brother’s were righteous.(AI) 13 Do not be surprised, my brothers and sisters,[b] if the world hates you.(AJ) 14 We know that we have passed from death to life,(AK) because we love each other. Anyone who does not love remains in death.(AL) 15 Anyone who hates a brother or sister(AM) is a murderer,(AN) and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing in him.(AO)

16 This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us.(AP) And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.(AQ) 17 If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them,(AR) how can the love of God be in that person?(AS) 18 Dear children,(AT) let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.(AU)

19 This is how we know that we belong to the truth and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence: 20 If our hearts condemn us, we know that God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything. 21 Dear friends,(AV) if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God(AW) 22 and receive from him anything we ask,(AX) because we keep his commands(AY) and do what pleases him.(AZ) 23 And this is his command: to believe(BA) in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ,(BB) and to love one another as he commanded us.(BC) 24 The one who keeps God’s commands(BD) lives in him,(BE) and he in them. And this is how we know that he lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he gave us.(BF)

Footnotes

  1. 1 John 3:2 Or when it is made known
  2. 1 John 3:13 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in verse 16.
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1 Juan 3
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Los hijos de Dios

3 Miren cuán gran amor[a] nos ha otorgado el Padre(A): que seamos llamados hijos de Dios(B). Y eso somos. Por esto el mundo no nos conoce, porque no lo conoció a Él(C). 2 Amados(D), ahora somos hijos de Dios(E) y aún no se ha manifestado lo que habremos de ser(F). Pero sabemos que cuando Cristo se manifieste[b](G), seremos semejantes a Él(H), porque lo veremos como Él es(I). 3 Y todo el que tiene esta esperanza puesta en Él(J), se purifica, así como Él es puro(K).

4 Todo el que practica el pecado, practica también la infracción de la ley[c], pues[d] el pecado es infracción de la ley[e](L). 5 Ustedes saben que Cristo se manifestó(M) a fin de quitar los[f] pecados(N), y en Él no hay pecado(O). 6 Todo el que permanece en Él, no peca(P). Todo el que peca, ni lo ha visto ni lo ha conocido(Q). 7 Hijos míos[g](R), que nadie los engañe(S). El que practica la justicia es justo(T), así como Él es justo. 8 El que practica el pecado es del diablo(U), porque el diablo ha pecado[h] desde el principio. El Hijo de Dios(V) se manifestó con este propósito(W): para destruir[i] las obras del diablo(X).

9 Ninguno que es nacido de Dios(Y) practica[j] el pecado(Z), porque la simiente de Dios[k] permanece en él. No puede pecar, porque es nacido de Dios. 10 En esto se reconocen[l] los hijos de Dios(AA) y los hijos del diablo(AB): todo aquel que no practica la justicia, no es de Dios; tampoco aquel que no ama(AC) a su hermano(AD). 11 Porque este es el mensaje(AE) que ustedes han oído desde el principio(AF): que nos amemos unos a otros(AG). 12 No como Caín(AH) que era del maligno(AI), y mató a su hermano. ¿Y por qué causa lo mató? Porque sus obras eran malas, y las de su hermano justas(AJ).

Amemos de hecho, no de palabra

13 Hermanos, no se maravillen si el mundo los odia(AK). 14 Nosotros sabemos que hemos pasado de muerte a vida(AL) porque amamos a los hermanos(AM). El que no ama[m] permanece en muerte. 15 Todo el que aborrece a su hermano es un asesino(AN), y ustedes saben que ningún asesino tiene vida eterna permanente en él(AO). 16 En esto conocemos el amor: en que Él puso Su vida por nosotros(AP). También nosotros debemos poner nuestras vidas(AQ) por los hermanos(AR).

17 Pero el que tiene bienes de este mundo(AS), y ve a su hermano en necesidad y cierra su corazón[n] contra[o] él(AT), ¿cómo puede morar[p] el amor de Dios en él(AU)? 18 Hijos[q](AV), no amemos de palabra ni de lengua, sino de hecho y en verdad(AW). 19 En esto sabremos que somos de la verdad(AX), y aseguraremos[r] nuestros corazones delante de Él 20 en cualquier cosa en que nuestro corazón nos condene. Porque Dios[s] es mayor que nuestro corazón y Él sabe todas las cosas. 21 Amados(AY), si nuestro corazón no nos condena, confianza tenemos delante de[t] Dios(AZ). 22 Y todo lo que pidamos lo recibimos de Él(BA), porque guardamos Sus mandamientos(BB) y hacemos las cosas que son agradables delante de Él(BC).

23 Y este es Su mandamiento: que creamos(BD) en el nombre de Su Hijo Jesucristo(BE), y que nos amemos unos a otros como Él nos ha mandado[u](BF). 24 El que guarda Sus mandamientos(BG) permanece en Él(BH) y Dios[v] en él. Y en esto sabemos(BI) que Él permanece en nosotros(BJ): por el Espíritu que nos ha dado.

Footnotes

  1. 3:1 Lit. qué clase de amor.
  2. 3:2 Lit. si se manifiesta.
  3. 3:4 O iniquidad.
  4. 3:4 Lit. y.
  5. 3:4 O iniquidad.
  6. 3:5 Algunos mss. dicen: nuestros.
  7. 3:7 O Hijitos.
  8. 3:8 Lit. peca.
  9. 3:8 O deshacer.
  10. 3:9 Lit. Todo aquel…no practica.
  11. 3:9 Lit. Su simiente.
  12. 3:10 Lit. se manifiestan.
  13. 3:14 Algunos mss. posteriores agregan: a su hermano.
  14. 3:17 Lit. sus entrañas.
  15. 3:17 Lit. de.
  16. 3:17 Lit. ¿cómo mora?
  17. 3:18 O Hijitos.
  18. 3:19 O persuadiremos.
  19. 3:20 Lit. delante de Él; porque si nuestro corazón nos condena, Dios.
  20. 3:21 Lit. hacia.
  21. 3:23 O nos dio mandamiento.
  22. 3:24 Lit. Él.
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