1 John 3

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	KING JAMES BIBLE
1 See what love the Father has bestowed on us that we may be called the children of God. Yet so we are. The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.	1 Behold, 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.
2 Beloved, we are God's children now; what we shall be has not yet been revealed. We do know that when it is revealed we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.	2 Beloved, 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.
3 Everyone who has this hope based on him makes himself pure, as he is pure.	3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
4 Everyone who commits sin commits lawlessness, for sin is lawlessness.	4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
5 You know that he was revealed to take away sins, and in him there is no sin.	5 And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.
6 No one who remains in him sins; no one who sins has seen him or known him.	6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.
7 Children, let no one deceive you. The person who acts in righteousness is righteous, just as he is righteous.	7 Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
8 Whoever sins belongs to the devil, because the devil has sinned from the beginning. Indeed, the Son of God was revealed to destroy the works of the devil.	8 He 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.
9 No one who is begotten by God commits sin, because God's seed remains in him; he cannot sin because he is begotten by God.	9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
10 In this way, the children of God and the children of the devil are made plain; no one who fails to act in righteousness belongs to God, nor anyone who does not love his brother.	10 In 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.
11 For this is the message you have heard from the beginning: we should love one another,	11 For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
12 unlike Cain who belonged to the evil one and slaughtered his brother. Why did he slaughter him? Because his own works were evil, and those of his brother righteous.	12 Not 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.
13 Do not be amazed, (then,) brothers, if the world hates you.	13 Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
14 We know that we have passed from death to life because we love our brothers. Whoever does not love remains in death.	14 We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.
15 Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life remaining in him.	15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
16 The way we came to know love was that he laid down his life for us; so we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.	16 Hereby 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.
17 If someone who has worldly means sees a brother in need and refuses him compassion, how can the love of God remain in him?	17 But 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?
18 Children, let us love not in word or speech but in deed and truth.	18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
19 (Now) this is how we shall know that we belong to the truth and reassure our hearts before him	19 And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.
20 in whatever our hearts condemn, for God is greater than our hearts and knows everything.	20 For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.
21 Beloved, if (our) hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence in God	21 Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.
22 and receive from him whatever we ask, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him.	22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
23 And his commandment is this: we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another just as he commanded us.	23 And 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.
24 Those who keep his commandments remain in him, and he in them, and the way we know that he remains in us is from the Spirit that he gave us.	24 And 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.