Prima lettera di Giovanni 3

NOVA VULGATA	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Videte qualem caritatem dedit nobis Pater, ut filii Dei nomine mur, etsumus! Propter hoc mundus non cognoscit nos, quia non cognovit eum.	1 Behold what manner of charity the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called, and should be the sons of God. Therefore the world knoweth not us, because it knew not him.
2 Carissimi,nunc filii Dei sumus, et nondum manifestatum est quid erimus; scimus quoniam,cum ipse apparuerit, similes ei erimus, quoniam videbimus eum, sicuti est.	2 Dearly beloved, we are now the sons of God; and it hath not yet appeared what we shall be. We know, that, when he shall appear, we shall be like to him: because we shall see him as he is.
3 Et omnis, qui habet spem hanc in eo, purificat se, sicut ille purus est.	3 And every one that hath this hope in him, sanctifieth himself, as he also is holy.
4 Omnis, qui facit peccatum, et iniquitatem facit, quia peccatum est iniquitas.	4 Whosoever committeth sin commmitteth also iniquity; and sin is iniquity.
5 Et scitis quoniam ille apparuit, ut peccata tolleret, et peccatum in eo non est.	5 And you know that he appeared to take away our sins, and in him there is no sin.
6 Omnis, qui in eo manet, non peccat; omnis, qui peccat, non vidit eum nec noviteum.	6 Whosoever abideth in him, sinneth not; and whosoever sinneth, hath not seen him, nor known him.
7 Filioli, nemo vos seducat. Qui facit iustitiam, iustus est, sicut ille iustusest;	7 Little children, let no man deceive you. He that doth justice is just, even as he is just.
8 qui facit peccatum, ex Diabolo est, quoniam a principio Diabolus peccat.Propter hoc apparuit Filius Dei, ut dissolvat opera Diaboli.	8 He that commmitteth sin is of the devil: for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose, the Son of God appeared, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
9 Omnis, qui natusest ex Deo, peccatum non facit, quoniam semen ipsius in eo manet; et non potestpeccare, quoniam ex Deo natus est.	9 Whosoever is born of God, commmitteth not sin: for his seed abideth in him, and he can not sin, because he is born of God.
10 In hoc manifesti sunt filii Dei et filii Diaboli: omnis, qui non facitiustitiam, non est ex Deo, et qui non diligit fratrem suum.	10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil. Whosoever is not just, is not of God, nor he that loveth not his brother.
11 Quoniam haec est annuntiatio, quam audistis ab initio, ut diligamusalterutrum.	11 For this is the declaration, which you have heard from the beginning, that you should love one another.
12 Non sicut Cain: ex Maligno erat et occidit fratrem suum. Etpropter quid occidit eum? Quoniam opera eius maligna erant, fratris autem eiusiusta.	12 Not as Cain, who was of the wicked one, and killed his brother. And wherefore did he kill him? Because his own works were wicked: and his brother's just.
13 Nolite mirari, fratres, si odit vos mundus.	13 Wonder not, brethren, if the world hate you.
14 Nos scimus quoniam transivimusde morte in vitam, quoniam diligimus fratres; qui non diligit, manet in morte.	14 We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not, abideth in death.
15 Omnis, qui odit fratrem suum, homicida est, et scitis quoniam omnis homicidanon habet vitam aeternam in semetipso manentem.	15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer. And you know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in himself.
16 In hoc novimus caritatem, quoniam ille pro nobis animam suam posuit; et nosdebemus pro fratribus animas ponere.	16 In this we have known the charity of God, because he hath laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
17 Qui habuerit substantiam mundi etviderit fratrem suum necesse habere et clauserit viscera sua ab eo, quomodocaritas Dei manet in eo?	17 He that hath the substance of this world, and shall see his brother in need, and shall shut up his bowels from him: how doth the charity of God abide in him?
18 Filioli, non diligamus verbo nec lingua sed in opereet veritate.	18 My little children, let us not love in word, nor in tongue, but in deed, and in truth.
19 In hoc cognoscemus quoniam ex veritate sumus, et in conspectueius placabimus corda nostra,	19 In this we know that we are of the truth: and in his sight shall persuade our hearts.
20 quoniam si reprehenderit nos cor, maior estDeus corde nostro et cognoscit omnia.	20 For if our heart reprehend us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.
21 Carissimi, si cor nostrum nonreprehenderit nos, fiduciam habemus ad Deum	21 Dearly beloved, if our heart do not reprehend us, we have confidence towards God:
22 et, quodcumque petierimus,accipimus ab eo, quoniam mandata eius custodimus et ea, quae sunt placita corameo, facimus.	22 And whatsoever we shall ask, we shall receive of him: because we keep his commandments, and do those things which are pleasing in his sight.
23 Et hoc est mandatum eius, ut credamus nomini Filii eius Iesu Christi etdiligamus alterutrum, sicut dedit mandatum nobis.	23 And this is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ: and love one another, as he hath given commandment unto us.
24 Et, qui servat mandataeius, in ipso manet, et ipse in eo; et in hoc cognoscimus quoniam manet innobis, ex Spiritu, quem nobis dedit.	24 And he that keepeth his commandments, abideth in him, and he in him. And in this we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.