CHAPTER 3
Behold
what manner of
love
the
Father
has given
to us,
that
we should be called
children
of God.
And that is what
we are!
The reason
the
world
does not know
us
is that
it did not know
Him.
Beloved,
we are
now
children
of God,
and
what
we will be
has not yet
been revealed.
We know
that
when
Christ appears,
we will be
like
Him,
for
we will see
Him
as
He is.
No one
who
remains
in
Him
keeps on sinning.
No one
who
continues to sin
has seen
Him
or
known
Him.
Little children,
let no one
deceive
you:
The one who
practices
righteousness
is
righteous,
just as
Christ
is
righteous.
The one who
practices
sin
is
of
the
devil,
because
the
devil
has been sinning
from
the very start.
This is why
the
Son
of God
was revealed,
to
destroy
the
works
of the
devil.
Anyone
born
of
God
refuses to practice
sin,
because
God’s
seed
abides
in
him;
he cannot
go on sinning,
because
he has been born
of
God.
By
this
the
children
of God
are
distinguished
from the
children
of the
devil:
Anyone
who
does not practice
righteousness
is
not
of
God,
nor is
anyone who
does not love
his
brother.
Do not be
like
Cain,
who belonged to
the
evil one
and
murdered
his
brother.
And
why
did he slay
him?
Because
his
own
deeds
were
evil,
while
those
of
his
brother
were righteous.
We
know
that
we have passed
from
death
to
life,
because
we love
our
brothers.
The one who
does not love
remains
in
death.
Everyone
who
hates
his
brother
is
a murderer,
and
you know
that
eternal
life
does not
reside
in
a
murderer.
By
this
we know
what
love is:
Jesus
laid down
His
life
for
us,
and
we
ought
to lay down
our
lives
for
our
brothers.
If
anyone
with
earthly
possessions
sees
his
brother
in
need,
but
withholds
his
compassion
from
him,
how
can the
love
of God
abide
in
him?
And
by
this
we will know
that
we belong to
the
truth,
and
will assure
our
hearts
in His presence:
and
we will receive
from
Him
whatever
we ask,
because
we keep
His
commandments
and
do
what
is pleasing
in His sight.
And
this
is
His
commandment:
that
we should believe
in the
name
of His
Son,
Jesus
Christ,
and
we should love
one another
just as
He commanded
us.
Whoever
keeps
His
commandments
remains
in
God,
and
God
in
him.
And
by
this
we know
that
He remains
in
us:
by
the
Spirit
He has given
us.