3See how very much our Father loves us, for he calls us his children, and that is what we are! But the people who belong to this world don't recognize that we are God's children because they don't know him.G1492G4217G26G3962G1325G2254G2443G2564G5043G2316G1223G5124G2889G1097G2248G3756G3754G1097G846G37562Dear friends, we are already God's children, but he has not yet shown us what we will be like when Christ appears. But we do know that we will be like him, for we will see him as he really is.G27G3568G2070G5043G2316G2532G5319G3768G5319G5101G2071G1161G1492G3754G1437G5319G2071G3664G846G3754G3700G846G2531G20763And all who have this eager expectation will keep themselves pure, just as he is pure.G2532G3956G2192G5026G1680G1909G846G48G1438G2531G1565G2076G534Everyone who sins is breaking God's law, for all sin is contrary to the law of God.G3956G4160G266G4160G458G2532G458G2532G266G2076G4585And you know that Jesus came to take away our sins, and there is no sin in him.G2532G1492G3754G1565G5319G2443G142G2257G266G2532G1722G846G2076G3756G2666Anyone who continues to live in him will not sin. But anyone who keeps on sinning does not know him or understand who he is.G3956G3306G1722G846G264G3756G3956G264G3708G3756G3708G846G3761G1097G8467Dear children, don't let anyone deceive you about this: When people do what is right, it shows that they are righteous, even as Christ is righteous.G5040G4105G3367G4105G5209G4160G1343G2076G1342G2531G1565G2076G13428But when people keep on sinning, it shows that they belong to the devil, who has been sinning since the beginning. But the Son of God came to destroy the works of the devil.G4160G266G2076G1537G1228G3754G1228G264G575G746G1519G5124G5207G2316G5319G2443G3089G2041G12289Those who have been born into God's family do not make a practice of sinning, because God's life is in them. So they can't keep on sinning, because they are children of God.G3956G1080G1537G2316G4160G3756G266G3754G846G4690G3306G1722G846G2532G3756G1410G264G3754G1080G1537G231610So now we can tell who are children of God and who are children of the devil. Anyone who does not live righteously and does not love other believers does not belong to God.G1722G5129G5043G2316G2076G5318G2532G5043G1228G3956G4160G3361G1343G2076G3756G1537G2316G2532G25G3361G846G80
Love One Another
11This is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another.G3754G3778G2076G31G3739G191G575G746G2443G25G24012We must not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because Cain had been doing what was evil, and his brother had been doing what was righteous.G3756G2531G2535G2258G1537G4190G2532G4969G846G80G2532G5484G5101G4969G846G3754G846G2041G2258G4190G1161G846G80G134213So don't be surprised, dear brothers and sisters, if the world hates you.G2296G3361G3450G80G1487G2889G3404G520914If we love our Christian brothers and sisters, it proves that we have passed from death to life. But a person who has no love is still dead.G1492G3754G2249G3327G1537G2288G1519G2222G3754G25G80G25G3361G80G3306G1722G228815Anyone who hates another brother or sister is really a murderer at heart. And you know that murderers don't have eternal life within them.G3956G3404G846G80G2076G443G2532G1492G3754G3756G3956G443G2192G166G2222G3306G1722G84616We know what real love is because Jesus gave up his life for us. So we also ought to give up our lives for our brothers and sisters.G1722G5129G1097G26G3754G1565G5087G846G5590G5228G2257G2532G2249G3784G5087G5590G5228G8017If someone has enough money to live well and sees a brother or sister in need but shows no compassion—how can God's love be in that person?G1161G3739G302G2192G2889G979G2532G2334G846G80G2192G5532G2532G2808G846G4698G575G846G4459G3306G26G2316G1722G84618Dear children, let's not merely say that we love each other; let us show the truth by our actions.G3450G5040G25G3361G25G3056G3366G1100G235G2041G2532G22519Our actions will show that we belong to the truth, so we will be confident when we stand before God.G2532G1722G5129G1097G3754G2070G1537G225G2532G3982G2257G2588G1715G84620Even if we feel guilty, God is greater than our feelings, and he knows everything.G3754G1437G2257G2588G2607G3754G2316G2076G3187G2257G2588G2532G1097G395621Dear friends, if we don't feel guilty, we can come to God with bold confidence.G27G3362G2257G2588G2607G2257G3362G2192G3954G4314G231622And we will receive from him whatever we ask because we obey him and do the things that please him.G2532G3739G1437G154G2983G3844G846G3754G5083G846G1785G2532G4160G701G846G179923And this is his commandment: We must believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as he commanded us.G2532G3778G2076G846G1785G2443G4100G3686G846G5207G2424G5547G2532G25G240G2531G1325G2254G178524Those who obey God's commandments remain in fellowship with him, and he with them. And we know he lives in us because the Spirit he gave us lives in us.G2532G5083G846G1785G3306G1722G846G2532G846G1722G846G2532G1722G5129G1097G3754G3306G1722G2254G1537G4151G3739G1325G2254
1John 4
Discerning False Prophets
4Dear friends, do not believe everyone who claims to speak by the Spirit. You must test them to see if the spirit they have comes from God. For there are many false prophets in the world.G27G4100G3361G3956G4151G235G1381G4151G1487G2076G1537G2316G3754G4183G5578G1831G1519G28892This is how we know if they have the Spirit of God: If a person claiming to be a prophet acknowledges that Jesus Christ came in a real body, that person has the Spirit of God.G1722G3739G5129G1097G4151G2316G3956G4151G3670G2424G5547G2064G1722G4561G2076G1537G23163But if someone claims to be a prophet and does not acknowledge the truth about Jesus, that person is not from God. Such a person has the spirit of the Antichrist, which you heard is coming into the world and indeed is already here.G2532G3956G4151G3739G3670G3361G2424G5547G2064G1722G4561G2076G3756G1537G2316G2532G5124G2076G500G3739G191G3754G2064G2532G3568G2235G2076G1722G28894But you belong to God, my dear children. You have already won a victory over those people, because the Spirit who lives in you is greater than the spirit who lives in the world.G5210G2075G1537G2316G5040G2532G3528G846G3754G3187G2076G1722G5213G2228G1722G28895Those people belong to this world, so they speak from the world's viewpoint, and the world listens to them.G846G1526G1537G2889G1223G5124G2980G1537G2889G2532G2889G191G8466But we belong to God, and those who know God listen to us. If they do not belong to God, they do not listen to us. That is how we know if someone has the Spirit of truth or the spirit of deception.G2249G2070G1537G2316G1097G2316G191G2257G3739G2076G3756G1537G2316G191G3756G2257G1537G5127G1097G4151G225G2532G4151G4106
Loving One Another
7Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is a child of God and knows God.G27G25G240G3754G26G2076G1537G2316G2532G3956G25G1080G1537G2316G2532G1097G23168But anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is love.G25G3361G1097G3756G2316G3754G2316G2076G269God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him.G1722G5129G5319G26G2316G1722G2254G3754G2316G649G846G3439G5207G1519G2889G2443G2198G1223G84610This is real love—not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.G1722G5129G2076G26G3754G3756G2249G25G2316G235G3754G846G25G2248G2532G649G846G5207G2434G4012G2257G26611Dear friends, since God loved us that much, we surely ought to love each other.G27G1487G2316G3779G25G2248G2249G3784G2532G25G24012No one has ever seen God. But if we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is brought to full expression in us.G3762G2300G2316G4455G1437G25G240G2316G3306G1722G2254G2532G846G26G2076G5048G1722G225413And God has given us his Spirit as proof that we live in him and he in us.G1722G5129G1097G3754G3306G1722G846G2532G846G1722G2254G3754G1325G2254G1537G846G415114Furthermore, we have seen with our own eyes and now testify that the Father sent his Son to be the Savior of the world.G2532G2249G2300G2532G3140G3754G3962G649G5207G4990G288915All who confess that Jesus is the Son of God have God living in them, and they live in God.G3739G302G3670G3754G2424G2076G5207G2316G2316G3306G1722G846G2532G846G1722G231616We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in his love. God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them.G2532G2249G1097G2532G4100G26G3739G2316G2192G1722G2254G2316G2076G26G2532G3306G1722G26G3306G1722G2316G2532G2316G1722G84617And as we live in God, our love grows more perfect. So we will not be afraid on the day of judgment, but we can face him with confidence because we live like Jesus here in this world.G1722G5129G3326G2257G26G5048G2443G2192G3954G1722G2250G2920G3754G2531G1565G2076G2532G2070G2249G1722G5129G288918Such love has no fear, because perfect love expels all fear. If we are afraid, it is for fear of punishment, and this shows that we have not fully experienced his perfect love.G2076G3756G5401G1722G26G235G5046G26G906G1854G5401G3754G5401G2192G2851G1161G5399G5048G3756G5048G1722G2619We love each other because he loved us first.G2249G25G846G3754G846G4413G25G224820If someone says, "I love God," but hates a Christian brother or sister, that person is a liar; for if we don't love people we can see, how can we love God, whom we cannot see?G1437G5100G2036G3754G25G2316G2532G3404G846G80G2076G5583G1063G25G3361G846G80G3739G3708G4459G1410G25G2316G3739G3708G3756G370821And he has given us this command: Those who love God must also love their Christian brothers and sisters.G2532G5026G1785G2192G575G846G2443G25G2316G25G846G80G2532
1John 5
Faith in the Son of God
5Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has become a child of God. And everyone who loves the Father loves his children, too.G3956G4100G3754G2424G2076G5547G1080G1537G2316G2532G3956G25G1080G25G2532G1080G1537G8462We know we love God's children if we love God and obey his commandments.G1722G5129G1097G3754G25G5043G2316G3752G25G2316G2532G5083G846G17853Loving God means keeping his commandments, and his commandments are not burdensome.G1063G3778G2076G26G2316G2443G5083G846G1785G2532G846G1785G1526G3756G9264For every child of God defeats this evil world, and we achieve this victory through our faith.G3754G3956G1080G1537G2316G3528G2889G2532G3778G2076G3529G3528G2889G2257G41025And who can win this battle against the world? Only those who believe that Jesus is the Son of God.G5101G2076G3528G2889G1508G4100G3754G2424G2076G5207G23166And Jesus Christ was revealed as God's Son by his baptism in water and by shedding his blood on the cross—not by water only, but by water and blood. And the Spirit, who is truth, confirms it with his testimony.G3778G2076G2064G1223G5204G2532G129G2424G5547G3756G1722G5204G3440G235G1722G5204G2532G129G2532G2076G4151G3140G3754G4151G2076G2257So we have these three witnesses①—/ ①A few very late manuscripts add in heaven—the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit, and these three are one. And we have three witnesses on earthG3754G1526G5140G3140G1722G3772G3962G3056G2532G40G4151G2532G3778G5140G1526G15208the Spirit, the water, and the blood—and all three agree.G2532G1526G5140G3140G1722G1093G4151G2532G5204G2532G129G2532G5140G1526G1519G15209Since we believe human testimony, surely we can believe the greater testimony that comes from God. And God has testified about his Son.G1487G2983G3141G444G3141G2316G2076G3187G3754G3778G2076G3141G2316G3739G3140G4012G846G520710All who believe in the Son of God know in their hearts that this testimony is true. Those who don't believe this are actually calling God a liar because they don't believe what God has testified about his Son.G4100G1519G5207G2316G2192G3141G1722G1438G4100G3361G2316G4160G846G5583G3754G4100G3756G1519G3141G3739G2316G3140G4012G846G520711And this is what God has testified: He has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.G2532G3778G2076G3141G3754G2316G1325G2254G166G2222G2532G3778G2222G2076G1722G846G520712Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have God's Son does not have life.G2192G5207G2192G2222G2192G3361G5207G2316G2192G3756G2222
Conclusion
13I have written this to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know you have eternal life.G5023G1125G5213G4100G1519G3686G5207G2316G2443G1492G3754G2192G166G2222G2532G2443G4100G1519G3686G5207G231614And we are confident that he hears us whenever we ask for anything that pleases him.G2532G3778G2076G3954G3739G2192G4314G846G3754G1437G154G5100G2596G846G2307G191G225715And since we know he hears us when we make our requests, we also know that he will give us what we ask for.G2532G1437G1492G3754G191G2257G3739G302G154G1492G3754G2192G155G3739G154G3844G84616If you see a Christian brother or sister sinning in a way that does not lead to death, you should pray, and God will give that person life. But there is a sin that leads to death, and I am not saying you should pray for those who commit it.G1437G5100G1492G846G80G264G266G3361G4314G2288G154G2532G1325G846G2222G264G3361G4314G2288G2076G266G4314G2288G3756G3004G2443G2065G4012G156517All wicked actions are sin, but not every sin leads to death.G3956G93G2076G266G2532G2076G266G3756G4314G228818We know that God's children do not make a practice of sinning, for God's Son holds them securely, and the evil one cannot touch them.G1492G3754G3956G1080G1537G2316G264G3756G235G1080G1537G2316G5083G1438G2532G4190G680G846G375619We know that we are children of God and that the world around us is under the control of the evil one.G1492G3754G2070G1537G2316G2532G3650G2889G2749G1722G419020And we know that the Son of God has come, and he has given us understanding so that we can know the true God. And now we live in fellowship with the true God because we live in fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ. He is the only true God, and he is eternal life.G1161G1492G3754G5207G2316G2240G2532G1325G2254G1271G2443G1097G228G2532G2070G1722G228G1722G846G5207G2424G5547G3778G2076G228G2316G2532G166G222221Dear children, keep away from anything that might take God's place in your hearts.G5040G5442G1438G575G1497G281
Psalms 37
37[A psalm of David.] Don't worry about the wicked or envy those who do wrong.H1732H2734H7489H7065H6213H57662For like grass, they soon fade away. Like spring flowers, they soon wither.H4120H5243H2682H5034H3418H18773Trust in the LORD and do good. Then you will live safely in the land and prosper.H982H3068H6213H2896H7931H776H530H74624Take delight in the LORD, and he will give you your heart's desires.H6026H3068H5414H4862H38205Commit everything you do to the LORD. Trust him, and he will help you.H1556H1870H3068H982H62136He will make your innocence radiate like the dawn, and the justice of your cause will shine like the noonday sun.H3318H6664H216H4941H66727Be still in the presence of the LORD, and wait patiently for him to act. Don't worry about evil people who prosper or fret about their wicked schemes.H1826H3068H2342H2734H6743H1870H376H6213H4209H62138Stop being angry! Turn from your rage! Do not lose your temper—it only leads to harm.H7503H639H5800H2534H2734H389H74899For the wicked will be destroyed, but those who trust in the LORD will possess the land.H7489H3772H6960H3068H3423H77610Soon the wicked will disappear. Though you look for them, they will be gone.H4592H7563H995H472511The lowly will possess the land and will live in peace and prosperity.H6035H3423H776H6026H7230H796512The wicked plot against the godly; they snarl at them in defiance.H7563H2161H6662H2786H812713But the Lord just laughs, for he sees their day of judgment coming.H136H7832H7200H3117H93514The wicked draw their swords and string their bows to kill the poor and the oppressed, to slaughter those who do right.H7563H6605H2719H1869H7198H5307H6041H34H2873H3477H187015But their swords will stab their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.H2719H935H3820H7198H766516It is better to be godly and have little than to be evil and rich.H4592H6662H2896H1995H7227H756317For the strength of the wicked will be shattered, but the LORD takes care of the godly.H2220H7563H7665H3068H5564H666218Day by day the LORD takes care of the innocent, and they will receive an inheritance that lasts forever.H3068H3045H3117H8549H5159H576919They will not be disgraced in hard times; even in famine they will have more than enough.H954H7451H6256H3117H7459H764620But the wicked will die. The LORD's enemies are like flowers in a field—they will disappear like smoke.H7563H6H341H3068H3368H3733H3615H6227H361521The wicked borrow and never repay, but the godly are generous givers.H7563H3867H7999H6662H2603H541422Those the LORD blesses will possess the land, but those he curses will die.H1288H3423H776H7043H377223The LORD directs the steps of the godly. He delights in every detail of their lives.H4703H1397H3559H3068H2654H187024Though they stumble, they will never fall, for the LORD holds them by the hand.H5307H2904H3068H5564H302725Once I was young, and now I am old. Yet I have never seen the godly abandoned or their children begging for bread.H5288H2204H7200H6662H5800H2233H1245H389926The godly always give generous loans to others, and their children are a blessing.H3117H2603H3867H2233H129327Turn from evil and do good, and you will live in the land forever.H5493H7451H6213H2896H7931H576928For the LORD loves justice, and he will never abandon the godly. He will keep them safe forever, but the children of the wicked will die.H3068H157H4941H5800H2623H8104H5769H2233H7563H377229The godly will possess the land and will live there forever.H6662H3423H776H7931H570330The godly offer good counsel; they teach right from wrong.H6310H6662H1897H2451H3956H1696H494131They have made God's law their own, so they will never slip from his path.H8451H430H3820H838H457132The wicked wait in ambush for the godly, looking for an excuse to kill them.H7563H6822H6662H1245H419133But the LORD will not let the wicked succeed or let the godly be condemned when they are put on trial.H3068H5800H3027H7561H819934Put your hope in the LORD. Travel steadily along his path. He will honor you by giving you the land. You will see the wicked destroyed.H6960H3068H8104H1870H7311H3423H776H7563H3772H720035I have seen wicked and ruthless people flourishing like a tree in its native soil.H7200H7563H6184H6168H7488H24936But when I looked again, they were gone! Though I searched for them, I could not find them!H5674H1245H467237Look at those who are honest and good, for a wonderful future awaits those who love peace.H8104H8535H7200H3477H319H376H796538But the rebellious will be destroyed; they have no future.H6586H8045H3162H319H7563H377239The LORD rescues the godly; he is their fortress in times of trouble.H8668H6662H3068H4581H6256H686940The LORD helps them, rescuing them from the wicked. He saves them, and they find shelter in him.H3068H5826H6403H6403H7563H3467H2620
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is in them. So they can't keep on sinning, because they are children of God.G3956
