1 John 3

Verse 1

WEB Behold, how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn’t know us, because it didn’t know him.

KJV 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.

TSK what: 1jo 4:9,10, 2sa 7:19, ps 31:19, ps 36:7-9, ps 89:1,2, joh 3:16, ro 5:8, ro 8:32, eph 2:4,5, eph 3:18,19; that: jer 3:19, ho 1:10, joh 1:12, ro 8:14-17,21, ro 9:25,26, 2co 6:18, ga 3:26,29, ga 4:5,6, re 21:7; the world: joh 15:18,19, joh 16:3, joh 17:25, col 3:3

Verse 2

WEB Beloved, now we are children of God, and it is not yet revealed what we will be. But we know that, when he is revealed, we will be like him; for we will see him just as he is.

KJV 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.

TSK now are we the: 1jo 3:1, 1jo 5:1, isa 56:5, ro 8:14,15,18, ga 3:26, ga 4:6; it: ps 31:19, ro 8:18, 1co 2:9, 1co 13:12, 2co 4:17; when: mal 3:2, col 3:4, heb 9:28; what: ps 17:15, ro 8:29, 1co 15:49, php 3:21, 2pe 1:4; for: job 19:26, ps 16:11, mt 5:8, joh 17:24, 1co 13:12, 2co 3:18, 2co 5:6-8

Verse 3

WEB Everyone who has this hope set on him purifies himself, even as he is pure.

KJV And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.

TSK every: ro 5:4,5, col 1:5, 2th 2:16, tit 3:7, heb 6:18; purifieth: ac 15:9, 2co 7:1, heb 12:14, 2pe 1:4, 2pe 3:14; even: 1jo 2:6, 1jo 4:17, mt 5:48, lu 6:36, heb 7:26

Verse 4

WEB Everyone who sins also commits lawlessness. Sin is lawlessness.

KJV Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.

TSK committeth: 1jo 3:8,9, 1ki 8:47, 1ch 10:13, 2co 12:21, jas 5:15; transgresseth: nu 15:31, 1sa 15:24, 2ch 24:20, isa 53:8, da 9:11, ro 3:20, ro 4:15, jas 2:9-11; for: 1jo 5:17, ro 7:7-13

Verse 5

WEB You know that he was revealed to take away our sins, and in him is no sin.

KJV And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.

TSK he: 1jo 1:2, 1jo 4:9-14, joh 1:31, 1ti 3:16, 1pe 1:20; to: 1jo 1:7, isa 53:4-12, ho 14:2, mt 1:21, joh 1:29, ro 3:24-26, eph 5:25-27, 1ti 1:15, tit 2:14, heb 1:3, heb 9:26,28, 1pe 2:24, re 1:5; in: 1jo 2:1, lu 23:41,47, joh 8:46, joh 14:30, 2co 5:21, heb 4:15, heb 7:26, heb 9:28, 1pe 2:22, 1pe 3:18

Verse 6

WEB Whoever remains in him doesn’t sin. Whoever sins hasn’t seen him, neither knows him.

KJV Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.

TSK abideth: 1jo 2:28, joh 15:4-7; whosoever: 1jo 3:2,9, 1jo 2:4, 1jo 4:8, 1jo 5:18, 2co 3:18, 2co 4:6, 3jo 1:11

Verse 7

WEB Little children, let no one lead you astray. He who does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.

KJV Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.

TSK let: 1jo 2:26,29, ro 2:13, 1co 6:9, ga 6:7,8, eph 5:6, jas 1:22, jas 2:19, jas 5:1-3; he that: ps 106:3, eze 18:5-9, mt 5:20, lu 1:75, ac 10:35, ro 2:6-8,13, ro 6:16-18, eph 5:9, php 1:11, 1pe 2:24; even: 1jo 3:3, 1jo 2:1, ps 45:7, ps 72:1-7, heb 1:8, heb 7:2, 1pe 1:15,16

Verse 8

WEB He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. To this end the Son of God was revealed, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

KJV 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.

TSK He that: 1jo 3:10, 1jo 5:19, mt 13:38, joh 8:44, eph 2:2; for: 2pe 2:4, jude 1:6; this purpose: 1jo 3:5, ge 3:15, isa 27:1, mr 1:24, lu 10:18, joh 12:31, joh 16:11, ro 16:20, col 2:15, heb 2:14, re 20:2,3,10,15

Verse 9

WEB Whoever is born of God doesn’t commit sin, because his seed remains in him; and he can’t sin, because he is born of God.

KJV 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.

TSK born: 1jo 2:29, 1jo 4:7, 1jo 5:1,4,18, joh 1:13; for: job 19:28, 1pe 1:23; and he: mt 7:18, ac 4:20, ro 6:2, ga 5:17, tit 1:2

Verse 10

WEB In this the children of God are revealed, and the children of the devil. Whoever doesn’t do righteousness is not of God, neither is he who doesn’t love his brother.

KJV 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.

TSK the children of God: 1jo 5:2, lu 6:35, ro 8:16,17, eph 5:1; and: mt 13:38, joh 8:44, ac 13:10; whosoever: 1jo 3:7,8, 1jo 2:29; is: 1jo 4:3,4,6, 1jo 5:19, joh 8:47, 3jo 1:11; neither: 1jo 3:14,15, 1jo 2:9,10, 1jo 4:8,21

Verse 11

WEB For this is the message which you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another;

KJV For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.

TSK this: 1jo 1:5, 1jo 2:7,8; message: 1ti 1:5; that we: 1jo 4:7,21, joh 13:34,35, joh 15:12, ga 6:2, eph 5:2, 1th 4:9, 1pe 1:22, 1pe 3:8, 1pe 4:8, 2jo 1:5

Verse 12

WEB unlike Cain, who was of the evil one, and killed his brother. Why did he kill him? Because his works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.

KJV 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.

TSK as: ge 4:4-15,25, heb 11:4, jude 1:11; of: 1jo 3:8, 1jo 2:13,14, mt 13:19,38; And: 1sa 18:14,15, 1sa 19:4,5, 1sa 22:14-16, ps 37:12, pr 29:27, mt 27:23, joh 10:32, joh 15:19-25, joh 18:38-40, ac 7:52, 1th 2:14, 1pe 4:4, re 17:6; and his: mt 23:35, lu 11:51, heb 11:4, heb 12:24

Verse 13

WEB Don’t be surprised, my brothers, if the world hates you.

KJV Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.

TSK Marvel not: ec 5:8, joh 3:7, ac 3:12, re 17:7; if: mt 10:22, mt 24:9, mr 13:13, lu 6:22, lu 21:17, joh 7:7, joh 15:18,19, joh 16:2,33, joh 17:14, ro 8:7, 2ti 3:12, jas 4:4

Verse 14

WEB We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. He who doesn’t love his brother remains in death.

KJV We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.

TSK We know: 1jo 2:3, 1jo 5:2,13,19,20, 2co 5:1; we have: lu 15:24,32, joh 5:24, eph 2:1,5; because: 1jo 2:10, 1jo 3:23, 1jo 4:7,8,12,21, 1jo 5:2, ps 16:3, mt 25:40, joh 13:35, joh 15:12,17, ga 5:22, eph 1:15, col 1:4, 1th 4:9, heb 6:10,11, heb 13:1, 1pe 1:22, 1pe 3:8, 2pe 1:7; that loveth: 1jo 2:9,11, 1jo 4:20, pr 21:16

Verse 15

WEB Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life remaining in him.

KJV Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.

TSK hateth: ge 27:41, le 19:16-18, 2sa 13:22-28, pr 26:24-26, mt 5:21,22,28, mr 6:19, ac 23:12,14, jas 1:15, jas 4:1,2; hath: joh 4:14, ga 5:21, 1pe 1:23, re 21:8

Verse 16

WEB By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

KJV 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.

TSK perceive: 1jo 4:9,10, mt 20:28, joh 3:16, joh 10:15, joh 15:13, ac 20:28, ro 5:8, eph 5:2,25, tit 2:13, 1pe 1:18, 1pe 2:24, 1pe 3:18, re 1:5, re 5:9; and we: 1jo 2:6, 1jo 4:11, joh 13:34, joh 15:12,13, ro 16:4, php 2:17,30

Verse 17

WEB But whoever has the world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and closes his heart of compassion against him, how does the love of God remain in him?

KJV 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?

TSK whoso: de 15:7-11, pr 19:17, isa 58:7-10, lu 3:11, 2co 8:9,14,15, 2co 9:5-9, 1ti 6:17,18, heb 13:16; shutteth: pr 12:10, pr 28:9; how: 1jo 4:20, 1jo 5:1

Verse 18

WEB My little children, let’s not love in word only, neither with the tongue only, but in deed and truth.

KJV My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.

TSK My: 1jo 2:1; let: ex 33:21, mt 25:41-45, ro 12:9, 1co 13:4-7, ga 5:13, ga 6:1,2, eph 4:1-3,15, 1th 1:3, jas 2:15,16, 1pe 1:22

Verse 19

WEB And by this we know that we are of the truth, and persuade our hearts before him,

KJV And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.

TSK hereby: 1jo 3:14, 1jo 1:8, joh 13:35, joh 18:37; shall: 1jo 3:21, isa 32:17, heb 6:10,11, heb 10:22; assure: ro 4:21, ro 8:38, 2ti 1:12, heb 11:13

Verse 20

WEB because if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.

KJV For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.

TSK if: job 27:6, joh 8:9, ac 5:33, ro 2:14,15, 1co 4:4, 1co 14:24,25, tit 3:11; God: 1jo 4:4, job 33:12, joh 10:29,30, heb 6:13; and: ps 44:20,21, ps 90:8, ps 139:1-4, jer 17:10, jer 23:24, joh 2:24,25, joh 21:17, heb 4:13, re 2:23

Verse 21

WEB Beloved, if our hearts don’t condemn us, we have boldness toward God;

KJV Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.

TSK Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.: 1jo 2:28, 1jo 4:17, job 22:26, job 27:6, ps 7:3-5, ps 101:2, 1co 4:4, 2co 1:12, 1ti 2:8, heb 4:16, heb 10:22

Verse 22

WEB and whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.

KJV And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.

TSK whatsoever: 1jo 5:14, ps 10:17, ps 34:4,15-17, ps 50:15, ps 66:18,19, ps 145:18,19, pr 15:29, pr 28:9, isa 1:15, isa 55:6,7, jer 29:12,13, jer 33:3, mt 7:7,8, mt 21:22, mr 11:24, lu 11:9-13, joh 9:31, joh 14:13, joh 15:7, joh 16:23,24, jas 1:5, jas 5:16; because: 1jo 3:23,24, mt 7:24,25, mt 17:5, joh 15:10, ac 17:30, ac 20:21; do: joh 6:29, joh 8:29, joh 9:31, php 4:18, col 1:10, heb 13:21

Verse 23

WEB This is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, even as he commanded.

KJV 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.

TSK his commandment: de 18:15-19, ps 2:12, mr 9:7, joh 6:29, joh 14:1, joh 17:3, ac 16:31, 1ti 1:15; love: 1jo 3:11, 1jo 2:8-10, 1jo 4:21, mt 22:39, joh 13:34, joh 15:12, eph 5:2, 1th 4:9, 1pe 1:22, 1pe 4:8

Verse 24

WEB He who keeps his commandments remains in him, and he in him. By this we know that he remains in us, by the Spirit which he gave us.

KJV 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.

TSK he that: 1jo 3:22, joh 14:21-23, joh 15:7-10; dwelleth: 1jo 4:7,12,15,16, joh 6:54-56, joh 17:21, 1co 3:16, 1co 6:19, 2co 6:16, 2ti 1:14; we: 1jo 4:13, ro 8:9-17, ga 4:5,6