New American Standard Bible 1995
1 John 3:4-12
4Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness; and 1sin is lawlessness. 5You know that He 2appeared in order to 3take away sins; and 4in Him there is no sin. 6No one who abides in Him 5sins; no one who sins has seen Him or 67knows Him. 78Little children, make sure no one 9deceives you; 10the one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous; 8the one who practices sin is 11of the devil; for the devil 12has sinned from the beginning. 13The Son of God 14appeared for this purpose, 15to destroy the works of the devil. 9No one who is 1617born of God 18practices sin, because His seed abides in him; and he cannot sin, because he is 19born of God. 10By this the 20children of God and the 21children of the devil are obvious: 22anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor the one who 23does not love his 24brother.
1125For this is the message 26which you have heard from the beginning, 27that we should love one another; 12not as 28Cain, who was of 29the evil one and slew his brother. And for what reason did he slay him? Because 30his deeds were evil, and his brother’s were righteous.
Notes
- 1. 1 John 3:4 Rom 4:15; 1 John 5:17 ↩
- 2. 1 John 3:5 1 John 1:2; 3:8 ↩
- 3. 1 John 3:5 John 1:29; 1 Pet 1:18-20; 1 John 2:2 ↩
- 4. 1 John 3:5 2 Cor 5:21; 1 John 2:29 ↩
- 5. 1 John 3:6 1 John 3:9 ↩
- 6. 1 John 3:6 Or has known ↩
- 7. 1 John 3:6 1 John 2:3; 3 John 11 ↩
- 8. 1 John 3:7 1 John 2:1 ↩
- 9. 1 John 3:7 1 John 2:26 ↩
- 10. 1 John 3:7 1 John 2:29 ↩
- 11. 1 John 3:8 Matt 13:38; John 8:44; 1 John 3:10 ↩
- 12. 1 John 3:8 Lit sins ↩
- 13. 1 John 3:8 Matt 4:3 ↩
- 14. 1 John 3:8 1 John 3:5 ↩
- 15. 1 John 3:8 John 12:31; 16:11 ↩
- 16. 1 John 3:9 Or begotten ↩
- 17. 1 John 3:9 John 1:13; 3:3; 1 John 2:29; 4:7; 5:1, 4, 18; 3 John 11 ↩
- 18. 1 John 3:9 1 Pet 1:23; 1 John 3:6; 5:18 ↩
- 19. 1 John 3:9 Or begotten ↩
- 20. 1 John 3:10 John 1:12; 11:52; Rom 8:16; 1 John 3:1, 2 ↩
- 21. 1 John 3:10 Matt 13:38; John 8:44; 1 John 3:8 ↩
- 22. 1 John 3:10 Lit everyone ↩
- 23. 1 John 3:10 Rom 13:8ff; Col 3:14; 1 Tim 1:5; 1 John 4:8 ↩
- 24. 1 John 3:10 1 John 2:9 ↩
- 25. 1 John 3:11 1 John 1:5 ↩
- 26. 1 John 3:11 1 John 2:7 ↩
- 27. 1 John 3:11 John 13:4f; 15:12; 1 John 4:7, 11f, 21; 2 John 5 ↩
- 28. 1 John 3:12 Gen 4:8 ↩
- 29. 1 John 3:12 Matt 5:37; 1 John 2:13f ↩
- 30. 1 John 3:12 Ps 38:20; Prov 29:10; John 8:40, 41 ↩
Commentaries on 1 John 3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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