1 John 3
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New American Standard Bible 1995

1 John 3:9-11

9No one who is 12born of God 3practices sin, because His seed abides in him; and he cannot sin, because he is 4born of God. 10By this the 5children of God and the 6children of the devil are obvious: 7anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor the one who 8does not love his 9brother.

1110For this is the message 11which you have heard from the beginning, 12that we should love one another;

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Notes

  1. 1. 1 John 3:9 Or begotten ↩
  2. 2. 1 John 3:9 John 1:13; 3:3; 1 John 2:29; 4:7; 5:1, 4, 18; 3 John 11 ↩
  3. 3. 1 John 3:9 1 Pet 1:23; 1 John 3:6; 5:18 ↩
  4. 4. 1 John 3:9 Or begotten ↩
  5. 5. 1 John 3:10 John 1:12; 11:52; Rom 8:16; 1 John 3:1, 2 ↩
  6. 6. 1 John 3:10 Matt 13:38; John 8:44; 1 John 3:8 ↩
  7. 7. 1 John 3:10 Lit everyone ↩
  8. 8. 1 John 3:10 Rom 13:8ff; Col 3:14; 1 Tim 1:5; 1 John 4:8 ↩
  9. 9. 1 John 3:10 1 John 2:9 ↩
  10. 10. 1 John 3:11 1 John 1:5 ↩
  11. 11. 1 John 3:11 1 John 2:7 ↩
  12. 12. 1 John 3:11 John 13:4f; 15:12; 1 John 4:7, 11f, 21; 2 John 5 ↩

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