1 John 3
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1 John 3:7-10

71LittleG5040 childrenG5040, make sure noG3367 oneG3367 2deceivesG4105 you; 3the one who practicesG4160 righteousnessG1343 is righteousG1342, justG2531 asG2531 He is righteousG1342; 8the one who practicesG4160 sinG266 is 4of the devilG1228; for the devilG1228 5has been sinningG264 from the beginningG746. 6The SonG5207 of GodG2316 7appearedG5319 for thisG3778 purpose, 8to destroyG3089 the worksG2041 of the devilG1228. 9NoG3956G3756 oneG3956 who has been 9bornG1080 of GodG2316 practicesG4160 sinG266, becauseG3754 His seedG4690 remainsG3306 in him; and he cannotG1410G3756 sinG264 continually, becauseG3754 he has been bornG1080 of GodG2316. 10By thisG3778 the 10childrenG5043 of GodG2316 and the 11childrenG5043 of the devilG1228 are obviousG5318: 12anyoneG3956 who does not practiceG4160 righteousnessG1343 is not of GodG2316, norG2532 the one who 13does not loveG25 his 14brotherG80 and sister.

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Notes

  1. 1. 1 John 3:7 1 John 2:1 ↩
  2. 2. 1 John 3:7 1 John 2:26 ↩
  3. 3. 1 John 3:7 1 John 2:29 ↩
  4. 4. 1 John 3:8 Matt 13:38; John 8:44; 1 John 3:10 ↩
  5. 5. 1 John 3:8 Lit sins ↩
  6. 6. 1 John 3:8 Matt 4:3 ↩
  7. 7. 1 John 3:8 1 John 3:5 ↩
  8. 8. 1 John 3:8 John 12:31; 16:11 ↩
  9. 9. 1 John 3:9 John 1:13; 3:3; 1 John 2:29; 4:7; 5:1, 4, 18; 3 John 11 ↩
  10. 10. 1 John 3:10 John 1:12; 11:52; Rom 8:16; 1 John 3:1, 2 ↩
  11. 11. 1 John 3:10 Matt 13:38; John 8:44; 1 John 3:8 ↩
  12. 12. 1 John 3:10 Lit everyone ↩
  13. 13. 1 John 3:10 Rom 13:8ff; Col 3:14; 1 Tim 1:5; 1 John 4:8 ↩
  14. 14. 1 John 3:10 1 John 2:9 ↩

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