1 John 3

¹Behold, what loue the Father hath giuen to vs, that we should be called the sonnes of God: for this cause this world knoweth you not, because it knoweth not him.

²Dearely beloued, nowe are we the sonnes of God, but yet it is not made manifest what we shall be: and we know that when he shalbe made manifest, we shalbe like him: for we shall see him as he is.

³And euery man that hath this hope in him, purgeth himselfe, euen as he is pure.

⁴Whosoeuer committeth sinne, transgresseth also the Law: for sinne is the transgression of the Lawe.

⁵And ye knowe that hee was made manifest, that he might take away our sinnes, and in him is no sinne.

⁶Whosoeuer abideth in him, sinneth not: whosoeuer sinneth, hath not seene him, neither hath knowen him.

⁷Litle children, let no man deceiue you: he that doeth righteousnes, is righteous, as hee is righteous.

⁸He that comitteth sinne, is of the deuil: for the deuill sinneth from the beginning: for this purpose was made manifest that Sonne of God, that he might loose the workes of the deuil.

⁹Whosoeuer is borne of God, sinneth not: for his seede remaineth in him, neither can hee sinne, because he is borne of God.

¹⁰In this are the children of God knowen, and the children of the deuil: whosoeuer doeth not righteousnesse, is not of God, neither he that loueth not his brother.

¹¹For this is the message, that ye heard from the beginning, that we should loue one another,

¹²Not as Cain which was of that wicked one, and slewe his brother: and wherefore slewe he him? because his owne workes were euill, and his brothers good.