Dual Panel1(See <1492> what sort <4217> of love <26> the Father <3962> has given <1325> to us <2254>: that <2443> we should be called <2564> God’s <2316> children <5043>– and <2532> indeed we are <1510>! For <1223> this reason <5124> the world <2889> does <1097> not <3756> know <1097> us <2248>: because <3754> it did <1097> not <3756> know <1097> him <846>.
2Dear friends <27>, we are <1510> God’s <2316> children <5043> now <3568>, and <2532> what <5101> we will be <1510> has <5319> not yet <3768> been revealed <5319>. We know <1492> that <3754> whenever <1437> it is revealed <5319> we will be <1510> like <3664> him <846>, because <3754> we will see <3700> him <846> just as <2531> he is <1510>.
3And <2532> everyone <3956> who has <2192> this <3778> hope <1680> focused on <1909> him <846> purifies <48> himself <1438>, just as <2531> Jesus <1565> is <1510> pure <53>).
4Everyone <3956> who practices <4160> sin <266> also <2532> practices <4160> lawlessness <458>; indeed <2532>, sin <266> is <1510> lawlessness <458>.
5And <2532> you know <1492> that <3754> Jesus <1565> was revealed <5319> to <2443> take away <142> sins <266>, and <2532> in <1722> him <846> there is <1510> no <3756> sin <266>.
6Everyone <3956> who resides <3306> in <1722> him <846> does <264> not <3756> sin <264>; everyone <3956> who sins <264> has <3708> neither <3756> seen <3708> him <846> nor <3761> known <1097> him <846>.
7Little children <5040>, let <4105> no one <3367> deceive <4105> you <5209>: The one who practices <4160> righteousness <1343> is <1510> righteous <1342>, just as <2531> Jesus <1565> is <1510> righteous <1342>.
8The <3588> one who practices <4160> sin <266> is <1510> of <1537> the devil <1228>, because <3754> the devil <1228> has been sinning <264> from <575> the beginning <746>. For <1519> this purpose <5124> the Son <5207> of God <2316> was revealed <5319>: to <2443> destroy <3089> the works <2041> of the devil <1228>.
9Everyone <3956> who has been fathered <1080> by <1537> God <2316> does <4160> not <3756> practice <4160> sin <266>, because <3754> God’s <846> seed <4690> resides <3306> in <1722> him <846>, and thus <2532> he is <1410> not <3756> able <1410> to sin <264>, because <3754> he has been fathered <1080> by <1537> God <2316>.
10By <1722> this <5129> the <3588> children <5043> of God <2316> and <2532> the children <5043> of the devil <1228> are <1510> revealed <5318>: Everyone <3956> who does <4160> not <3361> practice <4160> righteousness <1343>– the one who does <25> not <3361> love <25> his <846> fellow Christian <80>– is <1510> not <3756> of <1537> God <2316>.
11For <3754> this <3778> is <1510> the gospel message <31> that <3739> you have heard <191> from <575> the beginning <746>: that we <25> should <2443> love <25> one another <240>,
12not <3756> like <2531> Cain <2535> who was <1510> of <1537> the evil one <4190> and <2532> brutally murdered <4969> his <846> brother <80>. And <2532> why <5101> did he murder <4969> him <846>? Because <3754> his <846> deeds <2041> were <1510> evil <4190>, but <1161> his <846> brother’s <80> were righteous <1342>.
13Therefore do <2296> not <3361> be surprised <2296>, brothers and sisters <80>, if <1487> the world <2889> hates <3404> you <5209>.
14We <2249> know <1492> that <3754> we have crossed over <3327> from <1537> death <2288> to <1519> life <2222> because <3754> we love <25> our fellow Christians <80>. The one who does <25> not <3361> love <25> remains <3306> in <1722> death <2288>.
15Everyone <3956> who hates <3404> his <846> fellow Christian <80> is <1510> a murderer <443>, and <2532> you know <1492> that <3754> no <3756> murderer <443> has <2192> eternal <166> life <2222> residing <3306> in <1722> him <846>.
16We have come to know <1097> love <26> by <1722> this <5129>: that <3754> Jesus <1565> laid down <5087> his <846> life <5590> for <5228> us <2257>; thus <2532> we <2249> ought <3784> to lay down <5087> our lives <5590> for <5228> our fellow Christians <80>.
17But <1161> whoever <3739> <302> has <2192> the world’s <2889> possessions <979> and <2532> sees <2334> his <846> fellow Christian <80> in need <5532> <2192> and <2532> shuts off <2808> his <846> compassion <4698> against <575> him <846>, how <4459> can <3306> the love <26> of God <2316> reside <3306> in <1722> such a person <846>?
18Little children <5040>, let us <25> not <3361> love <25> with word <3056> or <3366> with tongue <1100> but <235> in <1722> deed <2041> and <2532> truth <225>.
19And by <1722> this <5129> we will know <1097> that <3754> we are <1510> of <1537> the truth <225> and <2532> will convince <3982> our <2257> conscience <2588> in <1715> his <846> presence <1715>,
20that <3754> if <1437> our <2257> conscience <2588> condemns <2607> us, that <3754> God <2316> is <1510> greater than <3187> our <2257> conscience <2588> and <2532> knows <1097> all things <3956>.
21Dear friends <27>, if <1437> our conscience <2588> does not <3361> condemn <2607> us, we have <2192> confidence <3954> in the presence of <4314> God <2316>,
22and <2532> whatever <1437> we ask <154> we receive <2983> from <575> him <846>, because <3754> we keep <5083> his <846> commandments <1785> and <2532> do <4160> the things that are pleasing <701> to <1799> him <846>.
23Now <2532> this <3778> is <1510> his <846> commandment <1785>: that <2443> we believe <4100> in the name <3686> of his <846> Son <5207> Jesus <2424> Christ <5547> and <2532> love <25> one another <240>, just as <2531> he gave <1325> us <2254> the commandment <1785>.
24And <2532> the person who keeps <5083> his <846> commandments <1785> resides <3306> in <1722> God <846>, and <2532> God <846> in <1722> him <846>. Now <2532> by <1722> this <5129> we know <1097> that <3754> God resides <3306> in <1722> us <2254>: by <1537> the Spirit <4151> he has given <1325> us <2254>.