Children of God
Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him. Jhn 1:12Gal 3:262Co 6:18Gal 4:5-6Jhn 3:16Jhn 17:25Psa 36:7-91Jn 4:9-10 Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, 1 we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is. Php 3:21Col 3:41Co 13:122Co 3:18Psa 17:15Rom 8:291Co 15:49Rev 22:4 And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as Christ is pure. 2 2Co 7:11Jn 2:62Pe 3:14Mat 5:48Heb 12:14Heb 7:26Act 15:9Col 1:5
Everyone who practices sin practices lawlessness as well. Indeed, sin is lawlessness. 3 1Jn 5:17Rom 3:20Rom 4:15Num 15:311Jn 3:8-92Co 12:21Dan 9:11Jas 2:9-11 But you know that Christ appeared to take away sins, and in Him there is no sin. 2Co 5:21Heb 9:281Pe 2:241Pe 3:18Heb 9:26Jhn 1:291Jn 1:71Jn 4:9-14 No one who remains in Him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has seen Him or known Him. 3Jn 1:111Jn 2:41Jn 3:91Jn 4:8Jhn 15:4-71Jn 5:181Jn 3:21Jn 2:28
Little children, 4 let no one deceive you: The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as Christ is righteous. 5 1Jn 2:291Pe 1:15-16Rom 2:131Jn 3:31Jn 2:11Jn 2:26Act 10:35Psa 45:7 The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the very start. This is why the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the devil. Heb 2:14Jhn 8:44Col 2:15Jhn 12:31Jhn 16:11Rom 16:202Pe 2:4Eph 2:2
Anyone born of God refuses to practice sin, because God’s seed abides in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God. 1Jn 5:181Pe 1:23Jhn 1:131Jn 5:11Jn 2:29Mat 7:18Jhn 3:31Jn 5:4 By this the children of God are distinguished from the children of the devil: Anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is anyone who does not love his brother. 1Jn 4:83Jn 1:111Jn 4:21Jhn 8:44Luk 6:35Mat 13:381Jn 3:7-8Jhn 8:47
Love One Another
(John 13:31–35; Romans 12:9–13)
This is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another. Jhn 15:122Jn 1:51Jn 4:71Jn 4:211Pe 3:8Jhn 13:34-35Eph 5:21Pe 4:8 Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain slay him? Because his own deeds were evil, while those of his brother were righteous. Heb 11:4Gen 4:4-15Pro 29:27Gen 4:25Jud 1:11Luk 11:51Pro 29:10Psa 37:12 So do not be surprised, brothers, if the world hates you. Jhn 15:18-19Jhn 17:14Luk 21:172Ti 3:12Jas 4:4Luk 6:22Mrk 13:13Ecc 5:8
We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. The one who does not love remains in death. 1Jn 5:2Jhn 13:35Jhn 5:241Jn 4:20-211Th 4:91Jn 4:7-81Pe 1:22Heb 13:1 Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that eternal life does not reside in a murderer. Mat 5:21-22Pro 26:24-26Rev 21:8Jhn 8:44Lev 19:16-18Act 23:14Jas 4:1-2Act 23:12
By this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. 1Jn 4:9-11Eph 5:2Jhn 13:34Jhn 3:16Rom 5:8Jhn 15:12-13Rev 1:51Pe 3:18 If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him? Heb 13:16Isa 58:7-101Jn 4:20Deu 15:7-11Pro 19:17Luk 3:112Co 9:5-9Jas 2:15
Little children, let us love not in word and speech, but in action and truth. Jas 2:15-16Rom 12:91Pe 1:22Gal 5:131Co 13:4-7Gal 6:1-2Eph 4:1-3Mat 25:41-45 And by this we will know that we belong to the truth, and will assure our hearts in His presence: Heb 10:221Jn 3:21Isa 32:17Heb 6:10-11Jhn 18:371Jn 1:82Ti 1:12Jhn 13:35 Even if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and He knows all things. Psa 139:1-4Jer 17:10Heb 4:131Co 4:41Jn 4:4Jer 23:24Jhn 10:29-30Psa 44:20-21
Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God, 1Jn 2:28Heb 4:162Co 1:12Psa 101:2Psa 7:3-51Jn 5:141Jn 4:17Heb 10:22 and we will receive from Him whatever we ask, because we keep His commandments and do what is pleasing in His sight. Jhn 15:7Jhn 9:311Jn 5:14Mat 21:22Mrk 11:24Jhn 16:23-24Psa 34:4Jhn 14:13 And this is His commandment: that we should believe in the name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and we should love one another just as He commanded us. Jhn 6:29Jhn 13:341Pe 1:22Jhn 15:121Pe 4:81Jn 3:111Jn 4:211Th 4:9 Whoever keeps His commandments remains in God, and God in him. And by this we know that He remains in us: by the Spirit He has given us. 1Co 3:161Jn 4:15-161Jn 4:12-131Co 6:192Ti 1:141Jn 2:6Jhn 14:21-23Rom 8:9-17