1 John 3:9-22

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

⁹ Whosoever is born of God, committeth not sin: for his seed abideth in him, and he can not sin, because he is born of God.

¹⁰ In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil. Whosoever is not just, is not of God, nor he that loveth not his brother.

¹¹ For this is the declaration, which you have heard from the beginning, that you should love one another.

¹² Not as Cain, who was of the wicked one, and killed his brother. And wherefore did he kill him? Because his own works were wicked: and his brother's just.

¹³ Wonder not, brethren, if the world hate you.

¹⁴ We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not, abideth in death.

¹⁵ Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer. And you know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in himself.

¹⁶ In this we have known the charity of God, because he hath laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

¹⁷ He that hath the substance of this world, and shall see his brother in need, and shall shut up his bowels from him: how doth the charity of God abide in him?

¹⁸ My little children, let us not love in word, nor in tongue, but in deed, and in truth.

¹⁹ In this we know that we are of the truth: and in his sight shall persuade our hearts.

²⁰ For if our heart reprehend us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.

²¹ Dearly beloved, if our heart do not reprehend us, we have confidence towards God:

²² And whatsoever we shall ask, we shall receive of him: because we keep his commandments, and do those things which are pleasing in his sight.