1 Johannes 3

Guds børn lever ikke i synd

1 Tænk, hvor højt Gud Fader elsker os! Vi må kaldes hans børn, og det er vi! De, der tilhører denne verden, forstår ikke, hvem Gud er, og derfor forstår de heller ikke os.2 Elskede venner, vi er Guds børn allerede her og nu, men vi kan ikke forestille os, hvor herligt det vil blive at være Guds børn i Himlen engang. Vi ved dog så meget, at når Jesus kommer igen, skal vi blive ligesom ham, for til den tid får vi ham at se, som han er i al sin herlighed.

3 Enhver, der lever i den forventning, må rense sig for at blive ligesom ham, der er renheden selv.
4 Enhver, der lever i synd, lever i oprør mod Gud. Al synd er nemlig oprør mod Gud.5 I ved, at Jesus blev født ind i denne verden for at bære straffen for vores synder,t men at han aldrig selv begik nogen synd.

6 Den, der holder fast ved ham,t lever ikke i synd. Den, der lever i synd, har ikke virkelig mødt ham og har ikke virkelig forstået, hvem han er.
7 Lad ingen føre jer på vildspor, kære børn! De, der følger Guds vilje, ligesom Jesus gjorde, er dem, der hører ham til.8 De, der lever i synd, følger Djævelens vilje, for Djævelen har levet i oprør mod Gud fra begyndelsen af. Husk, at Guds Søn kom til jorden for at gøre ende på Djævelens gerninger.9 De, der er født af Gud, lever ikke i synd, for de har noget af Guds natur i sig. De kan ikke få sig selv til at synde, for de er født af Gud.

10 Men de, der ikke lever efter Guds vilje og ikke elsker andre kristne, er ikke født af Gud. På den måde kan man skelne mellem, hvem der er Guds børn, og hvem der er Djævelens børn.

Vis jeres kærlighed i handling, som Jesus gjorde

11 Det er altså ikke et budskab, som er nyt for jer, for I har altid vidst, at: Vi skal elske hinanden.12 Lad os ikke være som Kain, der fulgte den Ondes vilje og myrdede sin bror. Hvorfor gjorde han det? Han hadede ham, fordi hans egne handlinger var onde, men Abels var gode.

13 Derfor skal I ikke undre jer over, at verden hader jer.
14 Vi ved, at vi, som elsker andre kristne, er gået over fra døden til livet. Men et menneske, der ikke viser kærlighed, befinder sig i dødens mørke.15 Hvis I, som tilhører samme åndelige familie, hader hinanden, er I jo ikke bedre end mordere, og I ved, at mordere ikke har del i det evige liv.

16 Vi har lært, hvad kærlighed virkelig er, ved at se Jesus ofre sit liv for os. Derfor bør vi også være parate til at ofre livet for vores medkristne.
17 Hvis en kristen, der har rigeligt med penge, ser en anden kristen lide nød, men nægter at hjælpe, hvordan kan Guds kærlighed så være i sådan en person?18 Mine kære børn, lad os ikke nøjes med at sige, at vi elsker hinanden, lad os vise det i praksis.19 Derved kan vi vide, at vi hører Sandheden til, og så kan vi stå foran Gud med god samvittighed.

20 Selvom vores hjerte måske vil fordømme os, så ved vi, at Gud er større end vores hjerte, og at han kender det hele.
21 Elskede venner, hvis vores hjerte ikke fordømmer os, kan vi være frimodige over for Gud22 og tro på, at vi får det, vi beder om, fordi vi følger hans befalinger og gør det, der glæder ham.23 Hans befaling er, at vi skal tro på hans Søn, Jesus Kristus, og at vi skal elske hinanden.

24 De der følger hans befalinger, holder sig nær til ham, og han holder sig nær til dem. Hvordan kan vi vide, at Gud er os nær? Det kan vi gennem den Ånd, han har givet os.

1 John 3

1 (See what sort of love the Father has given to us: thatt we should be called God’s children – and indeedt we are!st For this reasont the world does not know us: because it did not know him.s2 Dear friends, we are God’s children now, and what we will bets has not yet been revealed. West know thatt whenevert itt is revealeds we will be like him, becauset we will see him just as he is.s

3 And everyone who has this hope focusedt on him purifiess himself, just as Jesust is pure).s
4 Everyone who practices sins also practices lawlessness;s indeed,t sin is lawlessness.5 And you know that Jesusts was revealed to take awayt sins, and in him there is no sin.6 Everyone who residest in him does not sin;ts everyone who sins has neither seen him nor known him.7 Little children, let no one deceive you: The one who practices righteousnesss is righteous, just as Jesust is righteous.8 The one who practices sin is of the devil,s because the devil has been sinningt from the beginning. For this purposet the Son of God was revealed: to destroyt the works of the devil.9 Everyone who has been fatheredt by God does not practice sin,ts becauset God’st seedt resides in him, and thust he is not able to sin, because he has been fathered by God.

10 By thist the children of God and the children of the devil are revealed: Everyone who does not practice righteousness – the one who does not love his fellow Christiants – is not of God.

God Is Love, So We Must Love One Another

11 Fort this is the gospelt messaget that you have heard from the beginning: that we should love one another,s

12 not like Cains who was of the evil one and brutallyt murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his deeds were evil, but his brother’s were righteous.
13 Therefore do not be surprised, brothers and sisters,t if the world hates you.s14 We know thatt we have crossed overts from death to lifes becauset we love our fellow Christians.ts The one who does not love remains in death.s15 Everyone who hates his fellow Christiant is a murderer,s and you know that no murderer has eternal life residingt in him.16 We have come to know love by this:t that Jesust laid downs his life for us; thus we ought to lay down our lives for our fellow Christians.

17 But whoever has the world’s possessionsts and sees his fellow Christiant in need and shuts off his compassion against him, how can the love of Godts resides in such a person?s
18 Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue but in deed and truth.s19 And by thists we will know that we are of the truth and will convincet our consciencet in his presence,t20 thatt if our conscience condemnst us, thatt God is greater than our conscience and knows all things.21 Dear friends, if our conscience does not condemn us, we have confidence in the presence of God,22 andt whatever we ask we receive from him, becauset we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing to him.23 Nowt this is his commandment:ts that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he gaves us the commandment.

24 And the person who keeps his commandments residests in God,t and Godt in him. Now by thist we know that Godt resides in us: by the Spirit he has given us.