1 Johannes 3

1 Seer, hvor stor en Kjærlighed Faderen har beviist os, at vi skulle kaldes Guds Børn! Derfor kjender Verden os ikke, fordi den kjender ham ikke.2 I Elskelige! nu ere vi Guds Børn, og det er endnu ikke aabenbaret, hvad vi skulle vorde; men vi vide, at naar han aabenbares, vi da skulle vorde ham lige; thi vi skulle see ham, som han er.3 Og hver, som har dette Haab til ham, renser sig selv, ligesom han er reen.4 Hvo som gjør Synd, begaaer og Overtrædelse af Loven, og Synden er Lovens Overtrædelse.5 Og I vide, at han er aabenbaret, paa det han skulde borttage vore Synder, og der er ikke Synd i ham.6 Hver den, som bliver i ham, synder ikke; hver den, som synder, har ikke seet ham, ei heller kjendt ham.7 Mine Børn! Ingen forføre Eder! Hvor som gjør Retfærdighed, er retfærdig, ligesom han er retfærdig.8 Hvo som gjør Synd, er af Djævelen; thi Djævelen synder fra Begyndelsen. Dertil er Guds Søn aabenbaret, at han skal afskaffe Djævelens Gjerninger.9 Hver den, som er født af Gud, gjør ikke Synd, fordi hans Sæd bliver i ham, og han kan ikke synde, fordi han er født af Gud.10 Deraf kjendes Guds Børn og Djævelens Børn; hver den, som ikke gjør Retfærdighed, er ikke af Gud og hvor som ikke elsker sin Broder.11 Thi dette er det Budskab, som I have hørt fra Begyndelsen, at vi skulle elske hverandre;12 ikke som Cain var af den Onde og myrdede sin Broder. Og hvorfor myrdede han ham? Fordi hans Gjerningre vare onde, men hans Broders retfærdige.13 Forundrer Eder ikke, mine Brødre! dersom Verden hader Eder.14 Vi vide, at vi ere overgangne fra Døden til Livet; thi vi elske Brødrene. Hvo som ikke elsker sin Broder, bliver i Døden.15 Hver, som hader sin Broder, er en Manddraber: og I vide, at ingen Manddraber har det evige Liv blivende i sig.16 Derpaa have vi kjendt Kjærligheden, at han har sat sit Liv til for os; ogsaa vi ere skyldige at sætte Livet til for Brødrene.17 Men den, som har denne Verdens Gods og seer sin Broder lide Mangel og lukker sit Hjerte for ham, hvorledes bliver Guds Kjærlighed i ham?18 Mine Børn! lader os ikke elske med Ord, ei heller med Tunge, men i Gjerning og Sandhed.19 Og paa dette kjende vi, at vi ere af Sandheden, og da kunne vi stille vore hjerter tilfreds forhans Aasyn;20 thi om end vort hjerte fordømmer os, da er Gud større end vort hjerte, og kjender alle Ting.21 I elskelige! dersom vort hjerte ikke fordømmer os, have vi Frimodighed til Gud,22 og hvad vi bede om, det skulle vi annamme af ham; thi vi holde hans Bud og gjøre det, som er behageligt for ham.23 Og dette er hans Bud, at vi skulle troe paa hans Søns Jesu Christi Navn og elske hverandre efter det Bud, han gav os.24 Og hvo som holder hans Bud, han bliver i Gud, og Gud i ham; og derpaa kjende vi, at han bliver i os, af den Aand, som 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.