1. Jánov 3

1 Pozrite, akú veľkú lásku nám daroval Otec: voláme sa Božími deťmi a nimi aj sme. Preto nás svet nepozná, že nepoznal jeho.2 Milovaní, teraz sme Božími deťmi, a ešte sa neukázalo, čím budeme. Vieme však, že keď sa on zjaví, budeme mu podobní, lebo ho budeme vidieť takého, aký je.3 Každý, kto má túto nádej v neho, usiluje sa byť čistý, ako je on čistý.4 Každý, kto pácha hriech, pácha aj bezprávie, lebo hriech je bezprávie.5 A viete, že on sa zjavil, aby sňal hriechy, a v ňom hriechu niet.6 Kto ostáva v ňom, nehreší; kto hreší, ten ho nevidel, ani nepoznal.7 Deti moje, nech vás nik nezvedie. Kto koná spravodlivo, je spravodlivý, ako je on spravodlivý.8 Kto pácha hriech, je z diabla, pretože diabol hreší od počiatku. A Boží Syn sa zjavil preto, aby zmaril diablove skutky.9 Kto sa narodil z Boha, nepácha hriech, lebo v ňom ostáva jeho semeno; a nemôže hrešiť, pretože sa narodil z Boha.10 Podľa tohto sa dajú rozoznať Božie deti od diablových detí: kto nekoná spravodlivo, nie je z Boha; ani ten, kto nemiluje svojho brata.11 Lebo toto je zvesť, ktorú ste počuli od začiatku: aby sme jeden druhého milovali.12 Nie ako Kain; on bol zo Zlého a zabil svojho brata. A prečo ho zabil? Preto, že jeho skutky boli zlé a bratove spravodlivé.13 Bratia, nedivte sa, ak vás svet nenávidí.14 My vieme, že sme prešli zo smrti do života, lebo milujeme bratov. Kto nemiluje, ostáva v smrti.15 Každý, kto nenávidí svojho brata, je vrah. A viete, že ani jeden vrah nemá v sebe večný život.16 Čo je láska, poznali sme z toho, že on položil za nás svoj život. Aj my sme povinní dávať život za bratov.17 Ak má niekto pozemský majetok a vidí brata v núdzi, a srdce si pred ním zatvorí, ako v ňom môže ostávať Božia láska?18 Deti moje, nemilujme len slovom a jazykom, ale skutkom a pravdou.19 Podľa toho poznáme, že sme z pravdy, a upokojíme si pred ním srdce.20 Lebo keby nám srdce niečo vyčítalo, Boh je väčší ako naše srdce a vie všetko.21 Milovaní, ak nám srdce nič nevyčíta, máme dôveru k Bohu22 a dostaneme od neho všetko, o čo len budeme prosiť, lebo zachovávame jeho prikázania a robíme, čo sa jemu páči.23 A toto je jeho prikázanie: aby sme verili v meno jeho Syna Ježiša Krista a milovali jeden druhého, ako nám prikázal.24 Kto zachováva jeho prikázania, ostáva v Bohu a Boh v ňom. A že v nás ostáva, poznáme z Ducha, ktorého nám dal.

1 JOHN 3

1  t Think how much the Father loves us. He loves us so much that he lets us be called his children, as we truly are. But since the people of this world did not know who Christt is, they don't know who we are. 2 My dear friends, we are already God's children, though what we will be hasn't yet been seen. But we do know when Christ returns, we will be like him, because we will see him as he truly is.

3 This hope makes us keep ourselves holy, just as Christt is holy.
4 Everyone who sins breaks God's law, because sin is the same as breaking God's law. 5 t You know Christ came to take away our sins. He isn't sinful,

6 and people who stay one in their hearts with him won't keep on sinning. If they do keep on sinning, they don't know Christ, and they have never seen him.
7 Children, don't be fooled. Anyone who does right is good, just like Christ himself. 8 Anyone who keeps on sinning belongs to the devil. He has sinned from the beginning, but the Son of God came to destroy all that he has done. 9 God's children cannot keep on being sinful. His life-giving powert lives in them and makes them his children, so they cannot keep on sinning.

10 You can tell God's children from the devil's children, because those who belong to the devil refuse to do right or to love each other.

Love Each Other

14 t Our love for each other proves we have gone from death to life. But if you don't love each other, you are still under the power of death.
15 If you hate each other, you are murderers, and we know murderers do not have eternal life. 16 We know what love is because Jesus gave his life for us. This is why we must give our lives for each other. 17 If we have all we need and see one of our own people in need, we must have pity on that person, or else we cannot say we love God.

18 Children, you show love for others by truly helping them, and not merely by talking about it.
19 When we love others, we know we belong to the truth, and we feel at ease in the presence of God. 20 But even if we don't feel at ease, God is greater than our feelings, and he knows everything. 21 Dear friends, if we feel at ease in the presence of God, we will have the courage to come near him. 22 He will give us whatever we ask, because we obey him and do what pleases him. 23 t God wants us to have faith in his Son Jesus Christ and to love each other. This is also what Jesus taught us to do. 24 If we obey God's commandments, we will stay one in our hearts with him, and he will stay one with us. The Spirit he has given us is proof that we are one with him.