1Vede quão grande amor o Pai tem nos dado, que fôssemos chamados filhos de Deus. E nós somos. Por isso o mundo não nos conhece, pois não conhece a ele. 2Amados, agora somos filhos de Deus, e ainda não está manifesto o que seremos. Porém sabemos que, quando ele se manifestar, seremos semelhantes a ele, pois o veremos como ele é. 3E todo aquele que tem nele essa esperança purifica a si mesmo, como também ele é puro. 4Todo aquele que pratica o pecado também pratica injustiça, pois o pecado é injustiça. 5E sabeis que ele apareceu para tirar os pecados; e nele não há pecado. 6Todo aquele que nele permanece não pratica o pecado; todo aquele que costuma pecar não o viu nem o conheceu. 7Filhinhos, ninguém vos engane. Quem pratica a justiça é justo, assim como ele é justo. 8Quem pratica o pecado é do diabo, pois o diabo peca desde o princípio. Para isto o Filho de Deus se manifestou, para desfazer as obras do diabo. 9Todo aquele que é nascido de Deus não pratica o pecado, pois a sua semente reside nele; e não pode praticar o pecado, porque é nascido de Deus. 10Nisto são reconhecíveis os filhos de Deus, e os filhos do diabo: todo aquele que não pratica a justiça, e não ama o seu irmão, não é de Deus. 11Pois esta é a mensagem que ouvistes desde o princípio: que nos amemos uns aos outros. 12Não sejamos como Caim, que era do maligno, e matou o seu irmão. E por que o matou? Porque as suas obras eram más, e as do seu irmão justas. 13Irmãos, não vos surpreendeis se o mundo vos odeia. 14Nós sabemos que já passamos da morte para a vida, pois amamos os irmãos. Quem não ama permanece na morte. 15Todo aquele que odeia o seu irmão é homicida. E sabeis que nenhum homicida tem a vida eterna habitando nele. 16Nisto conhecemos o amor: ele deu a sua vida por nós. E nós devemos dar as nossas vidas pelos irmãos. 17Se alguém tiver bens do mundo, e vir o seu irmão em necessidade, e não se compadecer dele, como pode o amor de Deus estar nele? 18Filhinhos, amemos não de palavra, nem de língua, mas sim com ação e verdade. 19E nisto saberemos que somos da verdade, e teremos segurança no nosso coração diante dele. 20Pois, se o nosso coração nos condena, maior é Deus que o nosso coração, e conhece tudo. 21Amados, se nosso coração não condena, temos confiança diante de Deus. 22E qualquer coisa que pedirmos, dele receberemos; porque guardamos os seus mandamentos, e fazemos o que lhe agrada. 23E este é o seu mandamento: que creiamos no nome do seu Filho Jesus Cristo, e nos amemos uns aos outros, como ele nos mandou. 24E a pessoa que guarda os seus mandamentos está nele, e ele nela. E nisto sabemos que ele está em nós: pelo Espírito que ele nos deu.
1See how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn’t know us, because it didn’t know him. 2Beloved, now we are children of God, and it is not yet revealed what we will be. But we know that, when he is revealed, we will be like him; for we will see him just as he is. 3Everyone who has this hope set on him purifies himself, even as he is pure. 4Everyone who sins also commits lawlessness. Sin is lawlessness. 5You know that he was revealed to take away our sins, and in him is no sin. 6Whoever remains in him doesn’t sin. Whoever sins hasn’t seen him, neither knows him. 7Little children, let no one lead you astray. He who does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous. 8He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. To this end the Son of God was revealed, that he might destroy the works of the devil. 9Whoever is born of God doesn’t commit sin, because his seed remains in him; and he can’t sin, because he is born of God. 10In this the children of God are revealed, and the children of the devil. Whoever doesn’t do righteousness is not of God, neither is he who doesn’t love his brother. 11For this is the message which you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another; 12unlike Cain, who was of the evil one, and killed his brother. Why did he kill him? Because his works were evil, and his brother’s righteous. 13Don’t be surprised, my brothers, if the world hates you. 14We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. He who doesn’t love his brother remains in death. 15Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life remaining in him. 16By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. 17But whoever has the world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and closes his heart of compassion against him, how does the love of God remain in him? 18My little children, let’s not love in word only, neither with the tongue only, but in deed and truth. 19And by this we know that we are of the truth, and persuade our hearts before him, 20because if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things. 21Beloved, if our hearts don’t condemn us, we have boldness toward God; 22and whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight. 23This is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, even as he commanded. 24He who keeps his commandments remains in him, and he in him. By this we know that he remains in us, by the Spirit which he gave us.
1Ziet, hoe grote liefde ons de Vader gegeven heeft, namelijk dat wij kinderen Gods genaamd zouden worden. Daarom kent ons de wereld niet, omdat zij Hem niet kent. 2Geliefden, nu zijn wij kinderen Gods, en het is nog niet geopenbaard, wat wij zijn zullen. Maar wij weten, dat als Hij zal geopenbaard zijn, wij Hem zullen gelijk wezen; want wij zullen Hem zien, gelijk Hij is. 3En een iegelijk, die deze hoop op Hem heeft, die reinigt zichzelven, gelijk Hij rein is. 4Een iegelijk, die de zonde doet, die doet ook de ongerechtigheid; want de zonde is de ongerechtigheid. 5En gij weet, dat Hij geopenbaard is, opdat Hij onze zonden zou wegnemen; en geen zonde is in Hem. 6Een iegelijk, die in Hem blijft, die zondigt niet; een iegelijk, die zondigt, die heeft Hem niet gezien, en heeft Hem niet gekend. 7Kinderkens, dat u niemand verleide. Die de rechtvaardigheid doet, die is rechtvaardig, gelijk Hij rechtvaardig is. 8Die de zonde doet, is uit den duivel; want de duivel zondigt van den beginne. Hiertoe is de Zoon van God geopenbaard, opdat Hij de werken des duivels verbreken zou. 9Een iegelijk, die uit God geboren is, die doet de zonde niet, want Zijn zaad blijft in hem; en hij kan niet zondigen, want hij is uit God geboren. 10Hierin zijn de kinderen Gods en de kinderen des duivels openbaar. Een iegelijk, die de rechtvaardigheid niet doet, die is niet uit God, en die zijn broeder niet liefheeft, 11Want dit is de verkondiging, die gij van den beginne gehoord hebt, dat wij elkander zouden liefhebben. 12Niet gelijk Kain, die uit den boze was, en zijn broeder doodsloeg; en om wat oorzaak sloeg hij hem dood? Omdat zijn werken boos waren, en van zijn broeder rechtvaardig. 13Verwondert u niet, mijn broeders, zo u de wereld haat. 14Wij weten, dat wij overgegaan zijn uit den dood in het leven, dewijl wij de broeders liefhebben; die zijn broeder niet liefheeft, blijft in den dood. 15Een iegelijk, die zijn broeder haat, is een doodslager; en gij weet, dat geen doodslager het eeuwige leven heeft in zich blijvende. 16Hieraan hebben wij de liefde gekend, dat Hij Zijn leven voor ons gesteld heeft; en wij zijn schuldig voor de broeders het leven te stellen. 17Zo wie nu het goed der wereld heeft, en ziet zijn broeder gebrek hebben, en sluit zijn hart toe voor hem, hoe blijft de liefde Gods in hem? 18Mijn kinderkens, laat ons niet liefhebben met den woorde, noch met de tong, maar met de daad en waarheid. 19En hieraan kennen wij, dat wij uit de waarheid zijn, en wij zullen onze harten verzekeren voor Hem. 20Want indien ons hart ons veroordeelt, God is meerder dan ons hart, en Hij kent alle dingen. 21Geliefden! Indien ons hart ons niet veroordeelt, zo hebben wij vrijmoedigheid tot God; 22En zo wat wij bidden, ontvangen wij van Hem, dewijl wij Zijn geboden bewaren, en doen, hetgeen behagelijk is voor Hem. 23En dit is Zijn gebod, dat wij geloven in den Naam van Zijn Zoon Jezus Christus, en elkander liefhebben, gelijk Hij ons een gebod gegeven heeft. 24En die Zijn geboden bewaart, blijft in Hem, en Hij in denzelven. En hieraan kennen wij, dat Hij in ons blijft, namelijk uit den Geest, Dien Hij ons gegeven heeft.
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