1 John 3
World English BibleTranslation
World English Bible
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1See how great a love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn’t know us, because it didn’t know him.
1Videte qualem caritatem dedit nobis Pater, ut filii Dei nominemur et simus. Propter hoc mundus non novit nos: quia non novit eum.
2Beloved, now we are children of God. 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.
2Carissimi, nunc filii Dei sumus: et nondum apparuit quid erimus. Scimus quoniam cum apparuerit, similes ei erimus: quoniam videbimus eum sicuti est.
3Everyone who has this hope set on him purifies himself, even as he is pure.
3Et omnis qui habet hanc spem in eo, sanctificat se, sicut et ille sanctus est.
4Everyone who sins also commits lawlessness. Sin is lawlessness.
4Omnis qui facit peccatum, et iniquitatem facit: et peccatum est iniquitas.
5You know that he was revealed to take away our sins, and no sin is in him.
5Et scitis quia ille apparuit ut peccata nostra tolleret: et peccatum in eo non est.
6Whoever remains in him doesn’t sin. Whoever sins hasn’t seen him and doesn’t know him.
6Omnis qui in eo manet, non peccat: et omnis qui peccat, non vidit eum, nec cognovit eum.
7Little children, let no one lead you astray. He who does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
7Filioli, nemo vos seducat. Qui facit justitiam, justus est, sicut et ille justus est.
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.
8Qui facit peccatum, ex diabolo est: quoniam ab initio diabolus peccat. In hoc apparuit Filius Dei, ut dissolvat opera diaboli.
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.
9Omnis qui natus est ex Deo, peccatum non facit: quoniam semen ipsius in eo manet, et non potest peccare, quoniam ex Deo natus est.
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.
10In hoc manifesti sunt filii Dei, et filii diaboli. Omnis qui non est justus, non est ex Deo, et qui non diligit fratrem suum:
11For this is the message which you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another—
11quoniam hæc est annuntiatio, quam audistis ab initio, ut diligatis alterutrum.
12unlike Cain, who was of the evil one and killed his brother. Why did he kill him? Because his deeds were evil, and his brother’s righteous.
12Non sicut Cain, qui ex maligno erat, et occidit fratrem suum. Et propter quid occidit eum? Quoniam opera ejus maligna erant: fratris autem ejus, justa.
13Don’t be surprised, my brothers, if the world hates you.
13Nolite mirari, fratres, si odit vos mundus.
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.
14Nos scimus quoniam translati sumus de morte ad vitam, quoniam diligimus fratres. Qui non diligit, manet in morte:
15Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life remaining in him.
15omnis qui odit fratrem suum, homicida est. Et scitis quoniam omnis homicida non habet vitam æternam in semetipso manentem.
16By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
16In hoc cognovimus caritatem Dei, quoniam ille animam suam pro nobis posuit: et nos debemus pro fratribus animas ponere.
17But whoever has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, then closes his heart of compassion against him, how does God’s love remain in him?
17Qui habuerit substantiam hujus mundi, et viderit fratrem suum necessitatem habere, et clauserit viscera sua ab eo: quomodo caritas Dei manet in eo?
18My little children, let’s not love in word only, or with the tongue only, but in deed and truth.
18Filioli mei, non diligamus verbo neque lingua, sed opere et veritate:
19And by this we know that we are of the truth and persuade our hearts before him,
19in hoc cognoscimus quoniam ex veritate sumus: et in conspectu ejus suadebimus corda nostra.
20because if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.
20Quoniam si reprehenderit nos cor nostrum: major est Deus corde nostro, et novit omnia.
21Beloved, if our hearts don’t condemn us, we have boldness toward God;
21Carissimi, si cor nostrum non reprehenderit nos, fiduciam habemus ad Deum:
22so whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.
22et quidquid petierimus, accipiemus ab eo: quoniam mandata ejus custodimus, et ea, quæ sunt placita coram eo, facimus.
23This is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, even as he commanded.
23Et hoc est mandatum ejus: ut credamus in nomine Filii ejus Jesu Christi: et diligamus alterutrum, sicut dedit mandatum nobis.
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.
24Et qui servat mandata ejus, in illo manet, et ipse in eo: et in hoc scimus quoniam manet in nobis, de Spiritu quem dedit nobis.
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