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1 John 3:10
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8 aHe who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, bthat He might destroy the works of the devil.  
9 Whoever has been aborn of God does not sin, for bHis seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God.  

The Imperative of Love

10 In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: Whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is he who does not love his brother.
11 For this is the message that you heard from the beginning, athat we should love one another,  
12 not as aCain who was of the wicked one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his works were evil and his brother’s righteous.  
13 Do not marvel, my brethren, if athe world hates you.  
14 We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love1 his brother abides in death.  
15 aWhoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that bno murderer has eternal life abiding in him.  

The Outworking of Love

16 aBy this we know love, bbecause He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.  
17 But awhoever has this world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him?  
18 My little children, alet us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.  
19 And by this we1 know athat we are of the truth, and shall2 assure our hearts before Him.  
20 aFor if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.  
21 Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, awe have confidence toward God.  
22 And awhatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments band do those things that are pleasing in His sight.  
23 And this is His commandment: that we should believe on the name of His Son Jesus Christ aand love one another, as He gave1 us commandment.  

The Spirit of Truth and the Spirit of Error

24 Now ahe who keeps His commandments babides in Him, and He in him. And cby this we know that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us. 
Verse Comparison: 1 John 3:10

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American Standard Version
In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.

Amplified® Bible
By this it is made clear who take their nature from God {and} are His children and who take their nature from the devil {and} are his children: no one who does not practice righteousness [who does not conform to God's will in purpose, thought, and action] is of God; neither is anyone who does not love his brother (his fellow believer in Christ).

Contemporary English Version
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.

Darby English Version
In this are manifest the children of God and the children of the devil. Whoever does not practise righteousness is not of God, and he who does not love his brother.

Good News Bible
Here is the clear difference between God's children and the Devil's children: those who do not do what is right or do not love others are not God's children.

International Standard Version
This is how God's children and the devil's children are distinguished. No person who fails to practice righteousness and to love his brother is from God.

King James Version
In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.

New American Standard Bible
By this the children of God and the children of the devil are obvious: anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor the one who does not love his brother.

New International Version
This is how we know who the children of God are and who the children of the devil are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not a child of God; nor is anyone who does not love his brother.

New King James Version
In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: Whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is he who does not love his brother.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
By this the children of God and the children of the devil become obvious: anyone who does not practice righteousness does not belong to God, nor the one who does not love his brother.

Young's Literal Translation
In this manifest are the children of God, and the children of the devil; every one who is not doing righteousness, is not of God, and he who is not loving his brother,

New English Translation
By this1 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 Christian2 – is not of God.


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