1 John 3:10

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

By this the children of God and the children of the devil are distinguished: Anyone who does not practice righteousness and does not love their brother or sister is not of God.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (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.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: whoever does not do righteousness is not of God, nor he who does not love his brother.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    In{G1722} this{G5129} the children{G5043} of God{G2316} are{G2076} manifest,{G5318} and{G2532} the children{G5043} of the devil:{G1228} whosoever{G3956} doeth{G4160} not{G3361} righteousness{G1343} is{G2076} not{G3756} of{G1537} God,{G2316} neither{G2532} he that loveth{G25} not{G3361} his{G846} brother.{G80}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    In{G1722} this{G5129} the children{G5043} of God{G2316} are{G2076}{(G5748)} manifest{G5318}, and{G2532} the children{G5043} of the devil{G1228}: whosoever{G3956} doeth{G4160}{(G5723)} not{G3361} righteousness{G1343} is{G2076}{(G5748)} not{G3756} of{G1537} God{G2316}, neither{G2532} he that loveth{G25}{(G5723)} not{G3361} his{G846} brother{G80}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    In this are the children of god knowen and the children of the devyll. Whosoever doeth not rightewesnes is not of God nether he that loveth not his brother.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    By this are the children of God knowne & the children of the deuell. Who so euer doeth not righteousnes, is not of God, nether he thath loueth not his brother.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    In this are the children of God knowen, and the children of the deuil: whosoeuer doeth not righteousnesse, is not of God, neither he that loueth not his brother.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    In this are ye children of God knowe, and the chyldren of the deuyll: Whosoeuer doth not ryghteousnesse, is not of God, neither he that loueth not his brother.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    In 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.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    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,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    In this way it is clear who are the children of God and who are the children of the Evil One; anyone who does not do righteousness or who has no love for his brother, is not a child of God.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    In 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.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    By this 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 Christian– is not of God.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 John 4:8 : 8 The one who does not love does not know God, because God is love.
  • 1 John 4:21 : 21 And this commandment we have from Him: Whoever loves God must also love their brother or sister.
  • 1 John 4:3-4 : 3 And every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming, and now it is already in the world. 4 You are from God, little children, and you have overcome them, because the One who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.
  • 1 John 4:6 : 6 We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this, we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of error.
  • 3 John 1:11 : 11 Beloved, do not imitate evil but imitate good. Whoever does good is from God; whoever does evil has not seen God.
  • Matt 13:38 : 38 The field is the world, and the good seed represents the children of the kingdom. The weeds are the children of the evil one.
  • Luke 6:35 : 35 But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend without expecting anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.
  • John 8:44 : 44 You are from your father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
  • John 8:47 : 47 The one who is from God listens to God’s words. This is why you do not listen, because you are not from God.
  • Acts 13:10 : 10 And he said, 'You are full of all deceit and all fraud, son of the devil, enemy of all righteousness! Will you not stop making crooked the straight paths of the Lord?'
  • Rom 8:16-17 : 16 The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children. 17 If we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in His sufferings so that we may also share in His glory.
  • Eph 5:1 : 1 Therefore, be imitators of God, as beloved children.
  • 1 John 2:9-9 : 9 Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates their brother or sister is still in the darkness. 10 Whoever loves their brother or sister abides in the light, and in them there is no cause for stumbling.
  • 1 John 2:29 : 29 If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of Him.
  • 1 John 3:7-8 : 7 Little children, let no one lead you astray. The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous. 8 The one who practices sin is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The Son of God appeared for this reason: to destroy the works of the devil.
  • 1 John 5:2 : 2 This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and keeping His commandments.
  • 1 John 5:19 : 19 We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one.
  • 1 John 3:14-15 : 14 We know that we have passed from death to life because we love our brothers and sisters. The one who does not love remains in death. 15 Everyone who hates their brother or sister is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in them.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 83%

    11 For this is the message you have heard from the beginning: that we should love one another.

    12 Not like Cain, who was from the evil one and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because his deeds were evil and his brother’s were righteous.

    13 Do not be surprised, brothers and sisters, if the world hates you.

    14 We know that we have passed from death to life because we love our brothers and sisters. The one who does not love remains in death.

    15 Everyone who hates their brother or sister is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in them.

    16 This is how we have come to know love: He laid down His life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.

    17 But whoever has the world’s goods and sees a brother or sister in need, yet closes his heart against them, how does the love of God abide in him?

    18 Little children, let us not love with words or tongue, but with actions and in truth.

  • 1 John 3:4-9
    6 verses
    82%

    4 Everyone who commits sin also practices lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness.

    5 You know that He appeared to take away sins, and in Him there is no sin.

    6 No one who abides in Him keeps on sinning; no one who continues to sin has seen Him or known Him.

    7 Little children, let no one lead you astray. The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous.

    8 The one who practices sin is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The Son of God appeared for this reason: to destroy the works of the devil.

    9 No one born of God practices sin, for His seed abides in them; they cannot keep on sinning, because they have been born of God.

  • 79%

    20 If anyone says, 'I love God,' but hates their brother or sister, they are a liar. For the one who does not love their brother or sister whom they have seen cannot love God whom they have not seen.

    21 And this commandment we have from Him: Whoever loves God must also love their brother or sister.

  • 29 If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of Him.

  • 11 Beloved, do not imitate evil but imitate good. Whoever does good is from God; whoever does evil has not seen God.

  • 77%

    9 Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates their brother or sister is still in the darkness.

    10 Whoever loves their brother or sister abides in the light, and in them there is no cause for stumbling.

    11 But the one who hates their brother or sister is in the darkness and walks in the darkness. They do not know where they are going, because the darkness has blinded them.

  • 1 John 4:6-8
    3 verses
    76%

    6 We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this, we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

    7 Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

    8 The one who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

  • 76%

    17 All wrongdoing is sin, and yet there is sin that does not lead to death.

    18 We know that anyone born of God does not continue to sin; the One who was born of God keeps them safe, and the evil one cannot harm them.

    19 We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one.

  • 9 Anyone who goes beyond and does not remain in the teaching of Christ does not have God. Whoever remains in the teaching has both the Father and the Son.

  • 1 John 3:1-2
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    75%

    1 See how great a love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God; and this is what we are! The world does not know us because it did not know Him.

    2 Beloved, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. But we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.

  • 1 John 5:1-3
    3 verses
    75%

    1 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves His child as well.

    2 This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and keeping His commandments.

    3 For this is the love of God: that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome.

  • John 3:19-21
    3 verses
    75%

    19 This is the verdict: The light has come into the world, but people loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil.

    20 For everyone who does evil hates the light and does not come to the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed.

    21 But whoever lives by the truth comes to the light, so that it may be plainly seen that their deeds have been done in God.

  • 15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in them.

  • 10 If we claim we have not sinned, we make Him out to be a liar, and His word is not in us.

  • 5 But whoever keeps His word, truly in that person the love of God has been perfected. By this we know that we are in Him.

  • 3 And every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming, and now it is already in the world.

  • 72%

    11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

    12 No one has ever seen God. If we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us.

  • 5 Beloved, you are acting faithfully in whatever you do for the brothers, especially when they are strangers.

  • 8 If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.

  • 5 This is the message we have heard from Him and declare to you: God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.

  • 10 Whoever believes in the Son of God has this testimony within them. Whoever does not believe God has made Him a liar, because they have not believed the testimony God has given about His Son.

  • 36 The one who believes in the Son has eternal life. But the one who disobeys the Son will not see life; instead, the wrath of God remains on him.

  • 22 Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart.

  • 7 For many deceivers have gone out into the world—those who do not confess Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. Such a one is the deceiver and the antichrist.

  • 7 to godliness, brotherly love; and to brotherly love, love.