{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/akjv/1-john/3","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T22:31:51.243Z"},"reference":{"translation":"AKJV","book":"1 John","bookSlug":"1-john","chapter":3,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":2,"nextChapter":4,"totalChapters":5,"totalVerses":24},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Behold, what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knows us not, because it knew him not."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it does not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"And every man that has this hope in him purifies himself, even as he is pure."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Whoever commits sin transgresses also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And you know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Whoever stays in him sins not: whoever sins has not seen him, neither known him."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Little children, let no man deceive you: he that does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"He that commits sin is of the devil; for the devil sins from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Whoever is born of God does not commit sin; for his seed remains in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whoever does not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loves not his brother."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"For this is the message that you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And why slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Marvel not, my brothers, if the world hate you."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brothers. He that loves not his brother stays in death."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Whoever hates his brother is a murderer: and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"But whoever has this world's good, and sees his brother have need, and shuts up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwells the love of God in him?"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"And whatever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"And he that keeps his commandments dwells in him, and he in him.  And hereby we know that he stays in us, by the Spirit which he has given us."}],"citation":{"inline":"1 John 3 (AKJV)","markdown":"[1 John 3](https://primebible.com/akjv/1-john/3)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* AKJV. https://primebible.com/akjv/1-john/3 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}