3И всеки, който има тази надежда в Него, очиства себе си, както Той е чист. (2 Кор 7:1; 1 Йн 4:17)4Всеки, който върши грях, върши и беззаконие, защото грехът е беззаконие; (Рим 4:15; 1 Йн 5:17)5и вие знаете, че Той се яви да носи греховете. В Него няма грях. (Ис 53:5; Ис 53:6; Ис 53:11; 2 Кор 5:21; 1 Тим 1:15; Евр 1:3; Евр 4:15; Евр 9:26; Евр 9:28; 1 Пет 2:22; 1 Пет 2:24)6Всеки, който пребъдва в Него, не съгрешава; всеки, който съгрешава, не Го е видял, нито Го е познал. (1 Йн 2:4; 1 Йн 4:8; 3 Йн 1:11)7Дечица, никой да не ви заблуждава: който върши правда, е праведен, и Христос е праведен. (Ез 18:5; Рим 2:13; 1 Йн 2:26; 1 Йн 2:29)8Който върши грях, от дявола е; защото дяволът отначало съгрешава. Затова се яви Божият Син, да съсипе делата на дявола. (Бит 3:15; Мт 13:38; Лк 10:18; Йн 8:44; Йн 16:11; Евр 2:14)9Никой, който е роден от Бога, не върши грях, защото Неговият зародиш пребъдва в него; и не може да съгрешава, защото е роден от Бога. (1 Пет 1:23; 1 Йн 5:18)10По това се разпознават Божиите чеда и дяволските чеда; всеки, който не върши правда, не е от Бога, нито онзи, който не обича брат си. (1 Йн 2:29; 1 Йн 4:8)
от Crossway1See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. (Йн 1:12; Йн 3:16; Йн 16:3; Йн 17:25; 1 Йн 4:10; 1 Йн 4:17)2Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears[1] we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is. (Йн 17:24; Рим 8:15; Рим 8:18; Рим 8:29; 1 Кор 13:12; 2 Кор 3:18; 2 Кор 4:11; 2 Кор 4:17; Гал 3:26; Еф 1:5; Фил 3:21; 2 Пет 1:4; 1 Йн 1:1; 1 Йн 2:28; Отк 22:4)3And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure. (Рим 15:12; 2 Кор 7:1)4Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. (Рим 4:15; 1 Йн 5:17)5You know that he appeared in order to take away sins, and in him there is no sin. (Ис 53:11; Ис 53:12; Евр 1:2; Евр 9:26; 1 Пет 2:22)6No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him. (1 Йн 2:4; 1 Йн 4:8; 3 Йн 1:11)7Little children, let no one deceive you. Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous. (1 Йн 2:26; 1 Йн 2:29)8Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil. (Бит 3:15; Мт 13:38; Лк 10:18; Йн 8:44; Йн 16:11; Евр 2:14)9No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God’s[2] seed abides in him; and he cannot keep on sinning, because he has been born of God. (1 Йн 5:18)10By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother. (1 Йн 4:8; 1 Йн 4:20; 1 Йн 4:21)
Love One Another
11For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. (Йн 13:34; 1 Йн 1:5; 1 Йн 2:24)12We should not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother’s righteous. (Бит 4:4; Бит 4:8; Пс 38:20; Пр 29:10; Евр 11:4; Юда 1:11)13Do not be surprised, brothers,[3] that the world hates you. (Йн 15:18; Йн 17:14)14We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love abides in death. (Йн 5:24)15Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. (Мт 5:21; Мт 5:22; Гал 5:21; Отк 21:8)16By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. (Йн 15:13; Фил 2:17)17But if anyone has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God’s love abide in him? (Вт 15:7; Як 2:15; Як 2:16; 1 Йн 4:20)18Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth. (Ез 33:31; Еф 4:15; 2 Йн 1:1; 3 Йн 1:1)19By this we shall know that we are of the truth and reassure our heart before him;20for whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything.21Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God; (Йов 11:15; Йов 22:26; Рим 14:22; 1 Кор 4:4; 1 Йн 5:14)22and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him. (Мт 7:7; Йн 8:29)23And this is his commandment, that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us. (Йн 6:29; Д А 18:8; 1 Йн 2:8; 1 Йн 3:11)24Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God,[4] and God[5] in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us. (Йн 6:56; Йн 14:20; Йн 15:4; Йн 15:5; Йн 17:21; Рим 8:9; 1 Йн 4:13)