1Ako veľmi nás náš nebeský Otec miluje! Prijal nás za synov a dcéry, a my nimi naozaj sme. Ľudia nás často nechápu, lebo nepoznajú Boha.2Áno, moji milovaní, už teraz sme jeho deťmi, ale nevieme si predstaviť, ako nás Boh ešte pretvorí. To však vieme, že Kristus príde a uvidíme ho v celom jeho majestáte, budeme celkom jemu podobní.3Každý, kto naňho upína svoju nádej, vyhýba sa všetkému zlu a usiluje sa byť čistý ako on.4Kto hreší, stavia sa proti Bohu, lebo hriech je porušením Božieho zákona.5Viete, že Boží Syn prišiel, aby nás oslobodil od hriechu. A uňho nemá nijaký hriech miesto.6Kto sa Krista drží, ten sa hriechu vyhýba. Kto si s hriechom zahráva, ten Krista nepozná ani mu nerozumie.7Deti moje, nedajte sa nikým oklamať. Podľa našich činov sa pozná, či sa podobáme Kristu, ktorý žil v zhode s Božou vôľou.8Komu sa hriech neoškliví, podobá sa diablovi, ktorý sa odjakživa stavia proti Bohu. Boží Syn prišiel preto, aby maril diablovo dielo.9Kto sa stal Božím dieťaťom, vyhýba sa hriechu, lebo v ňom pôsobí Boh. Ba ani nemôže hrešiť, lebo sa narodil z Boha.10Podľa toho sa pozná, komu patrí – kto sa dopúšťa bezprávia a nemiluje brata, nepatrí Bohu.
Meradlo lásky
11Keď ste prvý raz počuli o Kristovi, počuli ste takisto: milujte sa navzájom.12Pozrime sa na Kaina. Priklonil sa k diablovi a skončilo sa to bratovraždou. Prečo zabil svojho brata? Lebo mu bol tŕňom v oku jeho príkladný život a jeho vlastné skutky boli zlé.13Preto sa nečudujte, keď vás mnohí nenávidia.14Vieme, že už nepodliehame vláde smrti, ale vláde života, lebo sa navzájom milujeme.15Kto nenávidí, rozsieva smrť a stráca podiel na večnom živote.16Pravú lásku nám ukázal Kristus tým, že za nás obetoval vlastný život. To nás zaväzuje, aby sme aj my boli ochotní položiť za brata život.17Ak má niekto hojnosť a nedbá, že jeho brat trie núdzu, márne tvrdí, že miluje Boha.18Nemilujme iba slovami, ale opravdivými činmi.19Taká láska nám dá vnútornú istotu a upokojí naše svedomie.20Ale aj pri najväčšom úsilí sme odkázaní na Božie pochopenie a odpustenie.21-22Moji milovaní, ak zachovávame jeho prikázanie a robíme, čo sa jemu páči, svedomie nás neobviňuje a smieme Bohu s dôverou predkladať svoje prosby a očakávať, že ich splní.23Čo nám to teda Boh prikazuje? Aby sme verili, že Ježiš Kristus je Boží Syn, a aby sme sa milovali navzájom.24Kto si takto počína, zostáva v Bohu a Boh v ňom. A o tejto jednote s Bohom nás uisťuje Svätý Duch, ktorého nám daroval.
Prvý Jánov 3
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od 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. (Jn 1,12; Jn 3,16; Jn 16,3; Jn 17,25; 1 Jn 4,10; 1 Jn 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. (Jn 17,24; Rim 8,15; Rim 8,18; Rim 8,29; 1 Kor 13,12; 2 Kor 3,18; 2 Kor 4,11; 2 Kor 4,17; Gal 3,26; Ef 1,5; Flp 3,21; 2 Pt 1,4; 1 Jn 2,28; 1 Jn 3,1; Zjv 22,4)3And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure. (Rim 15,12; 2 Kor 7,1)4Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. (Rim 4,15; 1 Jn 5,17)5You know that he appeared in order to take away sins, and in him there is no sin. (Iz 53,11; Hebr 9,26; 1 Pt 2,22; 1 Jn 1,2)6No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him. (1 Jn 2,4; 1 Jn 4,8; 3 Jn 1,11)7Little children, let no one deceive you. Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous. (1 Jn 2,26; 1 Jn 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. (Gn 3,15; Mt 13,38; Lk 10,18; Jn 8,44; Jn 16,11; Hebr 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 Jn 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 Jn 4,8; 1 Jn 4,20)
Love One Another
11For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. (Jn 13,34; 1 Jn 1,5; 1 Jn 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. (Gn 4,4; Gn 4,8; Ž 38,20; Prís 29,10; Hebr 11,4; Júd 1,11)13Do not be surprised, brothers,[3] that the world hates you. (Jn 15,18; Jn 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. (Jn 5,24)15Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. (Mt 5,21; Gal 5,21; Zjv 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. (Jn 15,13; Flp 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? (Dt 15,7; Jak 2,15; 1 Jn 4,20)18Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth. (Ez 33,31; Ef 4,15; 2 Jn 1,1; 3 Jn 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; (Jób 11,15; Jób 22,26; Rim 14,22; 1 Kor 4,4; 1 Jn 5,14)22and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him. (Mt 7,7; Jn 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. (Jn 6,29; Sk 18,8; 1 Jn 2,8; 1 Jn 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. (Jn 6,56; Jn 14,20; Jn 15,4; Jn 17,21; Rim 8,9; 1 Jn 4,13)