1 John 3:10 “By this the children of God are distinguished from the children of the…”

1 John 3:10

By this the children of God are distinguished from the children of the devil: Anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is anyone who does not love his brother.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

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.

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

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.

Darby Translation

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.

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,

Bible in Basic English

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.

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Cross references

“the children of God”

Luke 6:35 Ephesians 5:1 1 John 5:2 Romans 8:16 Romans 8:17

Luke 6:35 · BSB

But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.

Ephesians 5:1 · BSB

Be imitators of God, therefore, as beloved children,

1 John 5:2 · BSB

By this we know that we love the children of God: when we love God and keep His commandments.

Romans 8:16 · BSB

The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.

Romans 8:17 · BSB

And if we are children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ—if indeed we suffer with Him, so that we may also be glorified with Him.

“and”

Matthew 13:38 John 8:44 Acts 13:10

Matthew 13:38 · BSB

The field is the world, and the good seed represents the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one,

John 8:44 · BSB

You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native langua…

Acts 13:10 · BSB

and said, “O child of the devil and enemy of all righteousness, you are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery! Will you never stop perverting the straight ways of the Lord?

“whosoever”

1 John 2:29 1 John 3:7 1 John 3:8

1 John 2:29 · BSB

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

1 John 3:7 · BSB

Little children, let no one deceive you: The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as Christ is righteous.

1 John 3:8 · BSB

The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the very start. This is why the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the devil.

“is”

3 John 1:11 John 8:47 1 John 4:6 1 John 5:19 1 John 4:3 1 John 4:4

3 John 1:11 · BSB

Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not seen God.

John 8:47 · BSB

Whoever belongs to God hears the words of God. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God.”

1 John 4:6 · BSB

We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. That is how we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deception.

1 John 5:19 · BSB

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

1 John 4:3 · BSB

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 which is already in the world at this time.

1 John 4:4 · BSB

You, little children, are from God and have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.

“neither”

1 John 4:8 1 John 4:21 1 John 3:14 1 John 3:15 1 John 2:9 1 John 2:10

1 John 4:8 · BSB

Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.

1 John 4:21 · BSB

And we have this commandment from Him: Whoever loves God must love his brother as well.

1 John 3:14 · BSB

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

1 John 3:15 · BSB

Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that eternal life does not reside in a murderer.

1 John 2:9 · BSB

If anyone claims to be in the light but hates his brother, he is still in the darkness.

1 John 2:10 · BSB

Whoever loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no cause of stumbling in him.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

9Anyone born of God refuses to practice sin, because God’s seed abides in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God.

11This is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another.

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