1 John 3:10
By this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil. Whoever does not work righteousness is not of God; neither is he that loves not his brother.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
11For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
Cross References
Luke 6:35But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward shall be great, and you shall be sons of the Most High: for he is kind to the unthankful and the evil.
John 8:47He that is of God, hears God’s words. For this reason you do not hear them, because you are not of God.
Romans 8:16The Spirit itself testifies with our spirit, that we are the children of God;
1 John 2:9He that says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness till now.
1 John 3:7Little children, let no one deceive you: he that works righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
1 John 4:3and whatever spirit confesses not that Jesus Christ came in the flesh, is not from God: and this is the spirit of antichrist, of which you have heard that it comes, and is now already in the world.
Matthew Henry on 1 John 3:5-11
The Mark of God's Children. ( a. d. 80.) 4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. 5 And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin. 6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him. 7 Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous. 8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this… Read the whole commentary →