1 John 3:10
In this the children of God and the children of the devil are distinguished: whoever is not doing righteousness is not of God, also whoever is not loving his brother.
Family 35 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
11Because this is the message that you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another
Cross References
Luke 6:35“So, love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; because He is kind toward the ungrateful and wicked.
John 8:47The one who is of God hears God's words; that is why you do not hear, because you are not of God.”
Romans 8:16That Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are God's children
1 John 2:9He who claims to be in the Light while hating his brother is in the darkness until now.
1 John 3:7Dear children, let no one mislead you; he who keeps doing righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous.
1 John 4:3and every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus Christ as having come in flesh is not of God; indeed, this is the spirit of the Antichrist, of which you have heard that it is coming—actually, it is already in the world right now.
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 →