1 John 3:10
By this are the children of God discriminated from the children of Satan. Every one that practiseth not righteousness, and that loveth not his brother, is not of God:
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
11because this is the commandment, which ye heard from the beginning, that ye should love one another.
Cross References
Luke 6:35But love ye your enemies, and do them good; and lend ye, and disappoint the hopes of no one: and great will be your reward, and ye will be children of the Highest; for he is kind to the evil, and to the unthankful.
John 8:47He that is of God, heareth the words of God. Therefore ye do not hear, because ye are not of God.
Romans 8:16And this Spirit testifieth to our spirit, that we are the sons of God.
1 John 2:9Whoever therefore shall say that he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness until now.
1 John 3:7My children, let no one deceive you: he that doeth righteousness, is righteous, as the Messiah also is righteous.
1 John 4:3And every spirit which confesseth not that Jesus the Messiah hath come in the flesh, is not of God; but he is of the false Messiah, of whom ye have heard that he cometh, and now is he 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 →