1 John 3:10

In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doth not practise righteousness, and he who loveth not his brother, is not of God:

1770 John Worsley NT

In The 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.

In Context

9Whosoever is born of God doth not practise sin, because his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.

11for this is the injunction which ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another: not as Cain who was of the evil one, and slew his brother;

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Cross References

Luke 6:35But do ye love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing from it: and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the sons of the most High; for He is kind even to the ungrateful and the wicked:

John 8:47He, that is of God, receiveth the words of God; but ye therefore receive them not, because ye are not of God.

Romans 8:16So that the Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God.

1 John 2:9Now he that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is still in darkness:

1 John 3:7Little children, let no one deceive you: he that practiseth righteousness is righteous, even as He is righteous:

1 John 4:3and every spirit that doth not confess Jesus Christ, who is come in the flesh, is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, which ye have heard was coming, and is 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 →

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