1 John 3:10
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,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
11because this is the message that ye did hear from the beginning, that we may love one another,
Cross References
Luke 6:35'But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again, and your reward will be great, and ye shall be sons of the Highest, because He is kind unto the ungracious and evil;
John 8:47he who is of God, the sayings of God he doth hear; because of this ye do not hear, because of God ye are not.'
Romans 8:16The Spirit himself doth testify with our spirit, that we are children of God;
1 John 2:9he who is saying, in the light he is, and his brother is hating, in the darkness he is till now;
1 John 3:7Little children, let no one lead you astray; he who is doing the righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous,
1 John 4:3and every spirit that doth not confess Jesus Christ in the flesh having come, of God it is not; and this is that of the antichrist, which ye heard that it doth come, and now in the world it is already.
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 →