1 | idete potaphn agaphn dedwken hmin o pathr ina tekna qeou klhqwmen dia touto o kosmoV ou ginwskei hmaV oti ouk egnw auton
3:1 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. |
2 | agaphtoi nun tekna qeou esmen kai oupw efanerwqh ti esomeqa oidamen de oti ean fanerwqh omoioi autw esomeqa oti oyomeqa auton kaqwV estin
3:2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. |
3 | kai paV o ecwn thn elpida tauthn ep autw agnizei eauton kaqwV ekeinoV agnoV estin
3:3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure. |
4 | paV o poiwn thn amartian kai thn anomian poiei kai h amartia estin h anomia
3:4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. |
5 | kai oidate oti ekeinoV efanerwqh ina taV amartiaV hmwn arh kai amartia en autw ouk estin
3:5 And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin. |
6 | paV o en autw menwn ouc amartanei paV o amartanwn ouc ewraken auton oude egnwken auton
3:6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him. |
7 | teknia mhdeiV planatw umaV o poiwn thn dikaiosunhn dikaioV estin kaqwV ekeinoV dikaioV estin
3:7 Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous. |
8 | o poiwn thn amartian ek tou diabolou estin oti ap archV o diaboloV amartanei eiV touto efanerwqh o uioV tou qeou ina lush ta erga tou diabolou
3:8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. |
9 | paV o gegennhmenoV ek tou qeou amartian ou poiei oti sperma autou en autw menei kai ou dunatai amartanein oti ek tou qeou gegennhtai
3:9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. |
10 | en toutw fanera estin ta tekna tou qeou kai ta tekna tou diabolou paV o mh poiwn dikaiosunhn ouk estin ek tou qeou kai o mh agapwn ton adelfon autou
3:10 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. |
11 | oti auth estin h aggelia hn hkousate ap archV ina agapwmen allhlouV
3:11 For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. |
12 | ou kaqwV kain ek tou ponhrou hn kai esfaxen ton adelfon autou kai carin tinoV esfaxen auton oti ta erga autou ponhra hn ta de tou adelfou autou dikaia
3:12 Not as Cain, [who] was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous. |
13 | mh qaumazete adelfoi mou ei misei umaV o kosmoV
3:13 Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you. |
14 | hmeiV oidamen oti metabebhkamen ek tou qanatou eiV thn zwhn oti agapwmen touV adelfouV o mh agapwn ton adelfon menei en tw qanatw
3:14 We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not [his] brother abideth in death. |
15 | paV o miswn ton adelfon autou anqrwpoktonoV estin kai oidate oti paV anqrwpoktonoV ouk ecei zwhn aiwnion en autw menousan
3:15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. |
16 | en toutw egnwkamen thn agaphn oti ekeinoV uper hmwn thn yuchn autou eqhken kai hmeiV ofeilomen uper twn adelfwn taV yucaV tiqenai
3:16 Hereby perceive we the love [of God], because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down [our] lives for the brethren. |
17 | oV d an ech ton bion tou kosmou kai qewrh ton adelfon autou creian econta kai kleish ta splagcna autou ap autou pwV h agaph tou qeou menei en autw
3:17 But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels [of compassion] from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him? |
18 | teknia mou mh agapwmen logw mhde glwssh all ergw kai alhqeia
3:18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. |
19 | kai en toutw ginwskomen oti ek thV alhqeiaV esmen kai emprosqen autou peisomen taV kardiaV hmwn
3:19 And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him. |
20 | oti ean kataginwskh hmwn h kardia oti meizwn estin o qeoV thV kardiaV hmwn kai ginwskei panta
3:20 For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. |
21 | agaphtoi ean h kardia hmwn mh kataginwskh hmwn parrhsian ecomen proV ton qeon
3:21 Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, [then] have we confidence toward God. |
22 | kai o ean aitwmen lambanomen par autou oti taV entolaV autou throumen kai ta aresta enwpion autou poioumen
3:22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight. |
23 | kai auth estin h entolh autou ina pisteuswmen tw onomati tou uiou autou ihsou cristou kai agapwmen allhlouV kaqwV edwken entolhn hmin
3:23 And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment. |
24 | kai o thrwn taV entolaV autou en autw menei kai autoV en autw kai en toutw ginwskomen oti menei en hmin ek tou pneumatoV ou hmin edwken
3:24 And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us. |
