1 John 3:10

Good News Translation

Here is the clear difference between God's children and the Devil's children: those who do not do what is right or do not love others are not God's children.

Cross References

2 Samuel 13:22

And Absalom hated Amnon so much for having raped his sister Tamar that he would no longer even speak to him.

Matthew 13:38

the field is the world; the good seed is the people who belong to the Kingdom; the weeds are the people who belong to the Evil One;

Luke 6:35

No! Love your enemies and do good to them; lend and expect nothing back. You will then have a great reward, and you will be children of the Most High God. For he is good to the ungrateful and the wicked.

John 1:12

Some, however, did receive him and believed in him; so he gave them the right to become God's children.

John 11:52

and not only for them, but also to bring together into one body all the scattered people of God.

John 8:44

You are the children of your father, the Devil, and you want to follow your father's desires. From the very beginning he was a murderer and has never been on the side of truth, because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he is only doing what is natural to him, because he is a liar and the father of all lies.

John 8:47

He who comes from God listens to God's words. You, however, are not from God, and that is why you will not listen.”

Acts 13:10

and said, “You son of the Devil! You are the enemy of everything that is good. You are full of all kinds of evil tricks, and you always keep trying to turn the Lord's truths into lies!

Romans 13:8

Be under obligation to no one—the only obligation you have is to love one another. Whoever does this has obeyed the Law.

Ephesians 5:1

Since you are God's dear children, you must try to be like him.

Colossians 3:14

And to all these qualities add love, which binds all things together in perfect unity.

1 Timothy 1:5

The purpose of this order is to arouse the love that comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and a genuine faith.

1 John 2:29

You know that Christ is righteous; you should know, then, that everyone who does what is right is God's child.

1 John 3:1

See how much the Father has loved us! His love is so great that we are called God's children—and so, in fact, we are. This is why the world does not know us: it has not known God.

1 John 3:2

My dear friends, we are now God's children, but it is not yet clear what we shall become. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he really is.

1 John 4:21

The command that Christ has given us is this: whoever loves God must love others also.

1 John 4:6

But we belong to God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever does not belong to God does not listen to us. This, then, is how we can tell the difference between the Spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

1 John 4:8

Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love.

1 John 5:19

We know that we belong to God even though the whole world is under the rule of the Evil One.

1 John 5:2

This is how we know that we love God's children: it is by loving God and obeying his commands.

3 John 1:11

My dear friend, do not imitate what is bad, but imitate what is good. Whoever does good belongs to God; whoever does what is bad has not seen God.