1 John 3:10

New Century Version

So we can see who God’s children are and who the devil’s children are: Those who do not do what is right are not God’s children, and those who do not love their brothers and sisters are not God’s children.

Cross References

2 Samuel 13:22

Absalom did not say a word, good or bad, to Amnon. But he hated Amnon for disgracing his sister Tamar.

Matthew 13:38

The field is the world, and the good seed are all of God’s children who belong to the kingdom. The weeds are those people who belong to the Evil One.

Luke 6:35

But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without hoping to get anything back. Then you will have a great reward, and you will be children of the Most High God, because he is kind even to people who are ungrateful and full of sin.

John 1:12

But to all who did accept him and believe in him he gave the right to become children of God.

John 11:52

and for God’s scattered children to bring them all together and make them one.

John 8:44

You belong to your father the devil, and you want to do what he wants. He was a murderer from the beginning and was against the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he shows what he is really like, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

John 8:47

The person who belongs to God accepts what God says. But you don’t accept what God says, because you don’t belong to God.”

Acts 13:10

and said, “You son of the devil! You are an enemy of everything that is right! You are full of evil tricks and lies, always trying to change the Lord’s truths into lies.

Romans 13:8

Do not owe people anything, except always owe love to each other, because the person who loves others has obeyed all the law.

Ephesians 5:1

You are God’s children whom he loves, so try to be like him.

Colossians 3:14

Even more than all this, clothe yourself in love. Love is what holds you all together in perfect unity.

1 Timothy 1:5

The purpose of this command is for people to have love, a love that comes from a pure heart and a good conscience and a true faith.

1 John 2:29

Since you know that Christ is righteous, you know that all who do right are God’s children.

1 John 3:1

The Father has loved us so much that we are called children of God. And we really are his children. The reason the people in the world do not know us is that they have not known him.

1 John 3:2

Dear friends, now we are children of God, and we have not yet been shown what we will be in the future. But we know that when Christ comes again, we will be like him, because we will see him as he really is.

1 John 4:21

And God gave us this command: Those who love God must also love their brothers and sisters.

1 John 4:6

But we belong to God, and those who know God listen to us. But those who are not from God do not listen to us. That is how we know the Spirit that is true and the spirit that is false.

1 John 4:8

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

1 John 5:19

We know that we belong to God, but the Evil One controls the whole world.

1 John 5:2

This is how we know we love God’s children: when we love God and obey his commands.

3 John 1:11

My dear friend, do not follow what is bad; follow what is good. The one who does good belongs to God. But the one who does evil has never known God.