1 John 3:10

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

The children of God and the children of the devil are revealed in this way: all who do not do what is right are not from God, nor are those who do not love a brother or sister.

Cross References

2 Samuel 13:22

But Absalom spoke to Amnon neither good nor bad, for Absalom hated Amnon because he had raped his sister Tamar.

Matthew 13:38

the field is the world, and the good seed are the children of the kingdom; the weeds are the children of the evil one,

Luke 6:35

Instead, love your enemies, do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return. Your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, for he himself is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked.

John 1:12

But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God,

John 11:52

and not for the nation only, but to gather into one the dispersed children of God.

John 8:44

You are from your father the devil, and you choose to do your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

John 8:47

Whoever is from God hears the words of God. The reason you do not hear them is that you are not from God.”

Acts 13:10

and said, “You son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, full of all deceit and villainy, will you not stop making crooked the straight paths of the Lord?

Romans 13:8

Owe no one anything, except to love one another, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.

Ephesians 5:1

Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children,

Colossians 3:14

Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.

1 Timothy 1:5

But the aim of such instruction is love that comes from a pure heart, a good conscience, and sincere faith.

1 John 2:29

If you perceive that he is righteous, you also know that everyone who does right has been born of him.

1 John 3:1

See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God, and that is what we are. The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.

1 John 3:2

Beloved, we are God’s children now; what we will be has not yet been revealed. What we do know is this: when he is revealed, we will be like him, for we will see him as he is.

1 John 4:21

The commandment we have from him is this: those who love God must love their brothers and sisters also.

1 John 4:6

We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us, and whoever is not from God does not listen to us. From this we know 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 are God’s children and that the whole world lies under the power of the evil one.

1 John 5:2

By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments.

3 John 1:11

Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but imitate what is good. Whoever does good is from God; whoever does evil has not seen God.