1 John 3:10

The Passion Translation

Here is how God’s children can be clearly distinguished from the children of the Evil One. Anyone who does not demonstrate righteousness and show love to fellow believers is not living with God as his source.

Cross References

Matthew 13:38

And the field is the world. The good seeds I sow are the children of the kingdom realm. The weeds are the children of the Evil One,

Luke 6:35

Rather love your enemies and continue to treat them well. When you lend money, don’t despair if you are never paid back, for it is not lost. You will receive a rich reward and you will be known as true children of the Most High God, having his same nature. Be like your Father who is famous for his kindness to heal even the thankless and cruel.

John 1:12

But those who embraced him and took hold of his name he gave authority to become the children of God!

John 11:52

And Jesus’ death would not be for the Jewish people only, but to gather together God’s children scattered around the world and unite them as one.)

John 8:44

“You are the offspring of your father, the devil, and you serve your father very well, passionately carrying out his desires. He’s been a murderer right from the start! He never stood with the truth, for he’s full of nothing but lies—lying is his native tongue. He is a master of deception and the father of lies!

John 8:47

If you really knew God, you would listen, receive, and respond with faith to his words. But since you don’t listen and respond to what he says, it proves you don’t belong to him and you have no room for him in your hearts.”

Acts 13:10

“You son of the devil! You are full of every form of fraud and deceit and an enemy of all that is right. When will you stop perverting the truth of God into lies?

Romans 13:8

Don’t owe anything to anyone, except your outstanding debt to continually love one another, for the one who learns to love has fulfilled every requirement of the law.

Ephesians 5:1

Be imitators of God in everything you do, for then you will represent your Father as his beloved sons and daughters.

Colossians 3:14

For love is supreme and must flow through each of these virtues. Love becomes the mark of true maturity.

1 Timothy 1:5

For we reach the goal of fulfilling all the commandments when we love others deeply with a pure heart, a clean conscience, and sincere faith.

1 John 2:29

If you know that he is righteous, you may be sure that everyone who lives in righteousness has been divinely fathered by him.

1 John 3:1

Look with wonder at the depth of the Father’s marvelous love that he has lavished on us! He has called us and made us his very own beloved children. The reason the world doesn’t recognize who we are is that they didn’t recognize him.

1 John 3:2

Beloved, we are God’s children right now; however, it is not yet apparent what we will become. But we do know that when it is finally made visible, we will be just like him, for we will see him as he truly is.

1 John 4:21

For he has given us this command: whoever loves God must also demonstrate love to others.

1 John 4:6

But we belong to God, and whoever truly knows God listens to us. Those who refuse to listen to us do not belong to God. That is how we can know the difference between the spirit of truth and the spirit of deceit.

1 John 4:8

The one who doesn’t love has yet to 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 misery and influence of the Evil One.

1 John 5:2

This is how we can be sure that we love the children of God: by having a passionate love for God and by obedience to his commands.

3 John 1:11

Delightfully loved ones, don’t imitate what is evil, but imitate that which is good. Whoever does good is of God; whoever does evil has not seen God.