1 John 3:10

The Text-Critical English New Testament

By this the children of God and the children of the devil are revealed: Anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is anyone who does not love his brother.

Cross References

Matthew 13:38

The field is the world, and the good seeds are the sons of the kingdom. The tares are the sons of the evil one,

Luke 6:35

But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting anything in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil.

John 1:12

But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,

John 11:52

and not only for the nation, but also to gather into one the children of God scattered abroad.)

John 8:44

You belong to your father the devil, and you want to carry out 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 speaks lies, he speaks from his own character, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

John 8:47

Whoever belongs to God hears the words of God. The reason you do not hear them is because you do not belong to God.”

Acts 13:10

and said, “O son of the devil, full of all deceit and all trickery, enemy of all righteousness, will yoʋ not cease perverting the straight paths of the Lord?

Romans 13:8

Owe nothing to anyone, except to love one another, for he who loves others has fulfilled the law.

Ephesians 5:1

Therefore, be imitators of God, as beloved children,

Colossians 3:14

Above all, put on love, which is the bond of perfection.

1 Timothy 1:5

The goal of our instruction is love from a pure heart, from a good conscience, and from sincere faith.

1 John 2:29

If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him.

1 John 3:1

See what great love the Father has lavished upon us, that we should be called children of God! The reason the world does not know you is that it did not know him.

1 John 3:2

Beloved, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. But we know that when he appears, we will be like him, because we will see him as he is.

1 John 4:21

And this is the commandment we have from him: Whoever loves God must also love his brother.

1 John 4:6

We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

1 John 4:8

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

1 John 5:19

We know that we are from God, and that the whole world lies in 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 keep his commandments.

3 John 1:11

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