And Absalom spake not with Amnon, from evil and even to good: for Absalom hated Amnon for the word that he humbled Tamar his sister.
1 John 3:10 - Julia E. Smith Translation 1876 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the accuser: every one not doing justice is not of God, and he not loving his brother. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition By this it is made clear who take their nature from God and are His children and who take their nature from the devil and are his children: no one who does not practice righteousness [who does not conform to God's will in purpose, thought, and action] is of God; neither is anyone who does not love his brother (his fellow believer in Christ). American Standard Version (1901) In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother. Common English Bible This is how God’s children and the devil’s children are apparent: everyone who doesn’t practice righteousness is not from God, including the person who doesn’t love a brother or sister. Catholic Public Domain Version In this way, the sons of God are made manifest, and also the sons of the devil. Everyone who is not just, is not of God, as also anyone who does not love his brother. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil. Whosoever is not just, is not of God, nor he that loveth not his brother. |
And Absalom spake not with Amnon, from evil and even to good: for Absalom hated Amnon for the word that he humbled Tamar his sister.
And the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; and the tares are the sons of the evil one;
But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing back; and your reward shall be much, and ye shall be sons of the Highest; for he is kind to the graceless and evil.
And as many as received him, he gave them authority to be the children of God, to them believing on his name:
And not for the nation alone, but that also the children of God, scattered, should be gathered into one.
Ye are of your father the devil, and the eager desires of your father will ye do. He was slaying men from the beginning, and stood not in the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he would speak a lie, he speaks of his own things; for he is a liar, and the father of him.
He being of God hears the words of God: therefore ye hear not, for ye are not of God.
O, full of deceit, and all dexterity, son of the devil, enemy of all justice, Wilt thou cease perverting the straight ways of the Lord?
Owe ye nothing to none, except to love one another: for he loving another has completed the law.
(And the end of the proclamation is love out of a pure heart, and a good consciousness, and unfeigned faith:
If ye know that he is just, ye know that every one doing justice has been born of him.
See ye, what kind of love the Father has given us, that we should be called the children of God: for this the world knows us not, for it knew him not.
Dearly beloved, now are we the children of God, and it has not yet been manifested what we shall be: and we know that, if he be manifested, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
And this command have we from him, That he loving God love his brother also.
We are of God: he knowing God hears us; he is not of God who hears us not. By this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
In this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commands.
Dearly beloved, imitate not evil, but good. He doing good is of God: and he doing evil has not seen God.