June 15, 2025 – Wake Up to the Father’s Love – 1 John 3:1-10
John 3:1-10 (NRSV) emphasizes the love of the Father, God’s children, and the contrast between those who are born of God and those who are not. It highlights the importance of righteousness and love as characteristics of God’s children. The passage states that the world does not know God’s children because it didn’t know God, and that we are God’s children now, with our future state not yet revealed. It also contrasts the nature of sin with that of righteousness, emphasizing that those who practice sin are of the devil, while those who practice righteousness are of God.
1 John 3:1 – NRS – See what love the Father has given us …
Here’s a more detailed breakdown:
1 John 3:1-3: Emphasizes the love of God and how believers are now His children. The passage also hints at the future glory that believers will experience when Christ appears.
1 John 3:4-6: Contrasts sin and lawlessness, stating that sin is lawlessness and that anyone who abides in Christ does not sin continually.
1 John 3:7-8: Highlights the importance of righteousness as a mark of God’s children, contrasting it with the sinfulness of the devil.
1 John 3:9-10: Reinforces that those born of God do not practice sin and that righteousness and love are signs of being God’s children.
1 John 3:1-10
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
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. 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[a] is revealed, we will be like him, for we will see him as he is. 3 And all who have this hope in him purify themselves, just as he is pure.
4 Everyone who commits sin is guilty of lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. 5 You know that he was revealed to take away sins, and in him there is no sin. 6 No one who abides in him sins; no one who sins has either seen him or known him. 7 Little children,[b] let no one deceive you. Everyone who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous. 8 Everyone who commits sin is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The Son of God was revealed for this purpose: to destroy the works of the devil. 9 Those who have been born of God do not sin because God’s seed abides in them;[c] they cannot sin because they have been born of God. 10 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.
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