May 15, 2023
1 John 2:28-3:10
28 And now, little children, abide in Him, so that
when He appears we may have confidence and not shrink from Him in
shame at His coming. 29 If you know that He is
righteous, you may be sure that everyone who practices
righteousness has been born of Him.
3:1 See what kind of love the Father has given to us,
that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason
why the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.
2 Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will
be has not yet appeared; but we know that when He appears we shall
be like Him, because we shall see Him as He is. 3 And
everyone who thus hopes in Him purifies Himself as He is pure.
4 Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also
practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. 5 You know
that He appeared in order to take away sins, and in Him there is no
sin. 6 No one who abides in Him keeps on sinning; no one
who keeps on sinning has either seen Him or known Him. 7
Little children, let no one deceive you. Whoever practices
righteousness is righteous, as He is righteous. 8
Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil
has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God
appeared was to destroy the works of the devil. 9 No one
born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God's seed abides in
him; and he cannot keep on sinning, because he has been born of
God. 10 By this it is evident who are the children of
God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not
practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not
love his brother.
Key Words: Practice, Lawlessness, Take, Abides,
Destroy, Children
Keystone Verse: The reason the Son of God appeared
was to destroy the works of the Devil. (1 John 3:8)