| New King James Version | International Standard Version |
| 1Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him. | 1See what kind of love the Father has given us: We are called God's children—and that is what we are! For this reason the world does not recognize us, because it did not recognize him, either. |
| 2Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. | 2Dear friends, we are now God's children, but what we will be like has not been revealed yet. We know that when the Messiah is revealed, we will be like him, because we will see him as he is. |
| 3And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure. | 3And everyone who has this hope based on him keeps himself pure, just as the Messiah is pure. |
| 4Whoever commits sin also commits lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness. | 4Everyone who keeps living in sin also practices disobedience. In fact, sin is disobedience. |
| 5And you know that He was manifested to take away our sins, and in Him there is no sin. | 5You know that the Messiah was revealed to take away sins, and there is not any sin in him. |
| 6Whoever abides in Him does not sin. Whoever sins has neither seen Him nor known Him. | 6No one who remains in union with him keeps on sinning. The one who keeps on sinning hasn't seen him or known him. |
| 7Little children, let no one deceive you. He who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous. | 7Little children, don't let anyone deceive you. The person who practices righteousness is righteous, just as the Messiah is righteous. |
| 8He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil. | 8The person who practices sin belongs to the evil one, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason that the Son of God was revealed was to destroy what the devil has been doing. |
| 9Whoever has been born of God does not sin, for His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God. | 9No one who has been born from God practices sin, because God's seed abides in him. Indeed, he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born from God. |
| 10In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: Whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is he who does not love his brother. | 10This is how God's children and the devil's children are distinguished. No person who fails to practice righteousness and to love his brother is from God. |
| 11For this is the message that you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another, | 11This is the message that you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another. |
| 12not as Cain who was of the wicked one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his works were evil and his brother’s righteous. | 12Do not be like Cain, who was from the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because what he was doing was evil and his brother's actions were righteous. |
| 13Do not marvel, my brethren, if the world hates you. | 13So do not be surprised, brothers, if the world hates you. |
| 14We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love his brother abides in death. | 14We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love one another. The person who does not love remains spiritually dead. |
| 15Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. | 15Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life present in him. |
| 16By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. | 16This is how we have come to know love: the Messiah gave his life for us. We, too, ought to give our lives for our brothers. |
| 17But whoever has this world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him? | 17Whoever has earthly possessions and notices a brother in need and yet withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God be present in him? |
| 18My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth. | 18Little children, we must stop expressing love merely by our words and manner of speech; we must love also in action and in truth. |
| 19And by this we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before Him. | 19This is how we will know that we belong to the truth and how we will be able to keep ourselves strong in his presence. |
| 20For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things. | 20If our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts and knows everything. |
| 21Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence toward God. | 21Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence in the presence of God. |
| 22And whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do those things that are pleasing in His sight. | 22Whatever we request we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him. |
| 23And this is His commandment: that we should believe on the name of His Son Jesus Christ and love one another, as He gave us commandment. | 23And this is his commandment: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus the Messiah, and to love one another as he commanded us. |
| 24Now he who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him. And by this we know that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us. | 24The person who keeps his commandments abides in God, and God abides in him. This is how we can be sure that he remains in us: he has given us his Spirit. |
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