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1 Miren cuánto nos ama el Padre que somos llamados hijos de Dios. ¡Y de veras lo somos! Como la mayoría de la gente no conoce a Dios, tampoco reconoce lo que somos.
1 See how great a love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn’t know us, because it didn’t know him.
2 Sí, amados míos, ahora somos hijos de Dios, y no podemos ni siquiera imaginarnos lo que vamos a ser después. Pero de algo estamos ciertos: que cuando él venga seremos semejantes a él, porque lo veremos tal como es.
2 Beloved, now we are children of God. It is not yet revealed what we will be; but we know that when he is revealed, we will be like him, for we will see him just as he is.
3 El que espera esto se purifica, como Cristo es puro.
3 Everyone who has this hope set on him purifies himself, even as he is pure.
4 El que comete pecados rompe la ley de Dios, porque el pecado es quebrantar la ley divina.
4 Everyone who sins also commits lawlessness. Sin is lawlessness.
5 Además, ustedes saben que Jesús se hizo hombre para quitar nuestros pecados y que él jamás cometió pecado.
5 You know that he was revealed to take away our sins, and no sin is in him.
6 El que permanece cerca de él no practica el pecado; pero el que vive entregado al pecado nunca lo ha visto ni conocido.
6 Whoever remains in him doesn’t sin. Whoever sins hasn’t seen him and doesn’t know him.
7 Hijitos, no se dejen engañar: el que practica la justicia es justo, como Jesús es justo.
7 Little children, let no one lead you astray. He who does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
8 El que practica el pecado pertenece al diablo, porque el diablo comenzó a pecar desde el principio. Pero el Hijo de Dios vino a destruir las obras del diablo.
8 He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. To this end the Son of God was revealed: that he might destroy the works of the devil.
9 El que ha nacido de Dios no practica el pecado, porque la vida de Dios está en él; no puede vivir entregado al pecado porque ha nacido de Dios.
9 Whoever is born of God doesn’t commit sin, because his seed remains in him, and he can’t sin, because he is born of God.
10 Uno puede saber quién es hijo de Dios y quién es hijo del diablo. El que no practica la justicia ni ama a su hermano demuestra que no es hijo de Dios.
10 In this the children of God are revealed, and the children of the devil. Whoever doesn’t do righteousness is not of God, neither is he who doesn’t love his brother.
11 Desde el principio se nos ha enseñado que debemos amarnos unos a otros.
11 For this is the message which you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another—
12 No seamos como Caín, que era del maligno y mató a su hermano. ¿Por qué lo mató? Pues porque Caín hacía lo que es malo y su hermano lo que es justo.
12 unlike Cain, who was of the evil one and killed his brother. Why did he kill him? Because his deeds were evil, and his brother’s righteous.
13 Así que, hermanos, no les extrañe que el mundo los aborrezca.
13 Don’t be surprised, my brothers, if the world hates you.
14 Si amamos a los demás hermanos, hemos pasado de la muerte a la vida. El que no ama a los demás está muerto.
14 We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. He who doesn’t love his brother remains in death.
15 El que aborrece a su hermano es un asesino; y ustedes saben que ningún asesino tiene vida eterna.
15 Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life remaining in him.
16 Al morir por nosotros, Cristo nos demostró lo que es el amor. Nosotros también debemos dar la vida por nuestros hermanos.
16 By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
17 Pero si alguien está bien económicamente y no ayuda a su hermano que está en necesidad, ¿cómo puede haber amor de Dios en él?
17 But whoever has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, then closes his heart of compassion against him, how does God’s love remain in him?
18 Hijitos míos, que nuestro amor no sea sólo de palabra ni de labios para afuera, sino que amemos de veras y demostrémoslo con hechos.
18 My little children, let’s not love in word only, or with the tongue only, but in deed and truth.
19 Así sabremos a ciencia cierta que somos de la verdad y nos sentiremos seguros ante la presencia de Dios.
19 And by this we know that we are of the truth and persuade our hearts before him,
20 Y aunque la conciencia nos acuse, Dios es más grande que nuestro corazón y él sabe todas las cosas.
20 because if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.
21 Pero, amados míos, si nuestro corazón no nos acusa, podemos estar confiados ante Dios,
21 Beloved, if our hearts don’t condemn us, we have boldness toward God;
22 y cualquier cosa que le pidamos la recibiremos, porque obedecemos sus mandamientos y hacemos lo que le agrada.
22 so whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.
23 Su mandamiento es que creamos en Jesucristo su Hijo y que nos amemos unos a otros, como lo mandó.
23 This is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, even as he commanded.
24 El que obedece a Dios vive con Dios y Dios vive en él. Y sabemos que Dios vive en nosotros por el Espíritu Santo que él nos dio.
24 He who keeps his commandments remains in him, and he in him. By this we know that he remains in us, by the Spirit which he gave us.
Cross references (24)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 John 1:12; Galatians 3:26; 2 Corinthians 6:18; Galatians 4:5–6; John 3:16
- 2 Philippians 3:21; Colossians 3:4; 1 Corinthians 13:12; 2 Corinthians 3:18; Psalm 17:15
- 3 2 Corinthians 7:1; 1 John 2:6; 2 Peter 3:14; Matthew 5:48; Hebrews 12:14
- 4 1 John 5:17; Romans 3:20; Romans 4:15; Numbers 15:31; 1 John 3:8–9
- 5 2 Corinthians 5:21; Hebrews 9:28; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 Peter 3:18; Hebrews 9:26
- 6 3 John 11; 1 John 2:4; 1 John 3:9; 1 John 4:8; John 15:4–7
- 7 1 John 2:29; Romans 2:13; 1 Peter 1:15–16; 1 John 3:3; 1 John 2:26
- 8 Hebrews 2:14; John 8:44; Colossians 2:15; John 16:11; John 12:31
- 9 1 John 5:18; 1 Peter 1:23; John 1:13; 1 John 5:1; 1 John 2:29
- 10 1 John 4:8; 3 John 11; 1 John 4:21; Matthew 13:38; John 8:44
- 11 John 15:12; 2 John 5; 1 John 4:7; John 13:34–35; 1 Peter 3:8
- 12 Hebrews 11:4; Genesis 4:4–15; Proverbs 29:27; Genesis 4:25; Jude 11
- 13 John 15:18–19; John 17:14; Luke 21:17; 2 Timothy 3:12; Luke 6:22
- 14 1 John 5:2; John 13:35; John 5:24; 1 John 4:20–21; 1 Thessalonians 4:9
- 15 Matthew 5:21–22; Revelation 21:8; Proverbs 26:24–26; John 8:44; Leviticus 19:16–18
- 16 1 John 4:9–11; Ephesians 5:2; John 13:34; John 3:16; Romans 5:8
- 17 Hebrews 13:16; Isaiah 58:7–10; Deuteronomy 15:7–11; 1 John 4:20; Proverbs 19:17
- 18 James 2:15–16; Romans 12:9; 1 Peter 1:22; Galatians 5:13; 1 Corinthians 13:4–7
- 19 Hebrews 10:22; 1 John 3:21; Isaiah 32:17; Hebrews 6:10–11; John 18:37
- 20 Psalm 139:1–4; Jeremiah 17:10; Hebrews 4:13; 1 Corinthians 4:4; 1 John 4:4
- 21 1 John 2:28; Hebrews 4:16; 2 Corinthians 1:12; Psalm 101:2; Psalm 7:3–5
- 22 John 15:7; John 9:31; Matthew 21:22; 1 John 5:14; Mark 11:24
- 23 John 6:29; John 13:34; 1 Peter 1:22; John 15:12; 1 Peter 4:8
- 24 1 Corinthians 3:16; 1 John 4:15–16; 1 John 4:12–13; 1 Corinthians 6:19; 2 Timothy 1:14
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What the Fathers said
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
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Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
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Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
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Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)
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Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)