1 John · Free Bible Version (Spanish)
1 John 3 Free Bible Version (Spanish)
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1 ¡Miren el amor que tiene el Padre para con nosotros! Por eso podemos ser llamados hijos de Dios, ¡porque eso es lo que somos! La razón por la que el mundo no nos reconoce como hijos de Dios es porque no lo reconocen a él.
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 Amigos míos, ya somos hijos de Dios, pero lo que llegaremos a ser no se ha revelado todavía. Pero sabemos que cuando él aparezca seremos como él, porque lo veremos como él es realmente.
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 Todos los que tienen esta esperanza en él, asegúrense de ser puros, como él lo es.
3 Everyone who has this hope set on him purifies himself, even as he is pure.
4 Todos los que pecan son violadores de la ley de Dios.
4 Everyone who sins also commits lawlessness. Sin is lawlessness.
5 Pero desde luego ustedes saben que Jesús vino para eliminar los pecados, y en él no hay pecado.
5 You know that he was revealed to take away our sins, and no sin is in him.
6 Todos los que viven en él, ya no pecan más; todos los que siguen pecando es porque no lo han visto y no lo han conocido.
6 Whoever remains in him doesn’t sin. Whoever sins hasn’t seen him and doesn’t know him.
7 Queridos amigos, no dejen que nadie los engañe: los que hacen justicia son justos, así 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 Los que pecan son del diablo, porque el diablo ha estado pecando desde el principio. Por eso vino el Hijo de Dios, para destruir lo que el diablo ha hecho.
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 Y todos los que son nacidos de Dios ya no pecan más, porque la naturaleza de Dios habita en ellos. Y no pueden seguir pecando porque han 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 Así es como podemos distinguir a los hijos de Dios y los hijos del diablo: todos aquellos que no obran con justicia, no pertenecen a Dios, ni aquellos que no aman a sus hermanos cristianos.
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 El mensaje que han escuchado desde el principio es este: 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 podemos ser como Caín, que pertenecía al maligno, y mató a su hermano. ¿Por qué lo mató? Porque Caín era malo, pero su hermano era 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 no se sorprendan si este mundo los aborrece.
13 Don’t be surprised, my brothers, if the world hates you.
14 La razón por la que sabemos que hemos ido de la muerte a la vida es porque amamos a nuestros hermanos y hermanas en la fe. Porque el que no ama sigue 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 Los que odian a sus hermanos cristianos son asesinos, y ustedes saben que los asesinos no tendrán vida eterna con ellos.
15 Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life remaining in him.
16 Así es como sabemos qué es el amor: Jesús entregó su vida por nosotros, y nosotros debemos entregar nuestras vidas por nuestros hermanos en la fe.
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 Si alguno de ustedes vive cómodamente en este mundo, y ve a su hermano o hermana en Cristo padeciendo necesidad, pero no tiene compasión, ¿cómo podemos decir que el amor vive en ustedes?
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 Queridos amigos, no digamos que amamos solo con palabras, sino mostremos nuestro amor en lo que hacemos y en la manera como demostramos la verdad.
18 My little children, let’s not love in word only, or with the tongue only, but in deed and truth.
19 Así es como sabremos que pertenecemos a la verdad, y pondremos nuestras mentes en paz con Dios
19 And by this we know that we are of the truth and persuade our hearts before him,
20 cuando pensemos que estamos en error. Dios es más grande de lo que creemos, y lo sabe todo.
20 because if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.
21 Así que, queridos amigos, si tenemos la tranquilidad de que no estamos en el error, podemos tener confianza ante Dios.
21 Beloved, if our hearts don’t condemn us, we have boldness toward God;
22 Pues recibiremos de él cualquier cosa que le pidamos, porque seguimos 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 Y esto es lo que él manda: que debemos confiar en el nombre de su Hijo Jesucristo, y amarnos unos a otros, así como él nos 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 Los que guardan sus mandamientos siguen viviendo en él, y él vive en ellos. Y sabemos que él vive en nosotros por el Espíritu que nos ha dado.
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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