1. See how glorious a love the Father has given us, that we should be called God’s children—and so we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.
2. Loved ones, now we are God’s children; and it has not yet been revealed what we will be. But we do know that when it’s revealed, we shall be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is.
3. Everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.
4. Everyone practicing sin also practices lawlessness—indeed, sin is lawlessness.
5. You know that Yeshua 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 sins has seen Him or known Him.
7. Children, let no one mislead you! The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as Yeshua is righteous.
8. The one who practices sin is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. Ben-Elohim appeared for this purpose—to destroy the works of the devil.
9. No one born of God practices sin, because God’s seed remains in him. He cannot sin, because he is born of God.
10. It is clear who are the children of God and who are the children of the devil by this—anyone who does not act righteously or love his brother is not of God.
11. For this is the message you have heard from the beginning—we should love one another.