3:1 See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called
children of God; and that is what we are. The reason the world does
not know us is that it did not know him.
3:2 Beloved, we are God's children now; what we will be has not yet
been revealed. What we do know is this: when he is revealed, we will
be like him, for we will see him as he is.
3:3 And all who have this hope in him purify themselves, just as he
is pure.
3:4 Everyone who commits sin is guilty of lawlessness; sin is
lawlessness.
3:5 You know that he was revealed to take away sins, and in him
there is no sin.
3:6 No one who abides in him sins; no one who sins has either seen
him or known him.
3:7 Little children, let no one deceive you. Everyone who does what
is right is righteous, just as he is righteous.
