1 John 3 Verse References

Each verse below shows all confession links that cite it, including citations where the verse appears inside a larger grouped reference.

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1 John 3:1

Behold what manner of love the Father has given to 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.

1 confession link from 1 scripture reference
- LBCF London Baptist Confession of Faith (1689) Chapter 18 , paragraph 2 : Of The Assurance Of Grace And Salvation
1 John 3:2

Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is.

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1 John 3:3

And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as Christ is pure.

2 confession links from 2 scripture references
- LBCF London Baptist Confession of Faith (1689) Chapter 18 , paragraph 2 : Of The Assurance Of Grace And Salvation
- WCF Westminster Confession of Faith (1646) Chapter 18 , paragraph 3 : Of the Assurance of Grace and Salvation
1 John 3:4

Everyone who practices sin practices lawlessness as well. Indeed, sin is lawlessness.

1 confession link from 1 scripture reference
- WCF Westminster Confession of Faith (1646) Chapter 6 , paragraph 6 : Of the Fall of Man, of Sin, and of the Punishment Thereof
1 John 3:8

The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the very start. This is why the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the devil.

1 confession link from 1 scripture reference
- BC Belgic Confession Article 29 : The Marks of the True Church, and Wherein She Differs From the False Church
1 John 3:9

Anyone born of God refuses to practice sin, because God’s seed abides in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God.

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1 John 3:10

By this the children of God are distinguished from the children of the devil: Anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is anyone who does not love his brother.

1 confession link from 1 scripture reference
- BC Belgic Confession Article 29 : The Marks of the True Church, and Wherein She Differs From the False Church
1 John 3:14

We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. The one who does not love remains in death.

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1 John 3:16

By this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.

2 confession links from 2 scripture references
- WCF Westminster Confession of Faith (1646) Chapter 8 , paragraph 7 : Of Christ the Mediator
- WCF Westminster Confession of Faith (1646) Chapter 26 , paragraph 1 : Of the Communion of Saints
1 John 3:17

If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him?

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1 John 3:18

Little children, let us love not in word and speech, but in action and truth.

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1 John 3:19

And by this we will know that we belong to the truth, and will assure our hearts in His presence:

2 confession links from 1 scripture reference
- LBCF London Baptist Confession of Faith (1689) Chapter 18 , paragraph 1 : Of The Assurance Of Grace And Salvation
- WCF Westminster Confession of Faith (1646) Chapter 18 , paragraph 1 : Of the Assurance of Grace and Salvation
1 John 3:21

Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God,

2 confession links from 1 scripture reference
- LBCF London Baptist Confession of Faith (1689) Chapter 18 , paragraph 1 : Of The Assurance Of Grace And Salvation
- WCF Westminster Confession of Faith (1646) Chapter 18 , paragraph 1 : Of the Assurance of Grace and Salvation
1 John 3:24

Whoever keeps His commandments remains in God, and God in him. And by this we know that He remains in us: by the Spirit He has given us.

2 confession links from 1 scripture reference
- LBCF London Baptist Confession of Faith (1689) Chapter 18 , paragraph 1 : Of The Assurance Of Grace And Salvation
- WCF Westminster Confession of Faith (1646) Chapter 18 , paragraph 1 : Of the Assurance of Grace and Salvation