Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.

General references

Bible References

The children of god

1 John 5:2
This is how we know that we love God’s children when we love God and obey His commands.
Luke 6:35
But love your enemies, do what is good, and lend, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High. For He is gracious to the ungrateful and evil.
Romans 8:16
The Spirit Himself testifies together with our spirit that we are God’s children,
Ephesians 5:1
Therefore, be imitators of God, as dearly loved children.

And

Matthew 13:38
the field is the world; and the good seed—these are the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one,
John 8:44
You are of your father the Devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning and has not stood in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks from his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of liars.
Acts 13:10
and said, “You son of the Devil, full of all deceit and all fraud, enemy of all righteousness! Won’t you ever stop perverting the straight paths of the Lord?

Is

1 John 4:3
But every spirit who does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist; you have heard that he is coming, and he is already in the world now.
1 John 5:19
We know that we are of God, and the whole world is under the sway of the evil one.
John 8:47
The one who is from God listens to God’s words. This is why you don’t listen, because you are not from God.”
3 John 1:11
Dear friend, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not seen God.

Neither

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.
1 John 2:9
The one who says he is in the light but hates his brother is in the darkness until now.
1 John 4:8
The one who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

General references

Matthew 6:14
“For if you forgive people their wrongdoing, your heavenly Father will forgive you as well.
John 8:47
The one who is from God listens to God’s words. This is why you don’t listen, because you are not from God.”
John 13:35
By this all people will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”

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