1 John 3:1-10 - Living As Children Of God
1 Behold, what manner of love the Father has bestowed upon us, that we should be called the children of God; and we are. And on this account the world does not know us, because it did not know him. 2 Beloved, now are we the children of God, and it is not yet manifest what we shall be. We know that, if he may be made manifest, we shall be like him; because we shall see him as he is. 3 Indeed every one having this hope on him purifies himself, even as he is pure.
4 Every one doing sin does also a transgression of the law: and sin is the transgression of the law. 5 And you know that he was manifested that he might take away sins; and in him there is no sin. 6 No one abiding in him is sinning: every one sinning does not see him, nor know him.
7 Little children, let no one deceive you. The one doing righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous. 8 The one doing sin is of the devil; because the devil sins from the beginning. Unto this the Son of God was made manifest, that he might destroy the works of the devil. 9 Every one having been born of God does not sin; because his seed remains in him: and he is not able to sin, because he has been born of God. 10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: every one not doing righteousness is not of God, and the one not loving his brother with divine love.