1 John 3:1-5 ▼

1 See what kind of love the Father has given us: We are called God's children—and that is what we are! For this reason the world does not recognize us, because it did not recognize him, either.

2 Dear friends, we are now God's children, but what we will be like has not been revealed yet. We know that when the Messiah is revealed, we will be like him, because we will see him as he is.

3 And everyone who has this hope based on him keeps himself pure, just as the Messiah is pure.

4 Everyone who keeps living in sin also practices disobedience. In fact, sin is disobedience.

5 You know that the Messiah was revealed to take away sins, and there is not any sin in him.