Whosoever is born of God sinneth not: for his [a]seed remaineth in him, neither can he sin, because he is born of God.

10 [b]In this are the children of God known, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness, is not of God, [c]neither he that loveth not his brother.

11 [d]For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that (A)we should love one another,

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Footnotes

  1. 1 John 3:9 The holy Ghost is so called of the effect he worketh, because by his virtue and mighty working, as it were by seed, we are made new men.
  2. 1 John 3:10 The conclusion, by a wicked life they are known which are governed by the spirit of the Devil, and by a pure life, which are God’s children.
  3. 1 John 3:10 He beginneth to commend charity towards the brethren, as another mark of the Sons of God.
  4. 1 John 3:11 The first reason, taken of the authority of God, which giveth the commandment.

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