Study it in the app“By this the children of God and the children of the devil are evident: no one who does not do righteousness is of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother.”
Byἐνthisτούτῳthe childrenτὰ τέκναof Godτοῦ θεοῦandκαὶthe childrenτὰ τέκναof the devilτοῦ διαβόλουareἐστινevident:φανεράno oneπᾶς οὐκwhoὁdoes notμὴdoποιῶνrighteousnessδικαιοσύνηνisἔστινofἐκGod,τοῦ θεοῦnor isκαὶthe one whoὁdoes notμὴloveἀγαπῶνhis brother.τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ
child
Someone born of parents, or of a family or people.
Where else “tekna” appearsGod
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theou” appearsdevil
The enemy of God and of people, who accuses, tempts and deceives.
Where else “diabolou” appearsbe
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appearsevident, known
Visible, known, evident.
Where else “phanera” appearspractice
To put into practice, like God's will.
Where else “poiōn” appearsrighteousness
Doing what is just, living as God wants.
Where else “dikaiosynēn” appearslove
Love: to seek the good of the other, even of someone who does not deserve it.
Where else “agapōn” appearsbrother in faith
A believer, of the same family of God through the Messiah.
Where else “adelphon” appears9No one who has been born of God commits sin, because his seed remains in him; and he cannot keep on sinning, because he has been born of God.
10 · This verse (above)
11For this is the message that you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another,
1. What it says
What does verse 1 say the Father has given us, and what does it say we will be when he appears (v. 1-2)?
2. What it means
John says not to love "in word or with the tongue, but in deed and truth" (v. 18). What does that contrast show?
3. How I live it
What concrete act of love could you do today for someone in need (v. 17-18)?
