1 John 3:10
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.
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Study Note
The diagnostic statement — 'in this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever does not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loves not his brother' — presents dual parentage as the interpretive framework for authentic Christian identity. The two families (God's children vs. the devil's children) are made visible by two criteria: doing righteousness and loving the brother, which 1 John treats as inseparable. The starkness of the binary — there is no intermediate category — reflects Johannine theology's characteristic use of light/darkness and life/death dualisms as diagnostic tools. John 8:44 ('your father the devil') provides the Johannine precedent for the devil-paternity image, which 1 John extends to the community as a test of genuine regeneration.
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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.
In this manifest are the children of God, and the children of the devil; every one who is not doing righteousness, is not of God, and he who is not loving his brother,
In this way it is clear who are the children of God and who are the children of the Evil One; anyone who does not do righteousness or who has no love for his brother, is not a child of God.
Referensi Silang
The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children …
But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, …
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer …
He that is of God heareth God’s words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.
And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, …
The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:
And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, …
Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.
He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.