约翰壹书 3:10

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

這樣，誰是　神的兒女，誰是魔鬼的兒女，就很明顯了。凡不行義的，就不是出於　神，不愛弟兄的，也是這樣。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
从 此 就 显 出 谁 是 神 的 儿 女 ， 。 谁 是 魔 鬼 的 儿 女 。 凡 不 行 义 的 就 不 属 神 ， 不 爱 弟 兄 的 也 是 如 此 。

Contextual Overview

⁴ The person who sins breaks God's law. Yes, sin is living against God's law. ⁵ You know that Christ came to take away sins and that there is no sin in Christ. ⁶ So anyone who lives in Christ does not go on sinning. Anyone who goes on sinning has never really understood Christ and has never known him. ⁷ Dear children, do not let anyone lead you the wrong way. Christ is righteous. So to be like Christ a person must do what is right. ⁸ The devil has been sinning since the beginning, so anyone who continues to sin belongs to the devil. The Son of God came for this purpose: to destroy the devil's work. ⁹ Those who are God's children do not continue sinning, because the new life from God remains in them. They are not able to go on sinning, because they have become children of God. ¹⁰ So we can see who God's children are and who the devil's children are: Those who do not do what is right are not God's children, and those who do not love their brothers and sisters are not God's children.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the children of God: 1 John 5:2, Luke 6:35, Romans 8:16, Romans 8:17, Ephesians 5:1

and: Matthew 13:38, John 8:44, Acts 13:10

whosoever: 1 John 3:7, 1 John 3:8, 1 John 2:29

is: 1 John 4:3, 1 John 4:4, 1 John 4:6, 1 John 5:19, John 8:47, 3 John 1:11

neither: 1 John 3:14, 1 John 3:15, 1 John 2:9, 1 John 2:10, 1 John 4:8, 1 John 4:21

Reciprocal: Genesis 3:15 - thy seed Genesis 4:2 - a keeper Genesis 37:4 - hated him Deuteronomy 13:13 - the children Deuteronomy 14:1 - the children Psalms 112:4 - righteous Proverbs 11:19 - righteousness Isaiah 26:7 - way Isaiah 57:3 - sons Ezekiel 14:20 - by Ezekiel 16:3 - Thy birth Zephaniah 3:13 - not Matthew 3:7 - O generation Matthew 5:22 - his brother Matthew 6:14 - General Matthew 7:18 - cannot Matthew 12:34 - generation Matthew 25:41 - prepared Luke 16:8 - children of light John 13:35 - General Acts 24:25 - righteousness Romans 12:10 - kindly Ephesians 2:2 - the children Ephesians 5:9 - righteousness Hebrews 13:1 - General 1 John 4:7 - let

Cross-References

Genesis 2:25
The man and his wife were naked, but they were not ashamed.

Genesis 3:7
Then, it was as if their eyes were opened. They realized they were naked, so they sewed fig leaves together and made something to cover themselves.

Genesis 3:17
Then God said to the man, "You listened to what your wife said, and you ate fruit from the tree from which I commanded you not to eat. "So I will put a curse on the ground, and you will have to work very hard for your food. In pain you will eat its food all the days of your life.

Genesis 3:18
The ground will produce thorns and weeds for you, and you will eat the plants of the field.

Exodus 3:6
I am the God of your ancestors—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." Moses covered his face because he was afraid to look at God.

Exodus 32:25
Moses saw that the people were acting wildly. Aaron had let them get out of control and become fools in front of their enemies.

Job 23:15
That is why I am frightened of him; when I think of this, I am afraid of him.

Psalms 119:120
I shake in fear of you; I respect your laws.

Isaiah 33:14
The sinners in Jerusalem are afraid; those who are separated from God shake with fear. They say, "Can any of us live through this fire that destroys? Who can live near this fire that burns on and on?"

Isaiah 47:3
People will see your nakedness; they will see your shame. I will punish you; I will punish every one of you."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

In this the children of God are manifest,.... By regenerating grace, and not sinning, in the sense before explained, in consequence of it: adoption is an act of God's grace and sovereign will; it is secret in his own heart, and is secured in divine predestination, and in the covenant of grace, and is antecedent to regeneration: regeneration and faith do not make men the children of God, but manifest them to be so; adoption makes them the children of God, and entitles them to the inheritance; regeneration gives them the nature of the children of God, and makes them meet for it, and manifests their right unto it; not to the men of the world, but to themselves and other saints:

and the children of the devil; such as imitate him, do his will and his lusts, and are openly under his power and influence; these are distinguishable from regenerate persons, and the children of God, by their lives and conversations; so the people of the nations of the world are called, בנוי, "the children of Samael", and the serpent, by the Jews m, which are with them the names of the devil.

Whosoever doth not righteousness is not of God: that is, he does; not appear to be born of God, who does not by faith lay hold on the righteousness of Christ for his justification before God, and acceptance with him; and who does not do works of righteousness in faith from a principle of love, and with a view to the glory of God; for where regenerating grace is, there will be such graces and such practices:

neither he that loveth not his brother; for as he that loveth God, and Christ, and the brethren, appears manifestly to be born again, and to have passed from death to life, so he that does not is in darkness, in a state of unregeneracy, and walks and continues therein; for was he born again, he would be taught of God to love the saints; see 1 John 4:7.

m Raya Mehimna in Zohar in Lev. fol. 34. 2.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In this the children of God are manifest ... - That is, this furnishes a test of their true character. The test is found in doing righteousness, and in the love of the brethren. The former he had illustrated; the latter he now proceeds to illustrate. The general idea is, that if a person is not truly a righteous person, and does not love the brethren, he cannot be a child of God. Perhaps by the phrase in this, using a pronoun in the singular number, he means to intimate that an important part of righteousness consists in brotherly love.

Whosoever doeth not righteousness, is not of God - In 1 John 3:7, he had said that “he that doeth righteousness is of God.”

If that is true, then what he here affirms must be true also, that a man who does not righteousness is not of God. The general idea is the same, that no one can be a true Christian who is not in fact a righteous man.

Neither he that loveth not his brother - The illustration of this point continues to 1 John 3:18. The general sense is, that brotherly love is essential to the Christian character, and that he who does not possess it cannot be a Christian. On the nature and importance of brotherly love as an evidence of piety, see the notes at John 13:34-35.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 10. In this the children of God are manifest — Here is a fearful text. Who is a child of the devil? He that commits sin. Who is a child of God? He that works righteousness. By this text we shall stand or fall before God, whatever our particular creed may say to the contrary.

Neither he that loveth not his brother. — No man is of God who is not ready on all emergencies to do any act of kindness for the comfort, relief, and support of any human being. For, as God made of one blood an the nations of men to dwell upon the face of the whole earth, so all are of one family; and consequently all are brethren, and should love as brethren.