1 John 3:3 Cross References - Goodspeed

³ And everyone who possesses this hope in him tries to make himself as pure as he is.

⁴⁸ So you are to be perfect, as your heavenly Father is.

³⁶ You must be merciful, just as your Father is.

⁹ making no difference between us and them, but cleansing their hearts by faith.

⁴ and endurance, character, and character, hope, ⁵ and hope will not disappoint us. For, through the holy Spirit that has been given us, God's love has flooded our hearts.

¹² Again Isaiah says, "The descendant of Jesse will come, The one who is to rise to rule the heathen; The heathen will set their hopes on him."

¹ So since we have promises like these, dear friends, let us cleanse ourselves of everything that can defile body or spirit, and by reverence for God make our consecration complete.

⁵ and for the hope of what is stored up for you in heaven. You first heard of it long ago when the true message of the gospel

¹⁶ May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who has loved us and kindly given us unfailing encouragement and a well-founded hope,

⁷ so that we might be made upright through his mercy and become possessors of eternal life in fulfilment of our hope.

¹⁸ so that by these two unalterable things, which make it impossible for God to break his promise, we who have taken refuge with him may be greatly encouraged to seize upon the hope that is offered to us.

²⁶ Such a high priest we needed—godly, blameless, unstained, removed from sinful men and raised above the very heavens;

¹⁴ Try to be at peace with everyone, and strive for that consecration without which no one can see the Lord.

⁴ Thus he has given us his precious and splendid promises so that through them you may escape the corrupting influences that exist in the world through passion, and come to share in the divine nature.

¹⁴ Therefore, dear friends, while waiting for this, make every effort to be found by him unstained, irreproachable, and at peace.

⁶ whoever says, "I am always in union with him" must live just as he lived.

¹⁷ Love attains perfection in us, when we have perfect confidence about the Day of Judgment, because here in this world we are living as he lives.