1Behold, how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn’t know us, because it didn’t know him.
1Ser, hvor stor en Kærlighed Faderen har givet os, at vi skulle kaldes Guds Børn og vi ere det. Derfor kender Verden os ikke, fordi den ikke har kendt ham.
2Beloved, now we are children of God, and it is not yet revealed what we will be. But we know that, when he is revealed, we will be like him; for we will see him just as he is.
2I elskede! nu ere vi Guds Børn, og det er endnu ikke åbenbaret, hvad vi skulle vorde. Vi vide, at når det åbenbares, da skulle vi vorde ham lige; thi i skulle se ham, som han er.
3Everyone who has this hope set on him purifies himself, even as he is pure.
3Og hver den, som har dette Håb til ham, renser sig selv, ligesom han er ren.
4Everyone who sins also commits lawlessness. Sin is lawlessness.
4Hver den, som gør Synden, begår også Overtrædelse af Loven, og Synden er Lovens Overtrædelse.
5You know that he was revealed to take away our sins, and in him is no sin.
5Og I vide, at han blev åbenbaret for at han skulde borttage Synderne; og der er ikke Synd i ham
6Whoever remains in him doesn’t sin. Whoever sins hasn’t seen him, neither knows him.
6Hver den, som bliver i ham, synder ikke; hver den, som synder,har ikke set ham og kender ham ej heller.
7Little children, let no one lead you astray. He who does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
7Mine Børn, ingen forføre eder! Den, som gør Retfærdigheden, er retfærdig, ligesom han er retfærdig.
8He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. To this end the Son of God was revealed, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
8Den, som gør Synden, er af Djævelen; thi Djævelen har syndet fra Begyndelsen. Dertil blev Guds Søn åbenbaret, for at han skulde nedbryde Djævelens Gerninger.
9Whoever is born of God doesn’t commit sin, because his seed remains in him; and he can’t sin, because he is born of God.
9Hver den, som er født af Gud, gør ikke Synd, fordi hans Sæd bliver i ham, og han kan ikke synde, fordi han er født af Gud.
10In this the children of God are revealed, and the children of the devil. Whoever doesn’t do righteousness is not of God, neither is he who doesn’t love his brother.
10Derved blive Guds Børn og Djævelens Børn åbenbare. Hver den, som ikke gør Retfærdighed, er ikke af Gud, og ligeså den, som ikke elsker sin Broder.
11For this is the message which you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another;
11Thi dette er det Budskab, som I have hørt fra Begyndelsen, at vi skulle elske hverandre;
12unlike Cain, who was of the evil one, and killed his brother. Why did he kill him? Because his works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.
12ikke som Kain, der var af den onde og myrdede sin Broder. Og hvorfor myrdede han ham? Fordi hans Gerninger vare onde, men hans Broders retfærdige.
13Don’t be surprised, my brothers, if the world hates you.
13Undrer eder ikke, mine Brødre! om Verden hader eder.
14We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. He who doesn’t love his brother remains in death.
14Vi vide, at vi ere gåede over fra Døden til Livet, thi vi elske Brødrene. Den, som ikke elsker, bliver i Døden.
15Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life remaining in him.
15Hver den, som hader sin Broder, er en Manddraber; og I vide, at ingen Manddraber har evigt Liv blivende i sig.
16By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
16Derpå kende vi Kærligheden, at han har sat sit Liv til for os; også vi ere skyldige at sætte Livet til for Brødrene.
17But whoever has the world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and closes his heart of compassion against him, how does the love of God remain in him?
17Men den, som bar Verdens Gods og ser sin Broder lide Nød og lukker sit Hjerte for ham, hvorledes bliver Guds Kærlighed i ham?
18My little children, let’s not love in word only, neither with the tongue only, but in deed and truth.
18Mine Børn! lader os ikke elske med Ord, ej heller med Tungen, men i Gerning og Sandhed!
19And by this we know that we are of the truth, and persuade our hearts before him,
19Og derpå kunne vi kende, at vi ere af Sandheden, og da kunne vi for hans Åsyn stille vore Hjerter tilfreds,
20because if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.
20hvad end vort Hjerte måtte fordømme os for; thi Gud er større end vort Hjerte og kender alle Ting.
21Beloved, if our hearts don’t condemn us, we have boldness toward God;
21I elskede! dersom vort Hjerte ikke fordømmer os, have vi Frimodighed for Gud,
22and whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.
22og hvad vi end bede om, det få vi af ham, fordi vi holde hans Bud og gøre det, som er velbehageligt for ham.
23This is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, even as he commanded.
23Og dette er hans Bud; at vi skulle tro hans Søns Jesu Kristi Navn og elske hverandre efter det Bud, han gav os.
24He who keeps his commandments remains in him, and he in him. By this we know that he remains in us, by the Spirit which he gave us.
24Og den, som holder hans Bud, han bliver i Gud, og Gud i ham; og derpå kende vi, at han bliver i os; af den Ånd, som han gav os.