1 John 3
1 [Think about] how much our [heavenly] Father loves us! He allows us to (say that we are/be called) his children! [And it is indeed true that] we are [his children. But people in] the world [MTY] [who are unbelievers] have not understood [who] God [is]. So they do not understand [who we are], that we [belong to God].
Veja como é grande o amor que o Pai nos deu, que devemos ser chamados de filhos de Deus! Por esta causa o mundo não nos conhece, porque não o conhecia.
2 Dear friends, even though (at present/now) we are God’s children, [he] has not yet (made clear/revealed) [to us] what we will be like [in the future]. However, we know that when [Christ] comes back again, we will be like him, because we will see what he is [really] like.
Amados, agora somos filhos de Deus. Ainda não foi revelado o que seremos; mas sabemos que quando Ele for revelado, seremos como Ele, pois o veremos tal como Ele é.
3 [So], all those who confidently expect [to see Christ as he actually is/what Christ is like when he returns] must keep themselves pure in every way, just like Christ, who is pure in every way.
Todos que têm esta esperança depositada sobre ele se purificam, mesmo sendo puro.
4 But everyone who continues sinning is refusing to obey [God’s] laws, because that is what sin is, refusing to obey [God’s] laws.
Todos os que pecam também cometem desrespeito à lei. Pecado é desrespeito à lei.
5 You know that Christ came in order to completely remove [the guilt of] our sins. You know also that he never sinned.
Você sabe que ele foi revelado para tirar nossos pecados, e nenhum pecado está nele.
6 Those who continue [doing what] Christ wants them to, do not continue sinning repeatedly. But those who repeatedly sin have not understood [who Christ is], nor have they had a close relationship with him.
Quem permanece nele, não peca. Quem peca, não o viu e não o conhece.
7 [So I urge you, ] who are all very dear to me, do not let anyone deceive you [by telling you that it is all right to sin]. If you continue doing what is right, you are righteous, just like Christ is righteous.
Filhinhos, não deixem que ninguém os desencaminhe. Aquele que faz a justiça é justo, assim como é justo.
8 [But] if anyone continues sinning, he is like the devil, because the devil has always been sinning. [And] the reason why God’s Son became a human being was to destroy what the devil has done.
Aquele que peca é do diabo, pois o diabo está pecando desde o início. Para este fim, o Filho de Deus foi revelado: que ele poderia destruir as obras do diabo.
9 People do not continue sinning repeatedly if they have become children of God. Instead, [they] continue [to conduct their lives according to the character/nature that God produced in them] [MET]. They cannot continually sin because God has caused them to become his children.
Quem nasce de Deus não comete pecado, porque sua semente permanece nele, e ele não pode pecar, porque nasceu de Deus.
10 Those who are God’s children are clearly different from those who are (the devil’s/Satan’s) children. [The way that we can know who are Satan’s children is this]: Those who do not do what is right are not God’s children. [Specifically], those who do not love their fellow believers are not [God’s children Instead, they are Satan’s children].
Nisto são revelados os filhos de Deus, e os filhos do diabo. Quem não faz justiça não é de Deus, nem é aquele que não ama seu irmão.
11 The message that you heard when you first [MTY] [believed in Christ] is that we should love each other.
Pois esta é a mensagem que você ouviu desde o início, que devemos nos amar uns aos outros -
12 [We should] not [hate others] as did [Adam’s son], Cain, who belonged to [Satan], the evil one. [Because Cain hated his younger brother], he murdered him. (I will tell you about why he murdered his brother./Do you know why he murdered his brother [RHQ]?) It was because Cain habitually conducted his life in an evil way, and [he hated his younger brother] because his [younger] brother [conducted his life] righteously.
unlike Caim, que era do maligno e matou seu irmão. Por que ele o matou? Porque seus atos eram maus, e o irmão é justo.
13 You should not be amazed/surprised, my fellow believers, when [unbelievers] [MTY] hate you.
Não se surpreendam, meus irmãos, se o mundo os odeia.
14 We know that we have been changed from [being spiritually] dead [MET] to [being spiritually] alive. We know this because we love our fellow believers. [Those who] do not love [their fellow believers] are still [spiritually] [MET] dead.
Sabemos que passamos da morte para a vida, porque amamos os irmãos. Aquele que não ama seu irmão permanece na morte.
15 Those who hate [any of] their fellow believers, [God considers] [MET] them [to be] murderers. And you know that no murderer has eternal life. (aiōnios g166)
Quem odeia seu irmão é um assassino, e você sabe que nenhum assassino tem a vida eterna permanecendo nele. (aiōnios g166)
16 The way that we now know [how to truly] love [our fellow believers is by remembering] that Christ (voluntarily died/gave his life) for us. So, [when our fellow believers need something, we should be willing to help them. We should even be willing to] die for them.
Por isso conhecemos o amor, porque ele deu sua vida por nós. E nós devemos dar nossa vida pelos irmãos.
17 Many [of us] have the things that are necessary for us to live in this world. If we become aware that any of our fellow believers do not have what they need and [if we] refuse to ([provide for them/give to them what they need]), it is clear that we do not love God [as we claim/say that we do].
Mas quem tem os bens do mundo e vê seu irmão em necessidade, então fecha seu coração de compaixão contra ele, como o amor de Deus permanece nele?
18 [I say to] all of you whom I love dearly, let us not merely say [MTY] that [we love our fellow believers!] Let us genuinely/really love them by doing things [to help them]!
Meus filhinhos, não vamos amar apenas em palavras, ou apenas com a língua, mas na ação e na verdade.
19 When we [truly love our fellow believers], we can be sure that we are [conducting our lives according to] the true message. [As a result], we will not feel guilty/ashamed [when we talk] [MTY] to God.
E com isto sabemos que somos da verdade e persuadimos nossos corações diante dele,
20 [We can pray confidently], because [although] we might feel guilty/ashamed [about our sins], God is (greater/more worthy to be trusted) than what we feel. He knows everything [about us].
porque se nosso coração nos condena, Deus é maior que nosso coração, e conhece todas as coisas.
21 Dear friends, when we do not feel guilty [because of our sins], we can pray to God confidently.
Amados, se nosso coração não nos condena, temos ousadia para com Deus;
22 And, when we confidently pray to him and request [something from him], we receive it because we do what he commands [us to do], and because we do what pleases him.
por isso tudo o que pedimos, recebemos dele, porque guardamos seus mandamentos e fazemos as coisas que são agradáveis aos seus olhos.
23 [I will tell you] what he commands [us to do]: [We must] believe that Jesus Christ is (his Son/the one who is also God). [We must] also love each other, just like he commanded [us to do].
Este é seu mandamento, que devemos acreditar no nome de seu Filho, Jesus Cristo, e nos amarmos uns aos outros, mesmo como ele ordenou.
24 Those who do what God commands are ones who have a close relationship with God, and God has a close relationship with them. [I will tell you how] we can be sure that God has a close relationship with us: It is because [we have] his Spirit, whom he gave to us, that we can be sure that God has a close relationship with us.
Aquele que guarda seus mandamentos permanece nele, e ele nele. Por isso sabemos que ele permanece em nós, pelo Espírito que ele nos deu.
