G1510–εἰμί–eimi

Dear friends, we are now God's children, but what we are to be in the future has not yet been fully revealed. We know that if Christ reappears we shall be like Him, because we shall see Him as He is.

ἐσμεν, esmen “are we,”ἐσόμεθα· esometha “we will be;”ἐσόμεθα, esometha “we will be,”ἐστιν. estin “He is.”

And every man who has this hope fixed on Him, purifies himself so as to be as pure as He is.

ἐστιν. estin “is.”

Every one who is guilty of sin is also guilty of violating Law; for sin is the violation of Law.

ἐστὶν estin “is”

And you know that He appeared in order to take away sins; and in Him there is no sin.

ἔστιν. estin “there is.”

Dear children, let no one lead you astray. The man who acts righteously is righteous, just as He is righteous.

ἐστιν estin “is”ἐστιν. estin “is.”

He who is habitually guilty of sin is a child of the Devil, because the Devil has been a sinner from the very beginning. The Son of God appeared for the purpose of undoing the work of the Devil.

ἐστίν, estin “is,”

By this we can distinguish God's children and the Devil's children: no one who fails to act righteously is a child of God, nor he who does not love his brother man.

ἐστιν estin “are”ἔστιν estin “is”

For this is the Message you have heard from the beginning--that we are to love one another.

ἐστὶν estin “is”

We are not to resemble Cain, who was a child of the Evil one and killed his own brother. And why did he kill him? Because his own actions were wicked and his brother's actions righteous.

ἦν ēn “was”ἦν, ēn “were,”

Every one who hates his brother man is a murderer; and you know that no murderer has the Life of the Ages continuing in him.

ἐστίν· estin “is;”

And in this way we shall come to know that we are loyal to the truth, and shall satisfy our consciences in His presence

ἐσμὲν esmen “we are”

in whatever matters our hearts condemn us--because God is greater than our hearts and knows everything.

ἐστὶν estin “is”

And this is His command--that we are to believe in His Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as He has commanded us to do.

ἐστὶν estin “is”

Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but put the spirits to the test to see whether they are from God; for many false teachers have gone out into the world.

ἐστιν, estin “they are,”

The test by which you may recognize the Spirit of God is that every spirit which acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come as man is from God,

ἐστιν. estin “is.”

and that no spirit is from God which does not acknowledge this about Jesus. Such is the spirit of the anti-Christ; of whose coming you have heard, and it is already in the world.

ἔστιν· estin “is;”ἐστιν estin “is”ἐστὶν estin “is”

As for you, dear children, you are God's children, and have successfully resisted them; for greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.

ἐστε, este “are,”ἐστὶν estin “is”

They are the world's children, and so their language is that of the world, and the world listens to them. We are God's children.

εἰσίν· eisin “are;”

The man who is beginning to know God listens to us, but he who is not a child of God does not listen to us. By this test we can distinguish the Spirit of truth from the spirit of error.

ἐσμεν· esmen “are;”ἔστιν estin “is”

Dear friends, let us love one another; for love has its origin in God, and every one who loves has become a child of God and is beginning to know God.

ἐστιν estin “is”

He who is destitute of love has never had any knowledge of God; because God is love.

ἐστίν. estin “is.”

This is love indeed--we did not love God, but He loved us and sent His Son to be an atoning sacrifice for our sins.

ἐστὶν estin “is”

No one has ever yet seen God. If we love one another, God continues in union with us, and His love in all its perfection is in our hearts.

ἐστίν. estin “is.”

Whoever acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God--God continues in union with him, and he continues in union with God.

ἐστιν estin “is”

And, as for us, we know the love which God has for us, and we confide in it. God is love, and he who continues to love continues in union with God, and God continues in union with him.

ἐστίν, estin “is,”