1 John 3:2-4

Contemporary English Version

² My dear friends, we are already God's children, though what we will be hasn't yet been seen. But we do know when Christ returns, we will be like him, because we will see him as he truly is. ³ This hope makes us keep ourselves holy, just as Christ^[a] is holy.

⁴ Everyone who sins breaks God's law, because sin is the same as breaking God's law.