1Jo 3:9-10 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for 1John 3:9-10: 3:9-10 To live righteously means to live in a right relationship with God. (This is in contrast to the false teachers, who held that life in the spirit could not be contaminated by any behavior in a physical body.) This does not mean that we live perfect lives (1:8 ), but that we keep ourselves in a good relationship with God (1:9 ).

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Summary for 1John 3:9-10: 3:9-10 ^a To live righteously means to live in a right relationship with God. (This is in contrast to the false teachers, who held that life in the spirit could not be contaminated by any behavior in a physical body.) This does not mean that we live perfect lives (1:8 ^b), but that we keep ourselves in a good relationship with God (1:9 ^c).