1Jo 2:28-3:10 | ESV | STEP | And now , little children , abide in him , so that when he appears we may have confidence and not shrink from him in shame at his coming .

28 And now, little children, abide in him, so that ^awhen he appears ^bwe may have confidence and not shrink from him in shame at his ^ccoming. 29 If you know that ^dhe is righteous, you may be sure that ^eeveryone who practices righteousness has been born of him.

1 John 3:1-10

1 See ^fwhat kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called ^gchildren of God; and so we are. The reason why ^hthe world does not know us is that ⁱit did not know him. 2 Beloved, we are ^jGod’s children ^know, and what we will be ^lhas not yet appeared; but we know that ^mwhen he appears ^{▼▼Or when it appears} ^owe shall be like him, because ^pwe shall see him as he is. 3 And everyone who ^qthus hopes in him ^rpurifies himself as he is pure.

4 Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; ^ssin is lawlessness. 5 You know that ^the appeared in order to ^utake away sins, and ^vin him there is no sin. 6 No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; ^wno one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him. 7 Little children, ^xlet no one deceive you. ^yWhoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous. 8 ^zWhoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was ^aato destroy the works of the devil. 9 ^abNo one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God’s ^{▼▼Greek his} seed abides in him, and he cannot keep on sinning, because he has been born of God. 10 By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, ^adnor is the one who ^aedoes not love his brother.