⁵ I certainly will require ^[a](A)your lifeblood; ^[b](B)from every animal I will require it. And ^[c]from every person, ^[d]from every man as his brother I will require the life of a person.

^44 (A)You are of ^(B)your father the devil, and ^(C)you want to do the desires of your father. ^(D)He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because ^(E)there is no truth in him. Whenever he tells ^[a]a lie, he ^(F)speaks from his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of ^[b]lies.

¹² not as ^(A)Cain, who was of ^(B)the evil one and murdered his brother. And for what reason did he murder him? Because ^(C)his own deeds were evil, but his brother’s were righteous.

¹⁵ Everyone who ^(A)hates his brother or sister is a murderer, and you know that ^(B)no murderer has eternal life remaining in him.