1 John 3:10-16

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¹⁰By 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, ^(A)nor is the one who ^(B)does not love his brother.

Love One Another

¹¹For ^(C)this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, ^(D)that we should love one another. ¹²We should not be like ^(E)Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? ^(F)Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's righteous. ¹³Do not be surprised, brothers,^[a] ^(G)that the world hates you. ¹⁴We know that ^(H)we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love abides in death. ¹⁵^(I)Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that ^(J)no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.

¹⁶By this we know love, that ^(K)he laid down his life for us, and ^(L)we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

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Footnotes

1 John 3:13 Or brothers and sisters. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, the plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) may refer either to brothers or to brothers and sisters; also verses 14, 16