1 John 3:11-12

11 For this is the message[a] that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
12 Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore* slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. message: or, commandment
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