1 John 3:11-18

11 ¹For this is the message ²which you have heard from the beginning, ³that we should love one another;

12 not as ⁴Cain, who was of ⁵the evil one and slew his brother. And for what reason did he slay him? Because ⁶his deeds were evil, and his brother's were righteous.

13 Do not be surprised, brethren, if ⁷the world hates you.

14 We know that we have ⁸passed out of death into life, ⁹because we love the brethren. He who does not love abides in death.

15 Everyone who ¹⁰hates his brother is a murderer; and you know that ¹¹no * murderer has eternal life abiding in him.

16 We know love by this, that ¹²He laid down His life for us; and ¹³we ought to lay down our lives for the ¹⁴brethren.

17 But ¹⁵whoever * has the world's goods, and sees his brother in need and ¹⁶closes his heart against him, ¹⁷how does the love of God abide in him?

18 ¹⁸Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and ¹⁹truth.

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1. 1 John 1:5
2. 1 John 2:7
3. John 13:4; John 15:12; 1 John 4:7, 11f, 21; 2 John 5
4. Genesis 4:8
5. Matthew 5:37; 1 John 2:13
6. Psalms 38:20; Proverbs 29:10; John 8:40, 41
7. John 15:18; John 17:14
8. John 5:24
9. John 13:35; 1 John 2:10
10. Matthew 5:21; John 8:44
11. Galatians 5:20; Revelation 21:8
12. John 10:11; John 15:13
13. Philippians 2:17; 1 Thessalonians 2:8
14. 1 John 2:9
15. James 2:15
16. Deuteronomy 15:7
17. 1 John 4:20
18. 1 John 2:1; 1 John 3:7
19. 2 John 1; 3 John 1

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[a]. Lit "inward parts"
[b]. Lit "from"

1 John 3:11-18

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