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9 Those who have been born of God do not sin, because God's seed abides in them; they cannot sin, because they have been born of God.
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No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God’s seed remains in them; they cannot go on sinning, because they have been born of God.
10 The children of God and the children of the devil are revealed in this way: all who do not do what is right are not from God, nor are those who do not love their brothers and sisters.
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This is how we know who the children of God are and who the children of the devil are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not God’s child, nor is anyone who does not love their brother and sister.
11 For this is the message you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
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For this is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another.
12 We must not be like Cain who was from the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's righteous.
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Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own actions were evil and his brother’s were righteous.
13 Do not be astonished, brothers and sisters, that the world hates you.
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Do not be surprised, my brothers and sisters, if the world hates you.
14 We know that we have passed from death to life because we love one another. Whoever does not love abides in death.
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We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love each other. Anyone who does not love remains in death.
15 All who hate a brother or sister are murderers, and you know that murderers do not have eternal life abiding in them.
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Anyone who hates a brother or sister is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing in him.
16 We know love by this, that he laid down his life for us—and we ought to lay down our lives for one another.
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This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.
17 How does God's love abide in anyone who has the world's goods and sees a brother or sister in need and yet refuses help?
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If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person?
18 Little children, let us love, not in word or speech, but in truth and action.
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Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.
19 And by this we will know that we are from the truth and will reassure our hearts before him
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This is how we know that we belong to the truth and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence:
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