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11 For this is the declaration which you have heard from the beginning, that you should love one another.
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For this is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another.
12 Not as Cain, who was of the wicked one and killed his brother. And wherefore did he kill him? Because his own works were wicked: and his brother’s just.
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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 Wonder not, brethren, if the world hate 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 the brethren. He that loveth not abideth 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 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer. And you know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in himself.
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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 In this we have known the charity of God, because he hath laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
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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 He that hath the substance of this world and shall see his brother in need and shall shut up his bowels from him: how doth the charity of God abide in him?
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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 My little children, let us not love in word nor in tongue, but in deed and in truth.
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Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.
19 In this we know that we are of the truth and in his sight shall persuade our hearts.
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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:
20 For if our heart reprehend us, God is greater than our heart and knoweth all things.
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If our hearts condemn us, we know that God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything.
21 Dearly beloved, if our heart do not reprehend us, we have confidence towards God.
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Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God
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