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11 For this is the message which 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 and not be like Cain who was of 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 wonder, brethren, 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 out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He who 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 Any one who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.
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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 By this we know love, that he 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 But if any one has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love 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 Little children, let us not love in word or speech 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 By this we shall know that we are of the truth, and 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:
20 whenever our hearts condemn us; for God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything.
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If our hearts condemn us, we know that God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything.
21 Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God;
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Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God
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