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11 For this is the message that ye 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 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.
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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 Marvel not, my 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 unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother 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 ye know that no murderer hath 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 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because 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 whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God 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, neither 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 And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure 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 For if our heart condemn 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 Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.
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Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God
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