ach. 1:5; 2:24
bSee John 13:34
cGen. 4:4, 8; Heb. 11:4; Jude 11
dPs. 38:20; Prov. 29:10
fJohn 15:18; 17:14
gJohn 5:24
hMatt. 5:21, 22
iGal. 5:21; Rev. 21:8
jSee John 15:13
k[Phil. 2:17]
lJames 2:15, 16
mDeut. 15:7
n[ch. 4:20]
oEzek. 33:31; Eph. 4:15
p2 John 1; 3 John 1
qch. 3:11
rch. 2:29
sch. 3:10
tver. 16; 2 Cor. 13:11; [ch. 1:5; John 4:24]
uSee John 3:16
vRom. 5:8, 10
w[See ver. 9 above]
xSee ch. 2:2
yver. 20; John 1:18; 1 Tim. 6:16
zch. 2:5
aach. 3:24
abch. 1:1, 2
acSee John 3:17
adSee ch. 2:2
aech. 5:5; [Rom. 10:9]; See Matt. 14:33
afJohn 6:69
agSee ver. 8
ahver. 12; ch. 3:24

1 John 3:11-19

Love One Another

11For athis is the message that you have heard from the beginning, bthat we should love one another. 12We should not be like cCain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? dBecause his own deeds were evil and his brother’s righteous. 13Do not be surprised, brothers, ▼
▼Or  brothers and sisters. The plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) refers to siblings in a family. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, adelphoi may refer either to men or to both men and women who are siblings (brothers and sisters) in God’s family, the church; also verses 14, 16
 fthat the world hates you. 14We know that gwe have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love abides in death. 15 hEveryone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that ino murderer has eternal life abiding in him.

16By this we know love, that jhe laid down his life for us, and kwe ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. 17But lif anyone has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, yet mcloses his heart against him, nhow does God’s love abide in him? 18Little children, let us not olove in word or talk but in deed and pin truth.

19By this we shall know that we are of the truth and reassure our heart before him;

1 John 4:7-16

God Is Love

7Beloved, qlet us love one another, for love is from God, and rwhoever loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 sAnyone who does not love does not know God, because tGod is love. 9In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that uGod sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. 10In this is love, vnot that we have loved God wbut that he loved us and sent his Son to be xthe propitiation for our sins. 11Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12 yNo one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and zhis love is perfected in us.

13 aaBy this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. 14And abwe have seen and testify that acthe Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of adthe world. 15 aeWhoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. 16So afwe have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. agGod is love, and ahwhoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.
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