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
q[1 Cor. 4:4]
rch. 5:14; [Job 11:15; 22:26; Rom. 14:22]
sSee Matt. 7:7
tJohn 8:29
uJohn 6:29; [Acts 18:8]
vver. 11
w[ch. 2:8]
x[John 6:56; 14:20; 15:4, 5; 17:21]
aach. 4:13; Rom. 8:9

1 John 3:11-24

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; 20for whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything. 21Beloved, qif our heart does not condemn us, rwe have confidence before God; 22and swhatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and tdo what pleases him. 23And this is his commandment, uthat we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and vlove one another, wjust as he has commanded us. 24 xWhoever keeps his commandments abides in God, ▼
▼Greek him
 and God ▼
▼Greek he
 in him. And aaby this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us.

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