¹²Not 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.

¹³Wonder not, brethren, if the world hate you.

¹⁴We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not abideth in death.

¹⁵Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer. And you know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in himself.

¹⁶In 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.

¹⁷He 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?

¹⁸My little children, let us not love in word nor in tongue, but in deed and in truth.

¹⁹In this we know that we are of the truth and in his sight shall persuade our hearts.

²⁰For if our heart reprehend us, God is greater than our heart and knoweth all things.

²¹Dearly beloved, if our heart do not reprehend us, we have confidence towards God.

²²And whatsoever we shall ask, we shall receive of him: because we keep his commandments and do those things which are pleasing in his sight.

²³And this is his commandment: That we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, as he hath given commandment unto us.

²⁴And he that keepeth his commandments abideth in him, and he in him. And in this we know that he abideth in us by the Spirit which he hath given us.

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1 John 3:16: By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

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