⁸The person who lives a sinful life belongs to the devil, because the devil has been committing sin since the beginning. The reason that the Son of God appeared was to destroy what the devil does. ⁹Those who have been born from God don’t live sinful lives. What God has said lives in them, and they can’t live sinful lives. They have been born from God. ¹⁰This is the way God’s children are distinguished from the devil’s children. Everyone who doesn’t do what is right or love other believers isn’t God’s child.

Love One Another

¹¹The message that you have heard from the beginning is to love each other. ¹²Don’t be like Cain. He was a child of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain murder his brother? Because the things Cain did were evil and the things his brother did had God’s approval. ¹³Brothers and sisters, don’t be surprised if the world hates you.

¹⁴We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love other believers. The person who doesn’t grow in love remains in death. ¹⁵Everyone who hates another believer is a murderer, and you know that a murderer doesn’t have eternal life.

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