⁸The one who does sin is ^aof the devil, because the devil sins from the beginning. ^bThe Son of God ^cwas manifested for this purpose, ^dto destroy the works of the devil.

⁹Everyone who has been ¹^aborn of God ^bdoes not sin, because His seed abides in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been ²born of God.

¹⁰By this the ^achildren of God and the ^bchildren of the devil are manifested: everyone who does not do righteousness is not of God, as well as the one who ^cdoes not love his ^dbrother.

¹¹^aFor this is the message ^bwhich you have heard from the beginning, ^cthat we should love one another;

¹²not as ^aCain, who was of ^bthe evil one and slew his brother. And for what reason did he slay him? Because ^chis deeds were evil, and his brother’s were righteous.

¹³Do not marvel, brothers, if ^athe world hates you.

¹⁴We know that we have ^apassed out of death into life, ^bbecause we love the brothers. The one who does not love abides in death.

¹⁵Everyone who ^ahates his brother is a murderer, and you know that ^bno murderer has eternal life abiding in him.

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Footnotes

1Or begotten
2Or begotten

Cross references

a Matt 13:38; John 8:44; 1 John 3:10
b Matt 4:3
c 1 John 3:5
d John 12:31; 16:11
a John 1:13; 3:3; 1 John 2:29; 4:7; 5:1, 4, 18; 3 John 11
b 1 Pet 1:23; 1 John 3:6; 5:18
a John 1:12; 11:52; Rom 8:16; 1 John 3:1, 2
b Matt 13:38; John 8:44; 1 John 3:8
c Rom 13:8ff; Col 3:14; 1 Tim 1:5; 1 John 4:8
d 1 John 2:9
a 1 John 1:5
b 1 John 2:7
c John 13:4f; 15:12; 1 John 4:7, 11f, 21; 2 John 5
a Gen 4:8
b Matt 5:37; 1 John 2:13f
c Ps 38:20; Prov 29:10; John 8:40, 41
a John 15:18; 17:14
a John 5:24
b John 13:35; 1 John 2:10
a Matt 5:21f; John 8:44
b Gal 5:20f; Rev 21:8