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1 John 3:8–18

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8The one who does what is sinful is of the devil,f because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of Godg appeared was to destroy the devil’s work.h 9No one who is born of Godi will continue to sin,j because God’s seedk remains in them; they cannot go on sinning, because they have been born of God. 10This is how we know who the children of Godl are and who the children of the devilm are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not God’s child, nor is anyone who does not loven their brother and sister.o

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11For this is the message you heardp from the beginning:q We should love one another.r 12Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil ones and murdered his brother.t And why did he murder him? Because his own actions were evil and his brother’s were righteous.u 13Do not be surprised, my brothers and sisters,b if the world hates you.v 14We know that we have passed from death to life,w because we love each other. Anyone who does not love remains in death.x 15Anyone who hates a brother or sistery is a murderer,z and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing in him.a

16This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us.b And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.c 17If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them,d how can the love of God be in that person?e 18Dear children,f let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.g

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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.

Footnotes

  1. bThe Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in verse 16.

Cross references

  1. fver 10; Jn 8:44
  2. gSee Mt 4:3
  3. hHeb 2:14
  4. iSee Jn 1:13
  5. jver 6; Ps 119:3; 1 Jn 5:18
  6. k1 Pe 1:23
  7. lver 1, 2; See Jn 1:12
  8. mver 8
  9. n1 Jn 4:8
  10. oSee 1 Jn 2:9
  11. p1 Jn 1:5
  12. qSee 1 Jn 2:7
  13. rJn 13:34, 35; 15:12; 1 Jn 4:7, 11, 21; 2 Jn 5
  14. sSee Mt 5:37
  15. tGe 4:8
  16. uPs 38:20; Pr 29:10
  17. vJn 15:18, 19; 17:14
  18. wJn 5:24
  19. xSee 1 Jn 2:9
  20. ySee 1 Jn 2:9
  21. zMt 5:21, 22; Jn 8:44
  22. aGal 5:20, 21; Rev 21:8
  23. bJn 10:11
  24. cJn 15:13; Php 2:17; 1 Th 2:8
  25. dDt 15:7, 8; Jas 2:15, 16
  26. e1 Jn 4:20
  27. fSee 1 Jn 2:1
  28. gEze 33:31; Ro 12:9

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