1 John 3:11–24
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11For this is the message that you heard from the beginning, qthat we should love one another, 12not as rCain who was of the wicked one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his works were evil and his brother’s righteous.
13Do not marvel, my brethren, if sthe world hates you. 14We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love 3his brother abides in death. 15tWhoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that uno murderer has eternal life abiding in him.
The Outworking of Love
16vBy this we know love, wbecause He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. 17But xwhoever has this world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him?
18My little children, ylet us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth. 19And by this we 4know zthat we are of the truth, and shall 5assure our hearts before Him. 20aFor if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things. 21Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, bwe have confidence toward God. 22And cwhatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments dand do those things that are pleasing in His sight. 23And this is His commandment: that we should believe on the name of His Son Jesus Christ eand love one another, as He gave 6us commandment.
The Spirit of Truth and the Spirit of Error
24Now fhe who keeps His commandments gabides in Him, and He in him. And hby this we know that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us.
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- q[John 13:34; 15:12]; 1 John 4:7, 11, 21; 2 John 5
- rGen. 4:4, 8
- s[John 15:18; 17:14]
- tMatt. 5:21; John 8:44
- u[Gal. 5:20, 21; Rev. 21:8]
- v[John 3:16]
- wJohn 10:11; 15:13; Gal. 2:20
- xDeut. 15:7
- yEzek. 33:31
- zJohn 18:37
- a[1 Cor. 4:4, 5]
- b[Heb. 10:22; 1 John 2:28; 5:14]
- cPs. 34:15; [John 15:7]; 1 John 5:14, 15
- dJohn 8:29; Heb. 13:21
- eMatt. 22:39
- fJohn 14:23
- gJohn 14:21; 17:21
- hJohn 14:17; Rom. 8:9, 14, 16; 1 Thess. 4:8; 1 John 4:13
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