1 John 3:8–18

⁸Everyone who commits sin is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The Son of God was revealed for this purpose: to destroy the works of the devil.^{* 9}Those who have been born of God do not sin because God’s seed abides in them;^l they cannot sin because they have been born of God.^{* 10}The children of God and the children of the devil are revealed in this way: all who do not do what is right are not from God, nor are those who do not love a brother or sister.^*

Love One Another

¹¹For this is the message you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.^{* 12}We must not be like Cain, who was from the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother’s righteous. ¹³Do not be astonished, brothers and sisters, that the world hates you.^{* 14}We know that we have passed from death to life because we love the brothers and sisters. Whoever does not love abides in death.^{* 15}All who hate a brother or sister are murderers, and you know that murderers do not have eternal life abiding in them.^{* 16}We know love by this, that he laid down his life for us—and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers and sisters.^{* 17}How does God’s love abide in anyone who has the world’s goods and sees a brother or sister in need and yet refuses help?^*

¹⁸Little children, let us love not in word or speech but in deed and truth.^*