1 John 3:11-18

Children of God Love One Another

¹¹For this is the message which you have heard from the beginning, that we are to love one another; ¹²not as Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And for what reason did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil, but his brother’s were righteous.

¹³Do not be surprised, brothers and sisters, if the world hates you. ¹⁴We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers and sisters. The one who does not love remains in death. ¹⁵Everyone who hates his brother or sister is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life remaining in him. ¹⁶We 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. ¹⁷But whoever has worldly goods and sees his brother or sister in need, and closes his heart against him, how does the love of God remain in him? ¹⁸Little children, let’s not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and truth.