1 John 3:8-15
8 The one who commits(a) sin is of the Devil, for the Devil has sinned from the beginning. The Son of God(A) was revealed(B) for this purpose: to destroy the Devil’s works.
9 Everyone who has been born of God(C) does not sin,(b) because His(c) seed(D) remains in him; he is not able to sin,(d) because he has been born of God.
The Command to Love
10 This is how God’s children—and the Devil’s children—are made evident.
Whoever does not do what is right is not of God, especially the one who does not love his brother.(E) 11 For this is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another, 12 unlike Cain,(F) who was of the evil one(G) and murdered(e) his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his works were evil, and his brother’s were righteous. 13 Do not be surprised, brothers, if the world hates(H) you. 14 We know that we have passed from death to life because we love our brothers. The one who does not love remains in death.(I) 15 Everyone who hates his brother(J) is a murderer,(K) and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing in him.
Whoever does not do what is right is not of God, especially the one who does not love his brother.(E) 11 For this is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another, 12 unlike Cain,(F) who was of the evil one(G) and murdered(e) his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his works were evil, and his brother’s were righteous. 13 Do not be surprised, brothers, if the world hates(H) you. 14 We know that we have passed from death to life because we love our brothers. The one who does not love remains in death.(I) 15 Everyone who hates his brother(J) is a murderer,(K) and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing in him.
Footnotes:
a.
1 John 3:8: Or practices
b.
1 John 3:9: Or not practice sin
c.
1 John 3:9: God’s
d.
1 John 3:9: Or to keep on sinning
e.
1 John 3:12: Or slaughtered