1 John 3:11-24 - God Is Love, So Love One Another
11 For this is the message which you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another; 12 unlike Cain, who was of the evil one, and killed his brother. Why did he kill him? Because his works were evil, and his brother's righteous. 13 Do not be surprised, brothers, if the world hates you. 14 We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. He who does not love remains in death. 15 Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life remaining in him.
16 By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. 17 But whoever has the world's goods, and sees his brother in need, and closes his heart of compassion against him, how does the love of God remain in him?
18 Little children, let us not love in word only, neither with the tongue only, but in deed and truth. 19 And by this we will know that we are of the truth, and persuade our heart before him, 20 because if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.
21 Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God; 22 and whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight. 23 This is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, even as he commanded us. 24 He who keeps his commandments remains in him, and he in him. By this we know that he remains in us, by the Spirit which he gave us.