1 John 3:10-15

Holman Christian Standard Bible

¹⁰This is how God’s children—and the Devil’s children—are made evident.

The Command to Love

Whoever does not do what is right is not of God, especially the one who does not love his brother.^(A) ¹¹For this is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another, ¹²unlike Cain,^(B) who was of the evil one^(C) and murdered^[a] his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his works were evil, and his brother’s were righteous. ¹³Do not be surprised, brothers, if the world hates^(D) you. ¹⁴We know that we have passed from death to life because we love our brothers. The one who does not love remains in death.^(E) ¹⁵Everyone who hates his brother^(F) is a murderer,^(G) and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing in him.