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1 John 3:9-12
New Living Translation
1 John 3:9-12
New Living Translation
9 Those who have been born into God’s family do not make a practice of sinning, because God’s life[a] is in them. So they can’t keep on sinning, because they are children of God. 10 So now we can tell who are children of God and who are children of the devil. Anyone who does not live righteously and does not love other believers[b] does not belong to God.
Love One Another
11 This is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another. 12 We must not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because Cain had been doing what was evil, and his brother had been doing what was righteous.
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1 John 3:9-12
New International Version
1 John 3:9-12
New International Version
9 No one who is born of God(A) will continue to sin,(B) because God’s seed(C) remains in them; they cannot go on sinning, because they have been born of God. 10 This is how we know who the children of God(D) are and who the children of the devil(E) are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not God’s child, nor is anyone who does not love(F) their brother and sister.(G)
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11 For this is the message you heard(H) from the beginning:(I) We should love one another.(J) 12 Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one(K) and murdered his brother.(L) And why did he murder him? Because his own actions were evil and his brother’s were righteous.(M)
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