1 John 3:10-23

New American Standard Bible

¹⁰By this the ^(A)children of God and the ^(B)children of the devil are obvious: ^[a]anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor the one who ^(C)does not love his ^(D)brother and sister.

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

¹³Do not be surprised, brothers and sisters, if ^(K)the world hates you. ¹⁴We know that we have ^(L)passed out of death into life, ^(M)because we love the brothers and sisters. The one who does not love remains in death. ¹⁵Everyone who ^(N)hates his brother or sister is a murderer, and you know that ^(O)no murderer has eternal life remaining in him. ¹⁶We know love by this, that ^(P)He laid down His life for us; and ^(Q)we ought to lay down our lives for the ^(R)brothers and sisters. ¹⁷But ^(S)whoever has worldly goods and sees his brother or sister in need, and ^(T)closes his ^[b]heart ^[c]against him, ^(U)how does the love of God remain in him? ¹⁸^(V)Little children, let’s not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and ^(W)truth. ¹⁹We will know by this that we are ^(X)of the truth, and will set our heart at ease before Him, ²⁰that if our heart condemns us, that God is greater than our heart, and He knows all things. ²¹^(Y)Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have ^(Z)confidence ^[d]before God; ²²and ^(AA)whatever we ask, we receive from Him, because we ^(AB)keep His commandments and do ^(AC)the things that are pleasing in His sight.