¹⁰ By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, ^(A)nor is the one who ^(B)does not love his brother.

^8 (A)Anyone who does not love does not know God, because ^(B)God is love.

¹¹ Beloved, ^(A)do not imitate evil but imitate good. ^(B)Whoever does good is from God; ^(C)whoever does evil has not seen God.

²¹ And ^(A)this commandment we have from him: ^(B)whoever loves God must also love his brother.

^44 (A)You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. ^(B)He was a murderer from the beginning, and ^(C)does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. ^(D)When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

³⁸ The field is the world, and the good seed is ^(A)the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are ^(B)the sons of the evil one,

³⁵ But ^(A)love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and ^(B)you will be sons of ^(C)the Most High, for ^(D)he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil.

⁶ We are from God. ^(A)Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know ^(B)the Spirit of truth and ^(C)the spirit of error.

⁷ Little children, ^(A)let no one deceive you. ^(B)Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous. ^8 (C)Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was ^(D)to destroy the works of the devil.