1 John 3:10-23

English Standard Version

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.

Love One Another

¹¹ For ^(C)this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, ^(D)that we should love one another. ¹² We should not be like ^(E)Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? ^(F)Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's righteous. ¹³ Do not be surprised, brothers,^{[a] (G)}that the world hates you. ¹⁴ We know that ^(H)we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love abides in death. ^15 (I)Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that ^(J)no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.

¹⁶ By this we know love, that ^(K)he laid down his life for us, and ^(L)we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. ¹⁷ But ^(M)if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet ^(N)closes his heart against him, ^(O)how does God's love abide in him? ¹⁸ Little children, let us not ^(P)love in word or talk but in deed and ^(Q)in truth.

¹⁹ By this we shall know that we are of the truth and reassure our heart before him; ²⁰ for whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything. ²¹ Beloved, ^(R)if our heart does not condemn us, ^(S)we have confidence before God; ²² and ^(T)whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and ^(U)do what pleases him. ²³ And this is his commandment, ^(V)that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and ^(W)love one another, ^(X)just as he has commanded us.