1 John 3:11-15

Lexham English Bible

God is Love, so Love One Another

¹¹ For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning: that we should love one another, ¹² not as Cain, who was of the evil one and violently murdered his brother. And for what reason^[a] did he violently murder him? Because his deeds were evil and the deeds of his brother were righteous.

¹³ Do not marvel,^[b] brothers, if the world hates you. ¹⁴ We know that we have passed over from death to life because we love the brothers. The one who does not love remains in death. ¹⁵ Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that every murderer does not have eternal life residing in him.