^15 [a]At this time Peter stood up in the midst of ^(A)the brethren (a gathering of about one hundred and twenty ^[b]persons was there together), and said,

¹⁰ By 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.

¹⁶ We know love by this, that ^(A)He laid down His life for us; and ^(B)we ought to lay down our lives for the ^(C)brethren.

^20 (A)If someone says, “I love God,” and ^(B)hates his brother, he is a ^(C)liar; for ^(D)the one who does not love his brother whom he has seen, ^(E)cannot love God whom he has not seen. ²¹ And ^(F)this commandment we have from Him, that the one who loves God ^(G)should love his brother also.