⁴ But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they ^(A)hated him and could not speak peaceably to him.

Jacob Escapes from Esau

⁴¹ So Esau ^(A)hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him, and Esau said in his heart, ^(B)“The days of mourning for my father ^[a]are at hand; ^(C)then I will kill my brother Jacob.”

¹² not as ^(A)Cain who was of the wicked one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his works were evil and his brother’s righteous.

¹¹ But he who ^(A)hates his brother is in darkness and ^(B)walks in darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

Obedience by Faith

^20 (A)If someone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, ^[a]how can he love God ^(B)whom he has not seen?

The World’s Hatred

^18 (A)“If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you. ^19 (B)If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet ^(C)because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.

²⁸ Now Eliab his oldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab’s ^(A)anger was aroused against David, and he said, “Why did you come down here? And with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and the insolence of your heart, for you have come down to see the battle.”

⁵ but He did not respect Cain and his offering. And Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell.

The Imperative of Love^(A)

¹⁰ In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: Whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is he who does not love his brother.

³ For ^(A)we ourselves were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful and hating one another.