^45 (A)so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and ^(B)sends rain on the just and on the unjust.

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.

¹⁷ Yet ^(A)he did not leave himself without witness, for he ^(B)did good by ^(C)giving you rains from heaven and ^(D)fruitful seasons, satisfying your hearts with ^(E)food and ^(F)gladness.”

Walk in Love

5 ^(A)Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children.

⁹ “Blessed are ^(A)the peacemakers, for ^(B)they shall be called ^(C)sons^[a] of God.

^35 (A)By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”

^9 (A)No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God's^[a] seed abides in him; and he cannot keep on sinning, because he has been born of God.