Love One Another
11For vthis is the message that you have heard from the beginning, wthat we should love one another. 12We should not be like xCain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? yBecause his own deeds were evil and his brother's righteous. 13Do not be surprised, brothers,3 zthat the world hates you. 14We know that awe have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love abides in death. 15bEveryone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that cno murderer has eternal life abiding in him.
16By this we know love, that dhe laid down his life for us, and ewe ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. 17But fif anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet gcloses his heart against him, hhow does God's love abide in him? 18Little children, let us not ilove in word or talk but in deed and jin truth.
19By this we shall know that we are of the truth and reassure our heart before him; 20for whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything. 21Beloved, kif our heart does not condemn us, lwe have confidence before God; 22and mwhatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and ndo what pleases him. 23And this is his commandment, othat we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and plove one another, qjust as he has commanded us. 24rWhoever keeps his commandments abides in God,4 and God5 in him. And sby this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us.
A Study in 1 John, Volume 2
God’s Love in God’s People 1 John 3:11–5:21 Series • ID: 16202Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. The ESV text may not be quoted in any publication made available to the public by a Creative Commons license. The ESV may not be translated in whole or in part into any other language.