New American Standard Bible 1995

1 John 3:10-14

10By this the 1children of God and the 2children of the devil are obvious: 3anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor the one who 4does not love his 5brother.

11 6For this is the message 7which you have heard from the beginning, 8that we should love one another; 12not as 9Cain, who was of 10the evil one and slew his brother. And for what reason did he slay him? Because 11his deeds were evil, and his brother’s were righteous.

13Do not be surprised, brethren, if 12the world hates you. 14We know that we have 13passed out of death into life, 14because we love the brethren. He who does not love abides in death.

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Notes

1. 1 John 3:10 John 1:12; 11:52; Rom 8:16; 1 John 3:1, 2 ↩
2. 1 John 3:10 Matt 13:38; John 8:44; 1 John 3:8 ↩
3. 1 John 3:10 Lit everyone ↩
4. 1 John 3:10 Rom 13:8ff; Col 3:14; 1 Tim 1:5; 1 John 4:8 ↩
5. 1 John 3:10 1 John 2:9 ↩
6. 1 John 3:11 1 John 1:5 ↩
7. 1 John 3:11 1 John 2:7 ↩
8. 1 John 3:11 John 13:4f; 15:12; 1 John 4:7, 11f, 21; 2 John 5 ↩
9. 1 John 3:12 Gen 4:8 ↩
10. 1 John 3:12 Matt 5:37; 1 John 2:13f ↩
11. 1 John 3:12 Ps 38:20; Prov 29:10; John 8:40, 41 ↩
12. 1 John 3:13 John 15:18; 17:14 ↩
13. 1 John 3:14 John 5:24 ↩
14. 1 John 3:14 John 13:35; 1 John 2:10 ↩

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