New American Standard Bible 1995

1 John 3:11-24

11 1For this is the message 2which you have heard from the beginning, 3that we should love one another; 12not as 4Cain, who was of 5the evil one and slew his brother. And for what reason did he slay him? Because 6his deeds were evil, and his brother’s were righteous.

13Do not be surprised, brethren, if 7the world hates you. 14We know that we have 8passed out of death into life, 9because we love the brethren. He who does not love abides in death. 15Everyone who 10hates his brother is a murderer; and you know that 11no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. 16We know love by this, that 12He laid down His life for us; and 13we ought to lay down our lives for the 14brethren. 17But 15whoever has the world’s goods, and sees his brother in need and 16closes his 17heart 18against him, 19how does the love of God abide in him? 18 20Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and 21truth. 19We will know by this that we are 22of the truth, and will 23assure our heart before Him 20 24in whatever our heart condemns us; for God is greater than our heart and knows all things. 21 25Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have 26confidence 27before God; 22and 28whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we 29keep His commandments and do 30the things that are pleasing in His sight.

23This is His commandment, that we 31 32believe in 33the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as 34He 35commanded us. 24The one who 36keeps His commandments 37abides in Him, and He in him. 38We know by this that 39He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us.

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Notes

1. 1 John 3:11 1 John 1:5 ↩
2. 1 John 3:11 1 John 2:7 ↩
3. 1 John 3:11 John 13:4f; 15:12; 1 John 4:7, 11f, 21; 2 John 5 ↩
4. 1 John 3:12 Gen 4:8 ↩
5. 1 John 3:12 Matt 5:37; 1 John 2:13f ↩
6. 1 John 3:12 Ps 38:20; Prov 29:10; John 8:40, 41 ↩
7. 1 John 3:13 John 15:18; 17:14 ↩
8. 1 John 3:14 John 5:24 ↩
9. 1 John 3:14 John 13:35; 1 John 2:10 ↩
10. 1 John 3:15 Matt 5:21f; John 8:44 ↩
11. 1 John 3:15 Gal 5:20f; Rev 21:8 ↩
12. 1 John 3:16 John 10:11; 15:13 ↩
13. 1 John 3:16 Phil 2:17; 1 Thess 2:8 ↩
14. 1 John 3:16 1 John 2:9 ↩
15. 1 John 3:17 James 2:15f ↩
16. 1 John 3:17 Deut 15:7 ↩
17. 1 John 3:17 Lit inward parts ↩
18. 1 John 3:17 Lit from ↩
19. 1 John 3:17 1 John 4:20 ↩
20. 1 John 3:18 1 John 2:1; 3:7 ↩
21. 1 John 3:18 2 John 1; 3 John 1 ↩
22. 1 John 3:19 1 John 2:21 ↩
23. 1 John 3:19 Lit persuade ↩
24. 1 John 3:20 Or that if our heart condemns us, that God... ↩
25. 1 John 3:21 1 John 3:2 ↩
26. 1 John 3:21 1 John 2:28; 5:14 ↩
27. 1 John 3:21 Lit toward ↩
28. 1 John 3:22 Job 22:26f; Matt 7:7; 21:22; John 9:31 ↩
29. 1 John 3:22 1 John 2:3 ↩
30. 1 John 3:22 John 8:29; Heb 13:21 ↩
31. 1 John 3:23 Or believe the name ↩
32. 1 John 3:23 John 6:29 ↩
33. 1 John 3:23 John 1:12; 2:23; 3:18 ↩
34. 1 John 3:23 John 13:34; 15:12; 1 John 2:8 ↩
35. 1 John 3:23 Lit gave us a commandment ↩
36. 1 John 3:24 1 John 2:3 ↩
37. 1 John 3:24 John 6:56; 10:38; 1 John 2:6, 24; 4:15 ↩
38. 1 John 3:24 John 14:17; Rom 8:9, 14, 16; 1 Thess 4:8; 1 John 4:13 ↩
39. 1 John 3:24 1 John 2:5 ↩

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