1 John 3:11-17 (NRSV)
11For
this is the message you have heard from the beginning, that we should love
one another. 12We must not be like Cain who was from the evil
one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own
deeds were evil and his brother's righteous. 13Do not be astonished,
brothers and sisters, that the world hates you. 14We know that
we have passed from death to life because we love one another. Whoever does
not love abides in death. 15All who hate a brother or sister are
murderers, and you know that murderers do not have eternal life abiding in
them. 16We know love by this, that he laid down his life for us
— and we ought to lay down our lives for one another. 17How does
God's love abide in anyone who has the world's goods and sees a brother or
sister in need and yet refuses help?
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