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1 John 3:10-12
International Standard Version
1 John 3:10-12
International Standard Version
10 This is how God’s children and the Devil’s children are distinguished.[a] No person who fails to practice righteousness and to love his brother is from God.
Love One Another
11 This is the message that you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another. 12 Do not be like Cain,[b] who was from the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because what he was doing was evil and his brother’s actions[c] were righteous.
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- 1 John 3:10 Lit. are revealed
- 1 John 3:12 Lit. Not like Cain
- 1 John 3:12 The Gk. lacks actions
1 John 3:10-12
New International Version
1 John 3:10-12
New International Version
10 This is how we know who the children of God(A) are and who the children of the devil(B) are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not God’s child, nor is anyone who does not love(C) their brother and sister.(D)
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11 For this is the message you heard(E) from the beginning:(F) We should love one another.(G) 12 Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one(H) and murdered his brother.(I) And why did he murder him? Because his own actions were evil and his brother’s were righteous.(J)
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