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In this the children of God are revealed, and the children of the devil. Whoever doesn`t do righteousness is not of God, neither is he who doesn`t love his brother.
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For this is the message which you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another;
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unlike Cain, who was of the evil one, and killed his brother. Why did he kill him? Because his works were evil, and his brother`s righteous.
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Don`t be surprised, my brothers, if the world hates you.
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We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. He who doesn`t love his brother remains in death.
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Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life remaining in him.
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By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. We ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
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But whoever has the world`s goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his compassion from him, how does the love of God remain in him?
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My little children, let`s not love in word only, neither with the tongue only, but in deed and truth.
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And by this we know that we are of the truth, and persuade our hearts before him,
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because if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.
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Beloved, if our hearts don`t condemn us, we have boldness toward God;
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and whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.
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This is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, even as he commanded.