For this is the message which you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another—
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
1 John 3:11 in context
1 John 3:8–14
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He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. To this end the Son of God was revealed: that he might destroy the works of the devil.
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Whoever is born of God doesn’t commit sin, because his seed remains in him, and he can’t sin, because he is born of God.
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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 deeds 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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