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In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: Whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is he who does not love his brother.

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For this is the message that you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another,

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not as Cain who was of the wicked one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his works were evil and his brother's righteous.

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Do not marvel, my brethren, if the world hates you.

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We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love his brother abides in death.

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Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.

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By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

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But whoever has this world's goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him?

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My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.

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And by this we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before Him.

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For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.