The Imperative of Love(A)

10 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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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 that you heard from the beginning, (A)that we should love one another,

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More on Love and Hatred

11 For this is the message you heard(A) from the beginning:(B) We should love one another.(C)

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23 And this is His commandment: that we should believe on the name of His Son Jesus Christ (A)and love one another, as He gave [a]us commandment.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 John 3:23 M omits us

23 And this is his command: to believe(A) in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ,(B) and to love one another as he commanded us.(C)

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