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10 By this the (A)children of God and the (B)children of the devil are manifested: everyone who does not do righteousness is not of God, as well as the one who (C)does not love his (D)brother.

11 (E)For this is the message (F)which you have heard from the beginning, (G)that we should love one another; 12 not as (H)Cain, who was of (I)the evil one and slew his brother. And for what reason did he slay him? Because (J)his deeds were evil, and his brother’s were righteous.

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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 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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