1 John 3:13-18

New King James Version

¹³ Do not marvel, my brethren, if ^(A)the world hates you. ¹⁴ We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love ^[a]his brother abides in death. ^15 (B)Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that ^(C)no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.

The Outworking of Love

^16 (D)By this we know love, ^(E)because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. ¹⁷ But ^(F)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?

¹⁸ My little children, ^(G)let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.