Love One Another
This is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another. We must not
be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because
Cain had been doing what was evil, and his brother had been doing what was righteous. So don't be
surprised, dear brothers and sisters, if the world hates you.
If we love our Christian brothers and sisters, it proves that we have passed from death to life. But a
person who has no love is still dead. Anyone who hates another brother or sister is really a murderer
at heart. And you know that murderers don't have eternal life within them.
We know what real love is because Jesus gave up his life for us. So we also ought to give up our lives
for our brothers and sisters. If someone has enough money to live well and sees a brother or sister in
need but shows no compassion—how can God's love be in that person?
Dear children, let's not merely say that we love each other; let us show the truth by our actions. Our
actions will show that we belong to the truth, so we will be confident when we stand before God. Even
if we feel guilty, God is greater than our feelings, and he knows everything.
Dear friends, if we don't feel guilty, we can come to God with bold confidence. we will receive from
him whatever we ask because we obey him and do the things that please him.
And this is his commandment: We must believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one
another, just as he commanded us. Those who obey God's commandments remain in fellowship with
him, and he with them. And we know he lives in us because the Spirit he gave us lives in us.
1 John 3:1-24