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   12 (Heb 11:4; Jude 1:11) not like Cain, who was of the wicked one   
   and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him?   
   Because his own works were evil, and his brother's works were righteous.   
   13 (Jn 17:14; 15:18-19) Do not marvel, my brothers, if the world hates you.   
   14 (Jn 5:24; 1Jn 5:2) We know that we have passed from death to life,   
   because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love his brother remains   
   in death.   
   15 (Mt 5:21-22; Rev 21:8) Whoever hates his brother is a murderer,   
   and you know that no murderer has eternal life remaining in him.   
   16 (Php 2:17; Jn 3:16) By this we know the love of God: that He laid down   
   His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.   
   17 (1Jn 4:20; Heb 13:16) Whoever has the world's goods and sees   
   his brother in need, but closes his heart of compassion from him,   
   how can the love of God remain in him?   
   18 (1Jn 2:1; Ro 12:9) My little children, let us love not in word   
   and speech, but in action and truth.   
      
   [11] For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we   
   should love one another.   
   [12] Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And   
   wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's   
   righteous.   
   [13] Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.   
   [14] We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the   
   brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.   
   [15] Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no   
   murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.   
   [16] Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for   
   us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.   
   [17] But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and   
   shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God   
   in him?   
   [18] My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in   
   deed and in truth.   
      
   Confidence Before God   
      
   19 By this we know that we are of the truth, and shall reassure our hearts   
   before Him.   
   20 For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart   
   and knows everything.   
   21 (Job 22:26; 1Co 4:4) Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us,   
   then we have confidence before God.   
   22 (Jn 8:29; 9:31) And whatever we ask, we will receive from Him,   
   because we keep His commandments and do the things that are pleasing   
   in His sight.   
   23 (Jn 6:29; 13:34) And this is His commandment: that we should believe   
   on the name of His Son ­Jesus Christ and love one another as He commanded us.   
   24 (Jn 17:21) Now the one who keeps His commandments remains in Him,   
   and He in him. And by this we know that He remains in us, through   
   the Spirit whom He has given us.   
      
   [19] And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our   
   hearts before him.   
   [20] For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth   
   all things.   
   [21] Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward   
   God.   
   [22] And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his   
   commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.   
   [23] And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his   
   Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.   
   [24] And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him.   
   And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given   
   us.   
      
   1 John 4   
      
   Test the Spirits   
      
   1 (2Pe 2:1; 1Jn 2:18; 1Th 5:21) Beloved, do not believe every spirit,   
   but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because   
   many false prophets have gone out into the world.   
   2 (1Co 12:3; Jn 1:14) This is how you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit   
   that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God,   
   3 (1Jn 2:18; 2:22; 2Jn 1:7) and every spirit that does not confess   
   that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not from God.   
   This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have   
   heard is coming and is already in the world.   
   4 (Jn 12:31; 1Jn 4:16) You are of God, little children, and have overcome   
   them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.   
   5 (Jn 17:14; 3:31) They are of the world, and therefore they speak   
   from the world, and the world listens to them.   
   6 (Jn 14:17; 1Co 14:37) We are of God, and whoever knows God listens to us.   
   Whoever is not of God does not listen to us. This is how we know the spirit   
   of truth and the spirit of error.   
      
   [1] Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are   
   of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.   
   [2] Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that   
   Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:   
   [3] And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the   
   flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have   
   heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.   
   [4] Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater   
   is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.   
   [5] They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world   
   heareth them.   
   [6] We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God   
   heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.   
      
   God Is Love   
      
   7 (1Jn 2:29) Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God,   
   and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.   
   8 (2Co 13:11; 1Jn 4:16) Anyone who does not love does not know God,   
   for God is love.   
   9 (Jn 3:16; 1Jn 4:10; 5:11) In this way the love of God was revealed to us,   
   that God sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live   
   through Him.   
   10 (1Jn 2:2; 1Pe 3:18; 1Jn 3:1) In this is love: not that we loved God, but   
   that He loved us and sent His Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins.   
   11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we must also love one another.   
   12 (Jn 1:18; 1Ti 6:16; 1Jn 2:5) No one has seen God at any time. If we love   
   one another, God dwells in us, and His love is perfected in us.   
   13 (1Jn 3:24) We know that we live in Him, and He in us,   
   because He has given us His Spirit.   
   14 (Jn 4:42; 1:14) And we have seen and testify that the Father sent the Son   
   to be the Saviour of the world.   
   15 (Ro 10:9; 1Jn 5:5) Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God,   
   God lives in him, and he in God.   
   16 (1Jn 3:24; 3:1) And we have come to know and to believe the love   
   that God has for us.   
   God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him.   
   17 (1Jn 2:5; 2:28) In this way God's love is perfected in us, so that we may   
   have boldness on the Day of Judgment, because as He is, so are we   
   in this world.   
   18 (Ro 8:15; 2Ti 1:7) There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out   
   fear, because fear has to do with punishment. Whoever fears is not perfect   
   in love.   
   19 (1Jn 4:10; Lk 7:47) We love Him because He first loved us.   
   20 (1Jn 2:4; 3:17) If anyone says, "I love God," and hates his brother,   
   he is a liar. For whoever does not love his brother whom he has seen,   
   how can he love God whom he has not seen?   
   21 (1Jn 3:11; Lev 19:18) We have this commandment from Him:   
   Whoever loves God must also love his brother.   
      
   [7] Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that   
   loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.   
   [8] He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.   
   [9] In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent   
   his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.   
      
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