1 John 3:11-18

Lamsa(i) 11 For this is the commandment that you have heard from the beginning, that you must love one another, 12 Not as Cain, who belonged to the wicked one and slew his brother. And why did he kill him? Because his own works were evil, and those of his brother were righteous. 13 So be not surprised, my brethren, if the world hates you. 14 We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brethren. He who does not love his brother abides in death. 15 Whosoever hates his brother is a murderer: and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. 16 By this we know his love for us, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for our brethren. 17 Whoever has worldly goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts his mercy from him, how can the love of God dwell in him? 18 My children, let us not love one another in word and in tongue, but in deed and in truth.