1 John 3:10

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1 John 3:8–12 · Berean Standard Bible

8 The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the very start. This is why the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the devil.

9 Anyone born of God refuses to practice sin, because God’s seed abides in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God.

10 By this the children of God are distinguished from the children of the devil: Anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is anyone who does not love his brother.

11 This is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another.

12 Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain slay him? Because his own deeds were evil, while those of his brother were righteous.

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1 John 3:8

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Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not seen God.

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We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. The one who does not love remains in death.

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Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that eternal life does not reside in a murderer.

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1 John 4:21

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