^{10 Ref} In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.

^{11 Ref} For this is the message which ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another:

^{12 Ref} not as Cain was of the evil one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his works were evil, and his brother's righteous.

^{13 Ref} Marvel not, brethren, if the world hateth you.

^{14 Ref} We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not abideth in death.

^{15 Ref} Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.

^{16 Ref} Hereby know we love, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

^{17 Ref} But whoso hath the world's goods, and beholdeth his brother in need, and shutteth up his compassion from him, how doth the love of God abide in him?

^{18 Ref} `My' Little children, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue; but in deed and truth.