Scriptures

New King James Version (NKJV)

1 John 3
¹² not as Cain who was of the wicked one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his works were evil and his brother’s righteous.
¹³ Do not marvel, my brethren, if the world hates you.
¹⁴ We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love his brother abides in death.
¹⁵ Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.
¹⁶ By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
¹⁷ But whoever has this world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him?
¹⁸ My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.
¹⁹ And by this we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before Him.
²⁰ For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.
²¹ Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence toward God.
²² And whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do those things that are pleasing in His sight.