10. This is the way God’s children are distinguished from the devil’s children. Everyone who doesn’t do what is right or love other believers isn’t God’s child.
11. The message that you have heard from the beginning is to love each other.
12. Don’t be like Cain. He was a child of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain murder his brother? Because the things Cain did were evil and the things his brother did had God’s approval.
13. Brothers and sisters, don’t be surprised if the world hates you.
14. We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love other believers. The person who doesn’t grow in love remains in death.
15. Everyone who hates another believer is a murderer, and you know that a murderer doesn’t have eternal life.
16. We understand what love is when we realize that Christ gave his life for us. That means we must give our lives for other believers.