1 John 3:13-19

Haweis(i) 13 Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you. 14 We know that we are passed out of [a state of] death into life, because we love the brethren: he that loveth not his brother abideth in death. 15 Every one who hateth his brother is a murderer; and ye know that no murderer hath life eternal abiding in him. 16 By this we have known the love [of Christ], because for us he laid down his own life: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. 17 But whosoever hath worldly abundance, and seeth his brother under necessity, and shutteth his bowels of compassion against him, how dwelleth the love of God in him? 18 My dear children, let us not love in word and in tongue, but in deed and in truth; 19 and hereby we know that we are of the truth, and in his presence have this persuasion in our hearts.