1 John 3:13-19

Riverside(i) 13 Do not be surprised, brethren, if the world hates you. 14 We know that we have passed from death into life because we love the brethren. Whoever does not love remains in death. 15 Every one who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has life eternal remaining in him. 16 By this we have come to know love — that Christ laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. 17 But if any one has this world's goods and sees his brother in need and shuts away his sympathies from him, how can the love of God remain in him? 18 Let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth. 19 By this we shall know that we are of the truth and shall give confidence to our hearts in his presence,