1 John 3:11

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11 For this is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another.

1 John 3:11 in Other Translations

KJV
11 For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
ESV
11 For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
NLT
11 This is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another.
MSG
11 For this is the original message we heard: We should love each other.
CSB
11 For this is the message you have heard from the beginning: we should love one another,

1 John 3:11 In-Context

9 No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God’s seed remains in them; they cannot go on sinning, because they have been born of God.
10 This is how we know who the children of God are and who the children of the devil are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not God’s child, nor is anyone who does not love their brother and sister.
11 For this is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another.
12 Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own actions were evil and his brother’s were righteous.
13 Do not be surprised, my brothers and sisters, if the world hates you.

Cross References 3

  • 1. 1 John 1:5
  • 2. S 1 John 2:7
  • 3. John 13:34,35; John 15:12; 1Jn 4:7,11,21; 2 John 5
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