In this the children In this the children of God are manifest, of God are manifest, and the children of the and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness not righteousness is is not of God, neither not of God, neither he he that loveth not his that loveth not his brother. For this is brother. For this is the message that ye the message which ye heard from the beginning, heard from the beginning, that we should that we should love one another. Not love one another: not as Cain, _who_ was of as Cain was of the evil that wicked one, and one, and slew his slew his brother. And brother. And wherefore wherefore slew he slew he him? him? Because his own Because his works works were evil, and were evil, and his his brother's righteous. brother's righteous. Marvel not, my brethren, Marvel not, brethren, if the world hate if the world hateth you. We know that you. We know that we have passed from we have passed out of death unto life, because death into life, because we love the brethren. we love the brethren. He that loveth not _his_ He that loveth not brother abideth in abideth in death. death. Whosoever Whosoever hateth his hateth his brother is a brother is a murderer: murderer: and ye know and ye know that no that no murderer hath murderer hath eternal eternal life abiding in life abiding in him. him. Hereby perceive Hereby know we love, we the love _of God_, because He laid down because He laid down His life for us: and we His life for us: and ought to lay down our we ought to lay down lives for the brethren. _our_ lives for the But whoso hath the brethren. But whoso world's goods, and beholdeth hath this world's good, his brother in and seeth his brother need, and shutteth up have need, and shutteth his compassion from up his bowels him, how doth the love _of compassion_ from him, of God abide in him? how dwelleth the love of _My_ little children, let God in him? My little us not love in word, children, let us not love neither with the in word, neither in tongue; but in deed tongue; but in deed and truth. Hereby and in truth. And shall we know that we hereby we know that are of the truth, and