We have passed out of death and into life, and of this we can be sure because we love our brothers.
If you refuse to love, you must remain dead; to hate your brother is to be a murderer, and murderers, as you know, do not have eternal life in them.
This has taught us love – that he gave up his life for us; and we, too, ought to give up our lives for our brothers.
The word of the Lord.
All: Thanks be to God.