1 John 3:11-12

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KJV

¹¹ For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. ¹² Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.

Literal Reading

This passage is cited here as "accepting" events of early Genesis as literally true. See comment here. —BP

See the broader context at 1 John 3:8-13