This is how God’s children and the devil’s children become obvious. Whoever does not do what is right is not of God, especially the one who does not love his brother or sister.For this is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another,unlike Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his deeds were evil, and his brother’s were righteous.Do not be surprised, brothers and sisters, if the world hates you.We know that we have passed from death to life because we love our brothers and sisters. The one who does not love remains in death.
Now the entire group of those who believed were of one heart and mind, and no one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but instead they held everything in common.With great power the apostles were giving testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was on all of them.For there was not a needy person among them because all those who owned lands or houses sold them, brought the proceeds of what was sold,and laid them at the apostles’ feet. This was then distributed to each person as any had need.
and there was quarreling between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock.( At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were living in the land.)So Abram said to Lot,“ Please, let’s not have quarreling between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen, since we are relatives.
Many signs and wonders were being done among the people through the hands of the apostles. They were all together in Solomon’s Colonnade.No one else dared to join them, but the people spoke well of them.Believers were added to the Lord in increasing numbers— multitudes of both men and women.
