“Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain slay him? Because his own deeds were evil, while those of his brother were righteous.”
1 John 3:12
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Connection with Cain and Abel
After Cain killed Abel, God granted Eve another son in his place, and the promised line ran through that son, generation by generation, to Jesus, whose blood would speak louder than Abel's. John holds up Cain as the warning at the start of that story.
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