# 1 John 3:12

> The King James Version (1769) is in the public domain in the United States.

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- Book: [1 John](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-john)
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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.