8 Cain spoke to Abel his brother.¹ And when they were in the field, Cain rose up ^oagainst his brother Abel and ^pkilled him. 9 Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?” He said, “I do not know; am I my brother’s keeper?”

12 We should not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and ^wmurdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother’s ^xrighteous.

15 ^bEveryone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.

Death in Adam, Life in Christ

12 Therefore, ^hjust as sin came into the world ⁱthrough one man, and ^jdeath ^kthrough sin, and so death spread to all men¹ because ^lall sinned—