Verse 12.— Not as Cain, who was of that. This is the opposite of love— it is hate. Hate is of the devil. Cain was, therefore, begotten by the devil— that is to say, so controlled as to do the works of the devil. The child of God— one begotten of God— loves and does not hate. "This hater and murderer is condemned far more severely in the Scriptures than the disobedient Adam." (Johnson's Notes.) And wherefore slew he him? Cain's offering was not accepted, because it was offered in disobedience. His works, therefore, were evil, while the works of his brother were righteous, because offered in obedience. His brother being accepted, and he rejected, he therefore hated him. So, the Savior foretold, would be the result to all righteous lives— hatred by the world. It hated him. Why should his followers escape?