1 John 3:15
Anyone who has hate for his brother is a taker of life, and you may be certain that no taker of life has eternal life in him.
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Leviticus 19:16Do not go about saying untrue things among your people, or take away the life of your neighbour by false witness: I am the Lord.
Proverbs 26:24With his lips the hater makes things seem what they are not, but deceit is stored up inside him;
Matthew 5:28But I say to you that everyone whose eyes are turned on a woman with desire has had connection with her in his heart.
John 4:14But whoever takes the water I give him will never be in need of drink again; for the water I give him will become in him a fountain of eternal life.
Acts 23:12And when it was day, the Jews came together and put themselves under an oath that they would take no food or drink till they had put Paul to death.
Galatians 5:20Worship of images, use of strange powers, hates, fighting, desire for what another has, angry feelings, attempts to get the better of others, divisions, false teachings,
Matthew Henry on 1 John 3:15-20
Brotherly Love. ( a. d. 80.) 14 We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death. 15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. 16 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. 17 But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from… Read the whole commentary →