1 John 3:14
We know that we have passed from death to life. For we love as brothers. Whoever does not love, abides in death.
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13If the world hates you, brothers, do not be surprised.
Cross References
Psalms 16:3You have tested my heart and visited it by night. You have examined me by fire, and iniquity has not been found in me.
Matthew 25:40And in response, the King shall say to them, ‘Amen I say to you, whenever you did this for one of these, the least of my brothers, you did it for me.’
Luke 15:24For this son of mine was dead, and has revived; he was lost, and is found.’ And they began to feast.
John 5:24Amen, amen, I say to you, that whoever hears my word, and believes in him who sent me, has eternal life, and he does not go into judgment, but instead he crosses from death into life.
John 15:12This is my precept: that you love one another, just as I have loved you.
2 Corinthians 5:1For we know that, when our earthly house of this habitation is dissolved, we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in heaven.
Matthew Henry on 1 John 3:12-14
Brotherly Love. ( a. d. 80.) 11 For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. 12 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. 13 Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you. The apostle, having intimated that one mark of the devil's children is hatred of the brethren, takes occasion thence, I. To recommend fraternal Christian love, and that from the excellence,… Read the whole commentary →