1 John 3:15
Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer. And you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding within him.
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Leviticus 19:16You shall not be a detractor, nor a whisperer, among the people. You shall not stand against the blood of your neighbor. I am the Lord.
Proverbs 26:24An enemy is known by his lips, though it is from his heart that he draws out deceit.
Matthew 5:28But I say to you, that anyone who will have looked at a woman, so as to lust after her, has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
John 4:14Instead, the water that I will give to him will become in him a fountain of water, springing up into eternal life.”
Acts 23:12And when daylight arrived, some of the Jews gathered together and bound themselves with an oath, saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.
Galatians 5:20the serving of idols, drug use, hostility, contentiousness, jealousy, wrath, quarrels, dissensions, divisions,
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 →