1 John 3:14
*We* know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love [his] brother abides in death.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
13Do not wonder, brethren, if the world hate you.
Cross References
Psalms 16:3To the saints that are on the earth, and to the excellent [thou hast said], In them is all my delight.
Matthew 25:40And the King answering shall say to them, Verily, I say to you, Inasmuch as ye have done it to one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it to me.
Luke 15:24for this my son was dead and has come to life, was lost and has been found. And they began to make merry.
John 5:24Verily, verily, I say unto you, that he that hears my word, and believes him that has sent me, has life eternal, and does not come into judgment, but is passed out of death into life.
John 15:12This is my commandment, that ye love one another, as I have loved you.
2 Corinthians 5:1For we know that if our earthly tabernacle house be destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
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 →