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1 John 3:15

Every one that hates his brother is a murderer, and ye know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.

In Context

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.

16Hereby we have known love, because *he* has laid down his life for us; and *we* ought for the brethren to lay down [our] lives.

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Cross References

Leviticus 19:16Thou shalt not go about as a talebearer among thy people; thou shalt not stand up against the life of thy neighbour: I am Jehovah.

Proverbs 26:24He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, but he layeth up deceit within him:

Matthew 5:28But *I* say unto you, that every one who looks upon a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

John 4:14but whosoever drinks of the water which I shall give him shall never thirst for ever, but the water which I shall give him shall become in him a fountain of water, springing up into eternal life.

Acts 23:12And when it was day, the Jews, having banded together, put themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they should kill Paul.

Galatians 5:20idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strifes, jealousies, angers, contentions, disputes, schools of opinion,

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 →

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