1 John 3:14
We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not, abideth in death.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
13Wonder not, brethren, if the world hate you.
Cross References
Psalms 16:3To the saints, who are in his land, he hath made wonderful all my desires in them.
Matthew 25:40And the king answering, shall say to them: Amen I say to you, as long as you did it to one of these my least brethren, you did it to me.
Luke 15:24Because this my son was dead, and is come to life again: was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
John 5:24Amen, amen I say unto you, that he who heareth my word, and believeth him that sent me, hath life everlasting; and cometh not into judgment, but is passed from death to life.
John 15:12This is my commandment, that you love one another, as I have loved you.
2 Corinthians 5:1For we know, if our earthly house of this habitation be dissolved, that 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 →