1 John 3:14
We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He that loves not his brother[3:14] abides in death.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
In Context
13Wonder not, brethren, if the world hates you.
Cross References
Matthew 25:40And the King will answer and say to them: Verily I say to you, inasmuch as ye did it to one of the least of these my brethren, ye did it to me.
Luke 15:24Because this my son was dead and is alive again, was lost and is found. And they began to be merry.
John 5:24Verily, verily, I say to you, he that hears my word, and believes him who sent me, has everlasting life, and comes not into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.
John 15:12This is my commandment, that ye love one another, as I loved you.
2 Corinthians 5:1FOR we know that, if our earthly house of the tabernacle[5:1] were dissolved, we have a building of 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 →