1 John 3:15

Whoever is hating his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding within himself.

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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

14We know that we have transferred out of the death into the life because we love our brothers; he who does not love his brother remains in the death.

16We know the Love by this: He laid down His life in our behalf; we also are obligated to lay down our lives in behalf of our brothers.

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Cross References

Matthew 5:28But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

John 4:14but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never ever thirst; rather, the water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water, welling up into eternal life.”

Acts 23:12And when it was day, some of the Jews formed a conspiracy by binding themselves with a curse neither to eat nor to drink until they had destroyed Paul.

Galatians 5:20idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousies, fits of anger, selfish ambition, dissentions, factions,

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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