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1 John 3:15

Everyone who is hating his brother is a manslayer, and you have known that no manslayer has continuous life remaining in him;

Literal Standard Version

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 have known that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers; he who is not loving [his] brother remains in death.

16in this we have known love, because He laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down [our] lives for the brothers;

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Cross References

Leviticus 19:16You do not go slandering among your people; you do not stand against the blood of your neighbor; I [am] YHWH.

Proverbs 26:24A hater pretends by his lips, || And he places deceit in his heart,

Matthew 5:28but I say to you that everyone who is looking on a woman to desire her, already committed adultery with her in his heart.

John 4:14but whoever may drink of the water that I will give him, may not thirst—throughout the age; and the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water, springing up to continuous life.”

Acts 23:12And day having come, certain of the Jews having made a concourse, cursed themselves, saying neither to eat nor to drink until they may kill Paul;

Galatians 5:20idolatry, witchcraft, enmities, strife, jealousy, wraths, rivalries, dissensions, sects,

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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