1 John 3:14
We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren; he that loveth not abideth in death.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
13Wonder not, brethren, if the world hateth you.
Cross References
Psalms 16:3The holy that are in the land, and the excellent,—in them is all my delight.
Matthew 25:40And the king will answer and say to them, Truly do I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did it to one of the least of these my brethren, ye did it to me.
Luke 15:24For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to make merry.
John 5:24Truly, truly do I say to you, He that heareth my word, and believeth him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and cometh not into condemnation, but hath passed out of death into life.
John 15:12This is my commandment, that ye love one another, as I have loved you.
2 Corinthians 5:1For we know that, if our earthly tent-habitation be destroyed, we have a building provided by God, a house not made with hands, everlasting, 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 →