1 John 3:14
We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love each other. The person who does not love remains in a state of death.
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13Do not be suprised, friends, if the world hates you.
Cross References
Psalms 16:3Those who are holy in the land, they, they alone, are the noble ones; all my delight is in them.”
Matthew 25:40And the king will reply ‘I tell you, as often as you did it to one of these my brothers or sisters, however unimportant they seemed, you did it to me.’
Luke 15:24for here is my son who was dead, and is alive again, was lost, and is found.’ So they began making merry.
John 5:24In truth I tell you that the person who listens to my message and believes him who sent me, has eternal life, and does not come under condemnation, but has already passed out of death into life.
John 15:12This is my command – love one another, as I have loved you.
2 Corinthians 5:1For we know that if our tent – that earthly body which is now our home – is taken down, we have a house of God’s building, a home not made by hands, imperishable, 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 →