1 John 3:15

The person who hates another is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life dwelling within them.

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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 passed out of death into life, because we love each other. The person who does not love remains in a state of death.

16This is how we know what love is: Christ gave his life for us. So we should lay down our own lives for each other.

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Cross References

Matthew 5:28But I say to you that anyone who looks at a woman and desires her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

John 4:14but whoever once drinks of the water that I will give him will never thirst any more; but the water that I will give him will become a spring welling up within him – a source of eternal life.”

Acts 23:12In the morning some Jewish men combined together, and took an oath that they would not eat or drink until they had killed Paul.

Galatians 5:20idolatry, sorcery, quarrels, strife, jealousy, outbursts of passion, rivalries, dissensions, divisions,

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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