1 John 3:14
We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. Anyone who does not love remains in death.
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13Do not be amazed, my brothers, if the world hates you.
Cross References
Psalms 16:3As for the holy people who are on the earth, they are noble people; all my delight is in them. 1
Matthew 25:40Then the King will answer and say to them, 'Truly I say to you, what you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did it for me.'
Luke 15:24For my son was dead, and now he is alive. He was lost, and now he is found.' Then they began to celebrate.
John 5:24Truly, truly, he who hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned, but he has passed from death to life.
John 15:12This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
2 Corinthians 5:1We know that if the earthly dwelling that we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God. It is a house not made by human hands, but an eternal house, 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 →