1 John 3:14
We know that we have passed from death unto life, by this, that we love our brethren. He who loveth not his brother, in death continueth.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
In Context
13Do not wonder, my brethren, if the world hate you.
Cross References
Matthew 25:40And the King shall answer and say to them, Amen I say to you, Inasmuch as you did it unto one of these my least brethren, unto me you did it.
Luke 15:24for this my son was dead, and he is alive; he was lost, and is found. And they began to rejoice.
John 5:24Amen, amen, I say to you, He who heareth my word and believeth on him who sent me, hath the life that is eternal, and into condemnation he cometh not, but hath passed from death unto life.
John 15:12This is my commandment, That you love one another, as I have loved you.
2 Corinthians 5:1FOR we know that if our earthly house of this body were dissolved, we have nevertheless a building that is by Aloha; a house which is not made with hands, in the heaven, eternal.
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 →