1 John 3:14
We know that we are passed out of a state of death into life, because we love the brethren: he that loveth not his brother abideth in death.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
13Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
Cross References
Matthew 25:40And the king answering shall say to them, Verily I tell you, for as much as ye have done it to one of these my brethren, the very least of them, ye have done it unto me.
Luke 15:24For this my son was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found. And they began to be joyous.
John 5:24Verily, verily, I say unto you, That he that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment; but is passed from death into life.
John 15:12This is my commandment, That ye love one another, just as I have loved you.
2 Corinthians 5:1FOR we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle should be taken down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal 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 →