1 John 3:14
We know that we have turned from death unto life, by this, that we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother, remaineth in death.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
13And wonder not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
Cross References
Matthew 25:40And the king will answer, and say to them: Verily I Say to you, That inasmuch as ye did so to one of these my little brothers, ye did so to me.
Luke 15:24For, this my son was dead, and is alive; he was lost and is found. And they began to be merry.
John 5:24Verily, verily, I say to you, That he who heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath life eternal, and will not come into condemnation, but hath passed from death to life.
John 15:12This is my command, that ye love one another, as I have loved you.
2 Corinthians 5:1For we know that, if our house on earth-this of the body, were dissolved, yet we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal 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 →