1 John 3:14
We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. He who does not love remains in death.
New Heart English Bible
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In Context
13Do not be surprised, brothers, if the world hates you.
Cross References
Psalms 16:3As for the holy ones who are in the land,they are the excellent ones in whom is all my delight.
Matthew 25:40"The King will answer them, 'Truly I tell you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.'
Luke 15:24for this, my son, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.' They began to celebrate.
John 5:24"Truly, truly, I tell you, he who hears my word, and believes him who sent me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.
John 15:12"This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you.
2 Corinthians 5:1For we know that if the earthly house of our tent is dissolved, 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 →