1 John 3:14
We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love abides in death.
Revised King James New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
13Do not marvel, my brethren, if the world hates you.
Cross References
Matthew 25:40And the King shall answer and say to them, Truly I say to you, as you have done it to one of the least of these, my brethren, you have done it to me.
Luke 15:24For this son of mine was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
John 5:24Truly, truly, I say to you, He who hears my word, and believes him who sent me, has eternal life, and shall not come into judgment; but has passed from death into 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 the earthly tent in which we live is destroyed, 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 →