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1 John 3:15

Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.

Revised Version 1895

In The King James Version

Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.

In Context

14We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not abideth in death.

16Hereby know we love, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

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Cross References

Leviticus 19:16Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the LORD.

Proverbs 26:24He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, but he layeth up deceit within him:

Matthew 5:28but I say unto you, that every one that looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

John 4:14but whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall become in him a well of water springing up unto eternal life.

Acts 23:12And when it was day, the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.

Galatians 5:20idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousies, wraths, factions, divisions, heresies,

Matthew Henry on 1 John 3:15-20

Brotherly Love. ( a. d. 80.) 14 We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death. 15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. 16 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. 17 But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from… Read the whole commentary →

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