1 John 3:14
We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother, abideth in death.
Webster Bible
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In Context
13Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
Cross References
Psalms 16:3But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.
Matthew 25:40And the king will answer and say to them, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye have done it to one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it to me.
Luke 15:24For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
John 5:24Verily, verily, I say to you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but hath passed from death to life.
John 15:12This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
2 Corinthians 5:1For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of 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 →