1 John 3:14
since we know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren: he, that loveth not his brother, remaineth in death.
1770 John Worsley NT
In The King James Version
In Context
13Wonder not then, my brethren, if the world hate you:
Cross References
Matthew 25:40And the king replying will say unto them, Verily I declare unto you, inasmuch as ye did it to one of the lest of these my brethren, ye did it to me.
Luke 15:24for this my son was dead, and is alive again, and was lost and is found. And they began to be merry.
John 5:24Verily, verily I say unto you, he, that heareth my word, and believeth in Him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come under condemnation; but is 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, which is but as a tent, were dissolved, we have a building of God, an 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 →