1 John 3:15
13 Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
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.
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 him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that eternal life does not reside in a murderer.
- KJV
- Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
- WEB
- Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life remaining in him.
- ASV
- Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
- DARBY
- Every one that hates his brother is a murderer, and ye know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.
- BLB
- Everyone hating his brother is a murderer; and you⁺ know that any murderer does not have eternal life remaining in him.
- ÅB
- Hver den som hater sin bror, er en manndraper, og dere vet at ingen manndraper har evig liv blivende i seg.
- OTB
- Enhver som hater sin bror eller søster er en morder, og dere vet at ingen morder har evig liv i seg.
- B1930
- Hver den som hater sin bror, er en manndraper, og I vet at ingen manndraper har evig liv blivende i sig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 5:21–22
Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:
Read in contextRevelation 21:8
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
Read in contextProverbs 26:24–26
He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;
Read in contextJohn 8:44
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
Read in contextLeviticus 19:16–18
Thou 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.
Read in contextActs 23:14
And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.
Read in contextJames 4:1–2
From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
Read in contextJames 1:15
Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
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