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1 John 3:11-15 KJV
1 John · chapter 3 · verses 11–15
11For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. 12Not 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. 13Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you. 14We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death. 15Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.1 John 3:11-15 · King James Version
1 John 3:11-15 in context
9Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
10In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
11For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
12Not 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.
13Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
14We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.
15Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
16Hereby 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.
17But 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?
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Cross references
- John 15:12
- 2 John 1:5
- 1 John 4:7
- Hebrews 11:4
- Genesis 4:4-15
- Proverbs 29:27
- John 15:18-19
- John 17:14
- John 13:35
- 1 John 5:2
- John 5:24
- Matthew 5:21-22
Key words (Strong's)
- beginningarchēbeginning, origin, the person or thing that commences, the first person or thing in a…G746 →
- righteousdikaiosrighteous, observing divine laws, in a wide sense, upright, righteous, virtuous, keeping…G1342 →
- Whosoeverpasindividually, each, every, any, all, the whole, everyone, all things, everything…G3956 →
- murdereranthrōpoktonosa manslayer, murdererG443 →
- brotheradelphosa brother, whether born of the same two parents or only of the same father or mother…G80 →
- abidethmenōto remain, abide, in reference to place, to sojourn, tarry, not to depart, to continue to…G3306 →
- eternalaiōnioswithout beginning and end, that which always has been and always will be, without…G166 →
- Marvelthaumazōto wonder, wonder at, marvel, to be wondered at, to be had in admirationG2296 →
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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, or antiquity, or primariness of the injunction relating thereto: And this is the message (the errand or charge) which you heard…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 11-13