1 John 3:14

We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. He who doesn’t love his brother remains in death.

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WEBBE

We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. He who doesn’t love his brother remains in death.

BSB

We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. The one who does not love remains in death.

KJV

We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.

ASV

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

BBE

We are conscious that we have come out of death into life because of our love for the brothers. He who has no love is still in death.

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ἡμεῖς hēmeis We ourselves G3165 οἴδαμεν oidamen know G6063 ὅτι hoti that G3754 μεταβεβήκαμεν metabebēkamen we have passed G3327 ἐκ ek from G1537 τοῦ tou (the) G3588 θανάτου thanatou death G2288 εἰς eis to G1519 τὴν tēn (the) G3588 ζωήν zōēn life G2222 ὅτι hoti because G3754 ἀγαπῶμεν agapōmen we love G25 τοὺς tous (the) G3588 ἀδελφούς adelphous [our] brothers G80 ὁ ho The [one] G3588 μὴ mē not G3361 ἀγαπῶν agapōn loving G25 τὸν ton the G3588 ἀδελφόν adelphon brother G80 μένει menei abides G3306 ἐν en in G1722 τῷ tō (the) G3588 θανάτῳ thanatō death G2288

The early church

"If the world hate us: we know" What do we know? "that we have passed from death unto life" How do we know? "Because we love the brethren." Let none ask man: let each return to his own heart: if he find there brotherly love, let him set his mind at rest, because he is "passed from death unto life." Already he is on the right hand: let him not regard that at present his glory is hidden: when the Lord shall come, then shall he appear in glory. For he has life in him, but as yet in winter; the root is alive, but the branches, so to say, are dry: within is the substance that has the life in it, within are the leaves of trees, within are the fruits: but they wait for the summer. Well then, "we know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not, abideth in death."
Augustine of Hippo · d. 430Homilies on 1 John

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 11–15

We should love the Lord Jesus, value his love, and therefore love all our brethren in Christ. This love is the special fruit of our faith, and a certain sign of our being born again. But none who rightly know the heart of man, can wonder at the contempt and enmity of ungodly people against the children of God. We know that we are passed from death to life: we may know it by the evidences of our faith in Christ, of which love to our brethren is one. It is not zeal for a party in the common religion, or affection for those who are of the same name and sentiments with ourselves. The life of grace in the heart of a regenerate person, is the beginning and first principle of a life of glory, whereof they must be destitute who hate their brother in their hearts.

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Wicked (People)RighteousLoveFellowshipRegenerationRighteousnessAssurance

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.