1 John 3:15

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KJV King James Version

Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.

BSB Berean Standard Bible

Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that eternal life does not reside in a murderer.

WEB World English Bible

Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life remaining in him.

ASV American Standard Version

Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.

YLT Young’s Literal Translation

Every one who is hating his brother—a man-killer he is, and ye have known that no man-killer hath life age-during in him remaining,

Surrounding context — 1 John 3

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.

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.

15 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?

18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.

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Matthew 5:21-22Ye 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:Revelation 21:8But 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.Proverbs 26:24-26He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;John 8:44Ye 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.Leviticus 19:16-18Thou 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.James 4:1-2From whence [come] wars and fightings among you? [come they] not hence, [even] of your lusts that war in your members?Acts 23:14And 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.Acts 23:12And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.John 4:14But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.James 1:15Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.Matthew 5:28But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.Mark 6:19Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not:Galatians 5:20-21Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,2 Samuel 13:22-28And Absalom spake unto his brother Amnon neither good nor bad: for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.Genesis 27:41And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.1 Peter 1:23Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

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