1 John 3:15 “Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that eterna…”

1 John 3:15

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Whosoeuer hateth his brother, is a manslayer: and ye know that no manslayer hath eternall life abiding in him.

Darby Translation

Every one that hates his brother is a murderer, and ye know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.

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,

Bible in Basic English

Anyone who has hate for his brother is a taker of life, and you may be certain that no taker of life has eternal life in him.

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Cross references

“hateth”

Proverbs 26:24–26 Leviticus 19:16–18 Acts 23:14 Matthew 5:28 Mark 6:19 Acts 23:12

Proverbs 26:24–26 · BSB

A hateful man disguises himself with his speech, but he lays up deceit in his heart.

Leviticus 19:16–18 · BSB

You must not go about spreading slander among your people. You must not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am the LORD.

Acts 23:14 · BSB

They went to the chief priests and elders and said, “We have bound ourselves with a solemn oath not to eat anything until we have killed Paul.

Matthew 5:28 · BSB

But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Mark 6:19 · BSB

So Herodias held a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But she had been unable,

Acts 23:12 · BSB

When daylight came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.

“hath”

Revelation 21:8 John 4:14 1 Peter 1:23 Galatians 5:21

Revelation 21:8 · BSB

But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”

John 4:14 · BSB

But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”

1 Peter 1:23 · BSB

For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.

Galatians 5:21 · BSB

and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

Also

John 8:44 Galatians 5:20–21

John 8:44 · BSB

You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native langua…

Galatians 5:20–21 · BSB

idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

14We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. The one who does not love remains in death.

16By this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.

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