1 John 3:15

¹⁵ Anyone who hates a brother or sister is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing in him.

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Other Translations of 1 John 3:15

King James Version

¹⁵ Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.

English Standard Version

¹⁵ Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.

The Message

¹⁵ Anyone who hates a brother or sister is a murderer, and you know very well that eternal life and murder don't go together.

New King James Version

¹⁵ Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.

New Living Translation

¹⁵ Anyone who hates another brother or sister is really a murderer at heart. And you know that murderers don't have eternal life within them.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 John 3:15

Commentary on 1 John 3:11-15

(Read 1 John 3:11-15)

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.