1 John 3:14

KJV1611 – Modern English

We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brothers. He who does not love his brother abides in death.

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  • John 13:35 : 35 By this all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.
  • 1 John 5:2 : 2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep His commandments.
  • Matt 25:40 : 40 And the King will answer and say to them, Truly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me.
  • John 15:12 : 12 This is my commandment: That you love one another, as I have loved you.
  • 1 Thess 4:9 : 9 But concerning brotherly love, you do not need that I write to you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another.
  • Heb 6:10-11 : 10 For God is not unjust to forget your work and labor of love which you have shown toward His name, in that you have ministered to the saints, and do minister. 11 And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope until the end,
  • Heb 13:1 : 1 Let brotherly love continue.
  • 1 Pet 1:22 : 22 Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart,
  • 1 Pet 3:8 : 8 Finally, all of you be of one mind, having compassion for one another; love as brothers, be tenderhearted, be courteous;
  • 2 Pet 1:7 : 7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness love.
  • 1 John 2:3 : 3 And by this we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
  • John 15:17 : 17 These things I command you, that you love one another.
  • 2 Cor 5:1 : 1 For we know that if our earthly body, this tabernacle, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
  • Gal 5:22 : 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
  • Eph 1:15 : 15 Therefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and love for all the saints,
  • Eph 2:1 : 1 And you He has made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
  • Eph 2:5 : 5 Even when we were dead in sins, made us alive together with Christ, (by grace you are saved;)
  • Col 1:4 : 4 Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love you have for all the saints,
  • Luke 15:24 : 24 For this my son was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found. And they began to be merry.
  • Luke 15:32 : 32 It was right that we should make merry and be glad: for this your brother was dead and is alive again; and was lost and is found.
  • Prov 21:16 : 16 The man who wanders out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.
  • 1 John 3:23 : 23 And this is his commandment: that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, as he gave us commandment.
  • 1 John 4:7-8 : 7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 8 He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.
  • 1 John 4:12 : 12 No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwells in us, and His love is perfected in us.
  • 1 John 4:20-21 : 20 If someone says, 'I love God,' and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen? 21 And this commandment we have from Him: that he who loves God must love his brother also.
  • 1 John 5:19-20 : 19 And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one. 20 And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.
  • 1 John 5:13 : 13 These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may believe in the name of the Son of God.
  • Ps 16:3 : 3 But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.'
  • 1 John 2:9-9 : 9 He who says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness even until now. 10 He who loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him. 11 But he who hates his brother is in darkness, and walks in darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

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  • 1 John 3:15-19
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    15Whoever hates his brother is a murderer: and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.

    16By this we perceive the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

    17But whoever has this world's goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his compassion from him, how does the love of God abide in him?

    18My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.

    19And by this we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.

  • 1 John 4:19-21
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    19We love Him because He first loved us.

    20If someone says, 'I love God,' and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?

    21And this commandment we have from Him: that he who loves God must love his brother also.

  • 1 John 3:10-13
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    10In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: whoever does not do righteousness is not of God, nor he who does not love his brother.

    11For this is the message that you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.

    12Not as Cain, who was of the wicked one, and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.

    13Do not marvel, my brothers, if the world hates you.

  • 1 John 4:6-13
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    6We are from God. He who knows God listens to us; he who is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

    7Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.

    8He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.

    9In this the love of God was manifested toward us, because God sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him.

    10In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

    11Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

    12No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwells in us, and His love is perfected in us.

    13By this we know that we dwell in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit.

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    9He who says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness even until now.

    10He who loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him.

    11But he who hates his brother is in darkness, and walks in darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

  • 1 John 4:16-17
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    16And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who dwells in love dwells in God, and God in him.

    17In this love has been perfected among us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, because as He is, so are we in this world.

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    1Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the parent loves the child born of them.

    2By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep His commandments.

    3For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments, and His commandments are not burdensome.

  • 1 John 2:3
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    3And by this we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.

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    1Behold, what kind of love the Father has given us, that we should be called the children of God: therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know him.

  • 1 John 3:23-24
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    23And this is his commandment: that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, as he gave us commandment.

    24And he who keeps his commandments abides in him, and he in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit which he has given us.

  • 1 Pet 1:22
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    22Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart,

  • 1 John 2:5
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    5But whoever keeps his word, truly the love of God is perfected in him: by this we know that we are in him.

  • John 13:35
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    35By this all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.

  • 1 John 2:15
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    15Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

  • Heb 13:1
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    1Let brotherly love continue.

  • 1 John 5:11-13
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    11And this is the testimony, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.

    12He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.

    13These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may believe in the name of the Son of God.

  • 1 John 1:6-7
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    6If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not practice the truth:

    7But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanses us from all sin.

  • 1 John 5:16-17
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    16If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin not leading to death, he will ask, and He will give him life for those who commit sin not leading to death. There is a sin leading to death; I do not say that he should pray about that.

    17All unrighteousness is sin, and there is a sin not leading to death.

  • 1 John 1:3
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    3That which we have seen and heard we declare to you, so that you also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.

  • 2 John 1:9
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    9Whoever transgresses and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God. He who abides in the doctrine of Christ has both the Father and the Son.

  • 1 John 5:19-20
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    19And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one.

    20And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.

  • 2 Pet 1:7
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    7And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness love.

  • 1 Thess 5:10
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    10Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.