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1 John 3:15

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

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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ἀνθρωποκτόνοςanthrōpoktonosa murdererG443 →
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ἀνθρωποκτόνοςanthrōpoktonosmurdererG443 →
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ζωὴνzōēnlifeG2222 →
αἰώνιονaiōnioneternalG166 →
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Matthew 5:21–22You have heard that it was said to the ancients, ‘Do not murder’ and ‘Anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.’Proverbs 26:24–26A hateful man disguises himself with his speech, but he lays up deceit in his heart.Revelation 21:8But 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 8:44You 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 language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.Leviticus 19:16–18You must not go about spreading slander among your people. You must not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am the LORD.Genesis 4:2Later she gave birth to Cain’s brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, while Cain was a tiller of the soil.James 4:1–2What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the passions at war within you?Acts 23:14They 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.Zechariah 7:10Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. And do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.’Matthew 5:28But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.James 1:15Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.Acts 23:12When daylight came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.Galatians 5:20–21idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions,Mark 6:19So Herodias held a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But she had been unable,John 4:14But 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.”2 Samuel 13:22And Absalom never said a word to Amnon, either good or bad, because he hated Amnon for disgracing his sister Tamar.2 Samuel 13:22–28And Absalom never said a word to Amnon, either good or bad, because he hated Amnon for disgracing his sister Tamar.Genesis 27:41Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. And Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”

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About 1 John

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