1 John 3:14 BSB — MannaFest

1 John 3:14

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

BSB

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ASV

We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not abideth in death.

KJV

We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.

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Commentary

3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

We know that we have passed from death unto life - Death and life are represented here as two distinct territories, states, or kingdoms, to either of which the inhabitants of either may be removed. This is implied in the term μεταβεβηκαμεν, from μετα, denoting change of place, and βαινω, I go. It is the same figure which St. Paul uses, Col 1:13: Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and translated us into the kingdom of the Son of his love.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

He yet stands under the curse and condemnation of the law. This the apostle argues by a clear syllogism: "You know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him; but he who hates his brother is a murderer; and therefore you cannot but know that he who hates his brother hath not eternal life abiding in him,"

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 2556: “Life Proved by Love” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1898)

I HAVE heard it said, by those who would be thought philosophers, that in religion we must believe, but cannot know. I am not very clear about the distinction they draw between knowledge and faith, nor do I care to enquire because I assert that, in matters relating to religion, we do know! In the things of God, we both believe and know.

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Original language & word study

21 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἡμεῖς	hēmeis	We ourselves	G3165 →
οἴδαμεν	oidamen	know
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
μεταβεβήκαμεν	metabebēkamen	we have passed	G3327 →
ἐκ	ek	from	G1537 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
θανάτου	thanatou	death	G2288 →
εἰς	eis	to	G1519 →
τὴν	tēn	<the>	G3588 →
ζωήν,	zōēn	life,	G2222 →
ὅτι	hoti	because	G3754 →
ἀγαπῶμεν	agapōmen	we love	G25 →
τοὺς	tous	<the>	G3588 →
ἀδελφούς·	adelphous	[our] brothers;	G80 →
ὁ	ho	The [one]	G3588 →
μὴ	mē	not	G3361 →
ἀγαπῶν	agapōn	loving	G25 →
μένει	menei	abides	G3306 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
τῷ	tō	<the>	G3588 →
θανάτῳ.	thanatō	death.	G2288 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
John 5:24
Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment. Indeed, he has crossed over from death to life.
leads to
- John 3:36
  Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”
- 1 John 5:11–13
  And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
- John 6:40
  For it is My Father’s will that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”
- John 3:18
  Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.
- Romans 8:1
  Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
Through
John 13:35
By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another.”
leads to
- 1 John 4:20–21
  If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.
- 1 John 2:5
  But if anyone keeps His word, the love of God has been truly perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him:
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 John 2:10
  Whoever loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no cause of stumbling in him.

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Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About 1 John

Where the connections lead

The record, by era

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About 1 John