1 John 3:15
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that eternal life does not reside in a murderer.”
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“Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that eternal life does not reside in a murderer.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“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,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 John 3:15 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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.”
- Leviticus 19:16You must not go about spreading slander among your people. You must not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am the LORD.
- 2 Samuel 13:22And Absalom never said a word to Amnon, either good or bad, because he hated Amnon for disgracing his sister Tamar.
- Proverbs 26:24A hateful man disguises himself with his speech, but he lays up deceit in his heart.
- Matthew 5:21You have heard that it was said to the ancients, ‘Do not murder’ and ‘Anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.’
- 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.
- 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.”
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Galatians 5:20idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions,
- James 1:15Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
- James 4:1What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the passions at war within you?
- 1 Peter 1:23For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.
- 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.”
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