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13 Do not be astonished, brothers and sisters, that the world hates you.(A) 14 We know that we have passed from death to life because we love the brothers and sisters. Whoever does not love abides in death.(B) 15 All who hate a brother or sister are murderers, and you know that murderers do not have eternal life abiding in them.(C)

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13 Do not be surprised, my brothers and sisters,[a] if the world hates you.(A) 14 We know that we have passed from death to life,(B) because we love each other. Anyone who does not love remains in death.(C) 15 Anyone who hates a brother or sister(D) is a murderer,(E) and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing in him.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 John 3:13 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in verse 16.