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1 John 3:15-18
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
1 John 3:15-18
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
15 Anyone who hates (abominates, detests) his brother [in Christ] is [at heart] a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding ([a]persevering) within him.
16 By this we come to know (progressively to recognize, to perceive, to understand) the [essential] love: that He laid down His [own] life for us; and we ought to lay [our] lives down for [those who are our] brothers [[b]in Him].
17 But if anyone has this world’s goods (resources for sustaining life) and sees his brother and [c]fellow believer in need, yet closes his heart of compassion against him, how can the love of God live and remain in him?
18 Little children, let us not love [merely] in theory or in speech but in deed and in truth (in practice and in sincerity).
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- 1 John 3:15 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
- 1 John 3:16 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
- 1 John 3:17 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
1 John 3:15-18
New International Version
1 John 3:15-18
New International Version
15 Anyone who hates a brother or sister(A) is a murderer,(B) and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing in him.(C)
16 This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us.(D) And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.(E) 17 If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them,(F) how can the love of God be in that person?(G) 18 Dear children,(H) let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.(I)
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